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The dining room is a room for entertaining. Often host to daily family dinners, gatherings with friends and elegant holiday meals, your home’s dining room is a great chance to display your interior ...

The secret to a successful dinner party? Good lighting. In fact, mood lighting is paramount to creating an intimate, convivial atmosphere around the dining table no matter the time of day or night.

A successful dining room layout involves more than placing a table in the middle of the room and calling it a day. Whether you are designing a formal dining room or a dining area in an open-concept ...