"Truthfully, there will always be people who enjoy a separate dining room in their home for many different reasons," says interior designer Emma Kemper, author of new book, House Rules: 100 Ways to ...

If you’ve noticed fewer formal dining rooms in homes lately, you’re not imagining it. For years, open-concept layouts blurred ...

Her hands encased in thick, foamy gloves, Neda Malkani jabs at the freestanding punching bag hanging in her home gym: left, right, left. When she tires of punching, the 40-year-old mother of four uses ...

We chatted with three designers to learn whether or not formal dining rooms are out. Plus, they also offered tips on how to ...

Every room in the house serves a purpose: The bedroom's for snoozin', the living room is for schmoozin', and the kitchen is ...

If the formal dining room is a wasted space in your home, you’re not alone. That said, it doesn’t have to be. Now’s the time to inject new life into that unused room. Not only can you reinvent and ...

A neutral backdrop was already in place when Boston interior designer Ana Donohue was called in to furnish and accessorize this Andover dining room. To enliven the space, Donohue capitalized on the ...

The dining room, an architectural victim of the Great Recession, may be back. When homebuilders gained the nerve to start building anew after the housing bubble burst, brash home designs gained quick ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The new way to design your home. Believe me, nothing beats a dining room with huge windows and an enticing view. Be it an ocean ...

Almost from the moment that the Cunninghams saw the Los Feliz home that they would eventually buy, they knew that they wouldn’t use the spacious dining room for its intended purpose. “There was a ...