Which of these would you use for the dining room
NOTE PLEASE DISREGARD TV / living room set up specifics. While it will be there facing TV fireplace, for this post just trying to give you an idea of set up (not to scale or postioned exactly)
On todays Houzz email, they have a dining before / after in a smallish room much like a room we thought to use as an office, facing a window. https://www.houzz.com/photos/room-of-the-day-a-colorful-dining-room-phvw-vp~25975820(https://www.houzz.com/photos/room-of-the-day-a-colorful-dining-room-phvw-vp~25975820)I started thinking if we were to do that, the area where it had been could be used for conversation seating facing the kitchen (something like chairs I put on #2 facing island) and office could be one of the spare rooms.
Below are two drawing different attempts at the same thing, layout 1 & 2.
Do you think #1 or #2 would work better?
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- 9 years ago
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9 years ago
9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoI agree with infinitylounge. But I also thought if you don't need all that seating in front of the TV, something like this might work. Excuse the sloppy cut and paste.
Edited to add: I didn't even notice the island seating at first. Since you have that, the DR in the office might work well after all.
I think this is one of those things that really depends on one's lifestyle. We rarely eat at our dining table...really, only when we entertain...so if we placed it a bit from the kitchen, it wouldn't really matter. YMMV
- 9 years ago
funky, we eat the same way with primarily just two of us we're on couches in front of the TV at current home.
The times we're out the table, we can still watch the TV but neither of these locations lends itself to that so more reason the table would only be for when we've guests.
I appreciate your idea. Unfortunately with main lighting being at center of both TV & dining room, having the table in between would cause it to get little light upon it.
9 years agolast modified: 9 years ago
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