Interior Designer Southlake TX – By Foran Interior Design
Does anyone use their formal dining room anymore? It makes sense to use every room in your home. There is a trend to change the dining room into a conversation sitting room.
Change your dining room into a conversational room
Some of our clients have wanted to change their large dining room into a comfortable round sitting area and conversation area where they can entertain guests or be alone and read. The room is television-free and has a fantastic pool view and outdoor landscape.
Nowadays, many families gather around the kitchen island. They may eat at the dinette table, where things are more casual. Dinettes in a new home are much larger and will seat large groups.
Sometimes it is nice to retreat to a quiet corner and leave the noise in the main family room. The natural light can be used when reading or dreaming in the comfortable lounge-type swivel chairs, as shown in the photo. We changed the chandelier to tie into the architectural detail of the ceiling; A round chandelier was used to mimic the round seating pattern in the room.
We change this dining room into a conversation room
Since this dining room was large, we could put six comfortable lounge chairs in the formal dining room to make it a perfect comfortable area to sit and converse with guests—a perfect “conversation area” for family and friends.
This is the view of the new conversation room from the front doom
A conversational grouping can be two, four, or even six chairs. It is a good idea to have pull-up ottomans in the room so you can add to the seating if needed.
