Formal dining rooms are no longer a must-have among home buyers. Reports on the decline of the formal dining room appear to have been premature, as many real estate professionals have noted that some ...

Traditional formal dining rooms are not as necessary as they were a generation ago. A recent study by Realtor.com found formal dining rooms are often the most underutilized square footage in homes.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We all have that one room or space in our home that rarely gets used. Lifestyles have evolved over the last two decades and with ...

Many homeowners can undoubtedly take a stroll through their homes and find at least one space that could be repurposed to provide more functionality. Real estate professionals know that such ...

When Alexis Cosinuke moved into her house in Lexington, Ky., a couple of years ago, she knew she’d have to get creative to give her three kids a place of their own. Because the home didn’t have a ...

The formal dining room, long considered a symbol of wealth and privilege, has been the subject of much debate over the past 30 years. Some declared it dead, a relic of a bygone era when families sat ...

Traditional formal dining rooms are not as necessary as they were a generation or two ago. A recent study by Realtor.com found formal dining rooms are often the most underutilized square footage in ...

We all have that one room or space in our home that rarely gets used. Lifestyles have evolved over the last two decades and with them, certain domains have gone in and out of vogue. Advances in ...