From the banquet halls of kings to the more humble family dining room a starched white tablecloth draped over a dinner table was once the obligatory setting for any meal. But that once domestic staple ...

Call me old-fashioned, but I’ve always loved the idea of a formal dining room – probably because my parents used to host glamorous dinner parties in theirs back in the 1980s and 1990s. It was the ...

Is fine dining dead in the suburbs? You can't help but wonder, given some high-profile restaurant closings, including Rye's La Panetière earlier this year. There was a changing of the guard at the ...

The good china sits atop grandma’s heirloom tablecloth. The sterling is polished, the crystal glistens and extra chairs are arranged around the table. Soon the candles will be lit. We’re about to ...

Functional dining rooms are considered casual, while formal dining rooms are much fancier in nature. Furniture and lighting choices, accessories, decor and table settings define the space and differ ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. Whether you have a formal dining room or simply a multipurpose space with a dining table in it, you may ...

In most homes we design, the dining room is a place for crisp table linens and adult conversation, and the kitchen is for everyday grub. Recently, though, we encountered a home with an interesting ...

Functional dining rooms are considered casual, while formal dining rooms are much fancier in nature. Furniture and lighting choices, accessories, decor and table settings define the space and differ ...