Victorian Interior Design for Apartment Living – The Dining Room
During Queen Victoria’s reign of 63 years, Victorian style went through a number of very distinctive changes. The fact that furniture legs were covered up to maintain the parlor’s sense of modesty is...
View ArticleA Breakfast Nook without the Built-In
Over the years, breakfast nooks have become more and more popular in the design of contemporary homes for several reasons. They have an informal, cozy air about them; they are typically off the...
View ArticleDining Room in the Kitchen
Today, many condominiums, apartments and lofts have an open concept design where the kitchen flows into the dining area and the dining area merges into the living room. Even when building or designing...
View ArticleFine Dining
It’s official; the festive season has begun! I attended my first company Christmas party this past weekend. The menu was amazing; it was a buffet and the dishes included braised meatballs in red wine...
View ArticleA Forest of Trees in the Living Room – a Holiday Memory
One Saturday afternoon in the first week of December when I appeared for my lesson at the usual time, I entered Mrs. Flood’s living room only to find a forest of Christmas trees growing on the lid of...
View ArticleSpeaking with a French Accent – The French Country Dining Room
A French country dining room is warm, inviting and intimate. This is where you close the door on a micro-waved meal; where glasses are raised in a toast to good fortune or in celebration of a happy...
View ArticleDining Room Transitional Style
Transitional style dining room furniture is that pleasant mix of traditional and contemporary. While decorative detail might display the occasional flourish or two, transitional dining tables are less...
View ArticleMosaic Table Tops: How to Make Your Own
I’m the first to admit that when it comes to DIY projects, I’m not the handiest person on the planet. But when I told a girlfriend of mine about this collectible dinner set that my family had hung on...
View ArticleThrifty Décor Ideas for your Dining Room
Have all of the chair legs of your dining table been used as scratching posts? Are the same drapes covering the windows – the ones you intended on replacing many moons ago? Is one of the upholstered...
View ArticleFurniture Ideas for a Small Dining Room
You might think that just because you have a small dining area that you will have to compromise on style. But it doesn’t have to be that way if you have a plan. And the place to start is with your...
View ArticleDining Tables in the Round
A round dining table is the perfect shape for small dining rooms or even an informal dining room. The circular shape invites well-rounded discussions from the current day’s events, to the debates on...
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