As summer winds down, stores are trying to move their summer inventory and make room for fall wares. This is great news for all you buyers out there. If you’re looking for a dining table deal, then the time is right. If you’re more interested in what’s next—the upcoming dining room furniture styles, then this is also the time to see the newest furniture lines online and on showroom floors. Take stock of your dining room furniture needs, and lets go shopping!
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Imagine this scene for a moment: You’ve found the perfect dinette set. Your dining room table is set as if House Beautiful is coming by to photograph your home today. And you’ve cooked a meal that would make Martha Stewart jealous.
This is picture-perfect, right? It is the dining table that every family should be rushing to dine at. But your family is nowhere to be seen. What gives?
Getting your family to the dining room table is a...
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Since no one can anticipate every future dinner party, we can’t see a reason that everyone shouldn’t covet—and have!—an extendable dining room table. The three main types of dining room tables that extend are those with removable leafs, a butterfly extension, or a drop leaf. The first type of dining table is pretty self explanatory, so we’ll focus on the latter two.
The Butterfly Leaf
What exactly is a butterfly leaf?...
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In a previous blog post we talked about a chronic dining room issue: having enough space at the table. Careful measurements will help you maximize your dining space and find the right-sized table to meet your needs, but there are more things to consider than just measurements.
A key element for making the most of your table space is choosing the right dining room chairs. Standard measurements that...
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Finding the right dining room table is often determined by space constraints. Just because your home is small doesn’t mean you have to rely on your coffee table and pillow seats as your only dining table option. Think small in order to maximize your dining space. Bistro tables (also known as pub tables) are the perfect dinette set for small homes or apartments.
The bistro table was given its name after the traditional French bistro. The Parisian bistro is traditionally a cozy,...
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Most people don't use their dining room table for nightly family dinners. Its purpose usually arises on holidays and during the occasional dinner party. But don't let the seldom-used part diminish its importance; getting stuck at the “kids' table” during a holiday meal is the pits. So make sure your dining table is the right size and shape to welcome all of your guests and ensure that the “Oh no! Where do I seat him?” shuffle never happens again.
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Feb25
Everybody loves a DEAL
It’s easy to remember to rush to Nordstrom at the end of winter so that you can get rock-bottom prices on sweaters and boots before the season changes. However, sometimes we forget that big-ticket items have clearance seasons, too.
So when is the best time to buy dining room furniture? There are a few different times of year when dining furniture deals abound. Keep your eye out for sales on national holidays and in the months of January, July and October.
The...
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After a gazillion hours spent searching online furniture sites, you finally find it ... the perfect piece of dining room furniture. You read the description carefully, specify exactly what you want, and place your order. Then, you wait. Weeks pass, and then a month, and still your furniture does not arrive. The waiting continues.
Unfortunately, this scenario is all too common. It seems you forgot to ask the key question when ordering furniture online: Is it in...
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You probably happened upon our blog as a byproduct of perusing the plethora of dining room furniture available online. On previous online surfing trips you will have quickly realized that the lack of overhead for online-only businesses usually results in substantial savings over the cost of items sold in traditional brick-and-mortar stores. Such is especially true with kitchen furniture because of the amount of floor space it requires for display.
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