If your dining room mostly holds mail or waits for company, it may need a more useful purpose. These seven ideas bring the room back into daily life, with a farmhouse table as an approachable place to sit, talk and spend time together.
Your household has its own way of gathering. Maybe dinner includes grandparents, the table also hosts projects, or your dining space has an awkward shape. A custom-table conversation starts with those everyday realities. Here are five reasons it can be worth having.
You want to welcome people without navigating around an oversized table every day. A thoughtful dining layout can help you balance both needs. Start with the actual room, then use these six ideas to make gathering feel easier.
A farmhouse dining table with benches has an easygoing look that suits meals with the people you know best. The strongest reasons to choose one are practical, too. Here are five ways to think through a bench-and-table setup before buying.
When several people gather for dinner, a longer table can be appealing—but length is only one part of a comfortable setup. Use these seven questions to decide whether a large farmhouse table belongs in your room and your family’s routine.
A beautiful dining room should feel comfortable enough for seconds, stories and a game after dinner. These six ideas help you build a gathering space around a farmhouse table without making the room feel formal or difficult to use.
A table can look perfect online and still feel awkward at home. Before choosing your family dining table, use these five steps to connect the measurements on the listing with real seats, real walkways and the way your household gathers.
The best part of a dining table usually happens after everyone sits down. Someone tells a story, a quick meal turns into a conversation, and the room feels a little more like home. Here are seven everyday reasons to choose a family table you will enjoy gathering around.
The table may be the right size for your guests and still feel crowded once dinner arrives. Before deciding you need a larger dining table, look at where the food, drinks and extra supplies are going. A separate serving area built around a farmhouse buffet can give the meal a little more breathing room.
Hosting feels different when every dish does not have to compete with the place settings. A farmhouse buffet gives you another surface to work with and a place to organize the pieces around the meal. Our five-foot distressed-white buffet brings that useful serving role into the dining room with warm wood character.
Your favorite pieces deserve more than a temporary spot on the nearest shelf. A wood console can turn photographs, collected objects and seasonal accents into a display you enjoy every day. Our carbon-gray-whitewash console with an antique-white base gives that arrangement a character of its own.
The entrance is the first part of your home you see after a long day. A farmhouse entryway table can make that arrival feel more welcoming with a useful surface and a little character. Our turned-leg console pairs a weathered-white top with an antique-white base for a relaxed, lived-in look.