Did you know that the texture of the furnishings you use in a room is as important as the colors you choose? That’s how interior designers are able to create dramatic monochromatic looks or play with light in surprising ways within a color scheme.

Brighten Spaces with Smooth Textures

Choosing smooth, glossy materials can add luster to your room. Consider a leather sofa in your living room, a high-gloss finish on your bedroom set or a sleek, glass table in your dining room. Of course, metallic accessories throughout your home will brighten up every room.

Rougher Textures Bring a Casual Feel

Furnishings and accessories with coarse or raised textures, as is often found in a more natural state, absorb light and actually make a room feel cozier. So if you’re trying to make a larger space more intimate, choose chairs upholstered in wool or with other textured fabric. And don’t be afraid to choose case goods in an unfinished or distressed appearance to give your home a rustic, warm feel.
 
Remember, the next time you buy furniture, really think about the materials, the look and feeling you are trying to achieve and how it will all play with other furnishings you already have in the room.

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Categories: Design Tips, Bedroom Furniture, Dining Room Furniture, Living Room Furniture

Nothing turns a space into a home like filling it with items and furnishings you love, assembled in a style that is truly your own. Whether you’re moving into a new home or redecorating the one you already have, this is a very exciting time that can really improve your quality of life. But it’s also a time when your wants may not align with what your wallet can allow.

But don’t worry – you can have a beautiful home without breaking your budget. Our 10 tips cover everything from setting your spending limits to multifuctional pieces to help  you get the most for your money. So get started!

Tip #1: Create a budget, either for the entire living space or by individual room. Then make a list of what you have, what you need and what you’d like to upgrade. This will help you to prioritize the project and may shed light on the fact that you could repurpose your nightstand as an end table for the time being.

Tip #2: Brainstorm on how you would like to decorate each room, and then narrow down each space to one or two solid ideas. This way, all of your furniture and accessories can work toward these primary themes for a cohesive look.

Tip #3: You don’t have to furnish your entire home at once. Versatile pieces, such as dining chairs, can float between rooms -- from dining to the home office, to the living room when you’re entertaining guests.

Tip #4: Look for a beautiful bed to be your bedroom’s centerpiece and make the room feel complete. You can add everything else-- dressers, chests and nightstands -- over time. And don’t be afraid to mix and match -- an eclectic mix will make your home cozy and unique.

Tip #5: Think outside the house when it comes to decorative accents. You’ll bring unique style to your home by decorating with garden ornaments, architectural elements and old building parts. They’re often cheap and always distinctive. Check salvage yards and antique stores for great finds.

Tip #6: Use a bookcase in your dining room to store and display china and serving pieces. Later, when you upgrade to a china cabinet or sideboard, you can easily use the bookcase in another area of your home.

Tip #7: Create your own artwork. You can frame anything, from a beautiful leaf to a photo from last year’s wall calendar, and voila, you have art! For inexpensive frames, look in discount stores for framed prints. Remove the back (needle-nose pliers are terrific for pulling out large staples) and replace what was in the frame with your own masterpiece.

Tip #8: Choose a dining room table that will give you choices down the line. For example, choosing a smaller scale table or one with a removable expansion leaf might allow you to use the table in your kitchen or another room should you decide to replace it.

Tip #9: Go ahead and accept hand-me-down furnishings, but only if you really like them. An unwanted dinosaur won’t inspire your imagination the way an empty room can. Don’t be afraid to live with the open space for a while and consider the room you’d really like to create.

Tip #10: Sell furnishings you don’t like or no longer have a need for at a consignment shop or online. Then you can use the money you make for the furniture you really want!

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Categories: Design Tips, Accent Furniture, Bedroom Furniture, Dining Room Furniture, Living Room Furniture

We are always adding new and exciting collections to our existing inventory of living room, bedroom and dining room furniture and more. Check out our top 3 picks of this week's newest arrivals, and let us know if you get inspired -- we sure did!

The Monaco II 2 Pc. China

China cabinets are a timeless piece of dining room furniture that is too often overlooked today. Perhaps when many of us think of these cabinets we are brought back to our grandparents' homes and their big, bulky pieces of furniture that encompassed the entire room. The Monaco II is not your grandmother’s hutch. This beautifully carved two-piece china set is sumptuous in its design. The merlot finish and olive ash burl details evoke a sophisticated, high-end feeling. It features picture framed doors and drawers, plus an adjustable interior shelf.  Imagine sitting down to a family dinner and seeing your items proudly under the halogen lighting. This china cabinet proves it is possible to have the tradition of old with the style of today! 

The Gavin Leather Recliner

Don’t put your stylish new recliner in the dark dingy basement your husband has claimed as a man-cave -- show it off! Especially if it's our Gavin leather power recliner -- it's as visually appealing as it is comfortable. The ultra-soft double thick seating and pillow-topped arms providing relaxation for your entire body. The power recline gives you effortless movement, perfect at the end of a long day. You will love the sleek look it adds to the room with its rich black color and accent stitching. Your entire family will fight over who gets to sit in this recliner -- you may want to get two!

The Bordeaux II Leather Living Room Collection

You don’t have to spend a fortune to have a living room that looks like you did! The classic and luxurious design of our new leather Bordeaux II collection adds amazing elegance to any room. It's stunning in a rich burgundy finish with top stitching on seats and back that adds a distinctive design element. The deep seating and overstuffed cushions offer grand comfort. It’s not difficult to picture yourself entertaining friends with this amazing sofa, loveseat and chair. Start indulging now.

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Categories: Dining Room Furniture, Living Room Furniture, Design Tips

Being a national online home furnishings e-commerce website that works with local retailers you know and trust, we get a lot of insights into furniture trends from across the country. This series will give you the 411 on hot styles, looks and pieces by state.

Here, we take a look at furniture trends in our most popular Western states by sales.

California Furniture Trends

Ornate furnishings with rich details are very popular in California, perhaps extending the glitz of Hollywood across the entire Golden State. Furnishings for both living rooms and bedrooms boast carvings in the exposed wood, and dining room furniture that mixes materials like wood and marble are very popular.

Utah Furniture Trends

In Utah, modern takes on classic furniture designs are among the most popular furniture trends. Overall, clean lines prevail no matter what the room, and updated twists on arts-and-crafts pieces are best sellers for the bedroom. Additionally, we sell a lot of kids bedroom furniture in Utah, where people opt for mature styles that will make the transition with the child through the teen years.

Oregon Furniture Trends

Case goods are in high demand in Oregon, especially entertainment furniture for the living room. Oregonians favor large entertainment units in dark woods with a lot of space to store their entertainment components as well as to display personal effects.

Washington Furniture Trends

In Washington state, sophisticated furniture designs are very popular, especially when they display an interesting mix of materials. Sleek modern wood beds with leather-upholstered headboards as well as clean-lined dining sets with wood, upholstery and stone are both very popular.

Read our other blogs in this series:

• Furniture Trends by State: Northeast
• Furniture Trends by State: Midwest
• Furniture Trends by State: South

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Categories: Design Tips, Bedroom Furniture, Dining Room Furniture, Living Room Furniture, Kids Rooms

Being a national online home furnishings e-commerce website that works with local retailers you know and trust, we get a lot of insights into furniture trends from across the country. This series will give you the 411 on hot styles, looks and pieces by state.

Here, we take a look at furniture trends in our most popular Southern states by sales.

Virginia Furniture Trends

In Virginia, upholstered furniture in modern patterns and silhouettes are our  top sellers, followed closely behind by casual contemporary upholstered living room furniture. And the love of contemporary furniture extends to the bedroom, where clean lines and deep wood finishes dominate.

Maryland Furniture Trends

Living room furniture tastes in Maryland are quite eclectic, encompassing casual contemporary as well as more formal pieces you’d expect to see in a parlor. Microfiber and leather, which tend to be the more durable furniture materials, are the most popular.

Texas Furniture Trends

While wood was the material of choice for dining room and bedroom furniture, leather was surprisingly absent from the living room furniture purchases in Texas. Modern, clean lines and streamlined looks prevailed in most of the furnishings sold here.

South Carolina Furniture Trends

South Carolina furniture shoppers are not afraid to mix things up! The most popular furnishing collections here included a mix of materials, like upholstered sofas with exposed wooden trim or wooden beds with quilted leather headboards, for example. The colors of choice were earthy browns and goes-with-everything black.

Tennessee Furniture Trends

Casual contemporary furniture prevails in Tennessee – a mix of well-made comfortable furnishings that are beautiful and livable for every day. As for colors, brown and beige upholstery is paired with chocolate wood finishes to complete the easy down-to-earth look.

Read our other blogs in this series:

• Furniture Trends by State: Northeast
• Furniture Trends by State: Midwest

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I have an open floor plan, which I love. But how can I create a distinct space for dining, especially for those times when I want meals to feel more formal?

- Pauline
Albany, New York

What Furniture.com's Design Experts Say: Open floor plans lend a light airiness to the home, which is among the reasons this layout has become so popular. But with this advantage come some disadvantages. But luckily, a few design tricks and some smartly placed pieces of furniture can create a look that is both unified and different enough to allow you and your guests to easily move through the space during a holiday dinner or any other entertaining you may do.

Create 'Walls' with Living Room and Dining Room Furniture

The main architectural details an open floor plan is missing are the walls -- to put any up would ruin the aesthetic. But you can create walls between a dining area and sitting area by edging the space with a sofa or a sideboard -- or even put the two pieces back to back. When your guests have to walk around the sofa to get to the dining table, it will simulate walking into a new room.

Use Color to Set Boundaries Between Functional Areas

While you want all the spaces in your open floor plan to be a visually pleasing whole, you can use paint and accessory colors to break the larger space up in a complementary manner that makes sense for how you use the space. For example, you may use cornflower blue as accessories in your living room and kitchen, but then in the dining room use royal blue. Since all the colors are in the same family, the rooms willl look great on their coninuum, but the different shade helps to indicate that this is a different space.

Don't Forget the Floor!

Your floor visually takes up 1/3 of the horizontal space people see in your home, so don't underestimate its use in defining the different spaces in your open floor plan. Just as you might consider changing the wall color, using a different area rug is a great way to help your guests make the transition to the new space.

Pauline, we hope you find these ideas helpful!

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Categories: Design Tips, Dining Room Furniture, Living Room Furniture

Being a national online home furnishings e-commerce website that works with local retailers you know and trust, we get a lot of insights into furniture trends from across the country. This series will give you the 411 on hot styles, looks and pieces by state.

Here, we take a look at furniture trends in our most popular Midwestern states by sales.

Illinois Furniture Trends

Furniture trends in Illinois culminate in a combination of contemporary sophistication with a touch of casual living that is so very today. Of course, with Chicago’s rich history in architecture and furniture design, these tastes come as no surprise. Browns and trendy grays reign as the top choices for living room sofas and chairs, and wood is the prominent material for both bedroom furniture and dining room furniture.

Indiana Furniture Trends

Contemporary, modern furnishings are our top sellers across all room categories in Indiana. Trendy gray upholstery is the number one choice for living room furniture, and modern updates of the classic sleigh bed design are tops for bedrooms. The majority of dining room sets bought here in Indiana were sleek, modern counter-height dinettes.

Ohio Furniture Trends

Ohio furniture shoppers are looking for large-scale pieces, but they are in no way overlooking the details! Many of the most popular pieces, from large, dramatic beds to delicate yet refined table lamps, have intricate designs indicating a care in the craftsmanship from the person who brings the pieces home. Carved wood and capiz shell inlay are two examples of the more detailed decorative work popular in Ohio.

Missouri Furniture Trends

In Missouri, furniture shoppers are looking for the perfect combination of comfort and urban flair. Once again, we’ve seen gray as the color of choice for upholstered furniture. But, of course, nothing beats the old standby of a leather sofa – especially if it has an updated silhouette and incorporates all the customary comforts.

Kansas Furniture Trends

Furniture tastes in Kansas seem to embody what comes to mind for many people when they think of America’s Heartland. The most popular furnishings sold in Kansas are all sturdy, well-made pieces in traditional, comfortable designs with clean lines. Practical materials, like wood and microfiber, sell well – chosen for both their beautiful appearance and their durability.

Read our other blogs in this series:

• Furniture Trends by State: Northeast

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We are always adding new and exciting collections to our existing inventory of living room, bedroom and dining room furniture, accent pieces, and more. Check out our top 3 picks of this week's newest arrivals, and let us know if you get inspired -- we sure did!

The Santa Cruz Collection

If you are looking to add a little romance to your bedroom, we suggest you take a peek at the Santa Cruz bedroom furniture collection. We love the way the different materials in this bedroom add the feeling of femininity and grace. A flattering mixture of wood, metal and faux granite compliments the room design, creating an inviting feeling. The regal bed is eye-catching with its antiqued bronze metal finish, and the rustic cherry veneers are a stunning addition to the dresser and nightstand. You can easily mix and match accessories and bedding to create the perfect atmosphere and fashion an entire new look!

The Amelia Area Rug

Picking out the right furniture is key to creating the perfect room design, but you must also remember accent pieces help give a room its finished look. Area rugs come in many different colors and patterns and can set the entire tone for the decor. Our Amelia area rug is sure to be a favorite with its earthy color palette. A blend of woodland browns, rustic reds, mossy greens and warm cinnamon reflect today's popular decorating trends. The wide-scale overlapping shapes offer modern eye appeal. The Amelia looks great in this room design because it pulls out the deep brown color of the Bayfront sectional and flatters the richly colored walls. The rug balances out the room while giving you a cahnce to express your own personal style!

The Kyle Collection

Are you trying to decorate a small apartment or condo? Keep in mind dinettes are a great option to add style to your home while saving on space! Our Kyle collection may be small, but it is big on design! This three-piece dinette has angular curves that are unique and not often seen in dining room furniture. The high-back leather-like chairs are easy to care for, and the counter-height size is ideal for casual meals and get-togethers.

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Categories: Design Tips, Bedroom Furniture, Accent Furniture, Living Room Furniture, Dining Room Furniture

Being a national online home furnishings e-commerce website that works with local retailers to bring you affordable furniture with excellent customer service, we get a lot of insights into furniture trends from across the country. This series will give you the 411 on hot styles, looks and pieces by state. Here, we take a look at furniture trends in our most popular Northeastern states by sales.

New York Furniture Trends

In 2012, we’ve seen a return to the traditional in furniture tastes for New York. Think dark, sumptuous woods and ornately carved details. Our most popular sellers there have been stately dining room sets and overstuffed living room furniture – all classic and very masculine.

Pennsylvania Furniture Trends

Leather living room furnishings are very popular in Pennsylvania, especially in traditional designs and dark brown or black. Formal-looking sofas inspired by the Victorian time period but updated for today’s use are also sought after.

Massachusetts Furniture Trends

Massachusetts’s furniture trends tend to run a little eclectic, with a preference tending toward more colors, especially for living rooms. Here, furniture aficionados chose to brighten their living rooms up with white leather and upholstery in shades of plum and rust. Additionally, padded leather headboards are also hot, whether set in a more traditional or very modern looking bed.

New Jersey Furniture Trends

In New Jersey, furniture shoppers put a premium on comfort! Recliners and sectionals are very popular, and the style leans toward casual contemporary, sometimes with a touch of modern. Think ample seating and deep, soft cushions.

Connecticut Furniture Trends

The counter height dining room furniture trend is going strong in Connecticut, where we see furniture shoppers both buy complete dinette sets or create their own. And styles run the gamut from Shaker-inspired cherry wood finishes to Italianate high-gloss blacks.

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Categories: Design Tips, Bedroom Furniture, Dining Room Furniture, Living Room Furniture

There are a lot of moving pieces -- literally -- when it comes to buying dining room furniture and setting up this important room in your home. You need to be sure that the furnishings you choose allow for family and guests to easily move about the dining room, enjoying their meals and company, and that you can easily move around for serving and entertaining.

Luckily, we’ve compiled some guidelines so that you can purchase and arrange your dining room table, dining chairs, sideboard/buffet and china cabinet/hutch in a way that will please the eye and be completely functional. These measurements will provide some good guidelines for choosing the size of your furniture. And remember, these same rules apply whether you have leaves in your table or not, so if you plan to use the leaves, keep that in mind for the overall measurements.

• Beginning at the entranceway to your dining room, you should have 48” from there to the dining room table. This will give everyone enough room to easily come in and out of the room, especially for anyone bringing hot food to the table.
• You need 36” between the dining room table and chairs and any other piece of furniture or wall. Anyone sitting at the table will have enough room to move the chair out and get up from the table. Your rug should also be 36” wider than the table all around to accommodate this movement.
• A place setting takes up about 24”, and you will want to leave 24” between chairs. You’ll want you guests to have enough room to be comfortable and able to cut their food without bothering anybody else.
• For lighting, you want your overhead chandelier to hang about 24” to 32” from the table – this way it won’t be in anyone’s face while you’re talking. The lower your lighting hangs, the more modern it will look.
• Chairs and their arms should be able to slide under the table. For maximum comfort, the top of the seat should be 7” below the bottom of the apron so there’s enough room for people’s legs.

By opting for a dining room set, you will be able to avoid some of these concerns because you will know your chairs were built to be used with that table. But taking all of these measurements to be sure the new dining room furniture you have fallen in love with will work in your dining room will be completely worth it the first time you have a dinner party.

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Categories: Dining Room Furniture, Accent Furniture, Furniture 101, Design Tips

You don’t need a huge house to welcome overnight guests into your home. In most cases, your heart and warmth – along with a few key living room furnishings – can make up for the lack of space and a formal guestroom. Consider these ideas to create a multipurpose living room that can easily double as guest quarters.

A Place to Lay Their Heads

The most comfortable and visually pleasing option you have is to buy living room furniture that can double as a bed. Your two main choices are a sleeper sofa or daybed.

Sleeper sofas look like a regular sofa and then fold out to a full or queen size bed. In recent years, sleeper sofas have become easier to set up and offer more comfortable mattresses – some even unfold at the push of a button. You may also be able to purchase a separate foldable mattress that better fits your personal specifications.

With a daybed, on the other hand, you use the actual twin mattress as your sofa cushion when you use the piece for sitting. Daybeds are twin size, which might be better for small rooms. You can also purchase trundle unit that folds under the daybed to create a larger sleeping space for guests.

A Place to Lay Their Stuff

Don’t forget that your guests will also need a place to store their luggage and belongings. If you plan to entertain a lot, you can consider using nightstands with drawers for your end tables. Then guests will always have a secure spot for their belongings.

If that is not practical, look for other spots to make space where your guests can tuck items out of the way. Luggage can always go in a hall closet, and if your entertainment center has concealed shelves, clearing them might offer the perfect spot to store other personal items.

A Happy Coexistence

Having guests staying in a public space, like your living room, can definitely be a test. Be considerate of your guests’ schedules – you don’t want to keep them up yawning so you can watch late-night TV, for example. If your guests’ sleep times are far off from yours and you want the flexibility, you can also switch with the guests for a night or two. Let them take your room while you enjoy the guestroom/living room combo you’ve created!

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Category: Living Room Furniture, Bedroom Furniture, Design Tips

Beyond your dining table and chairs, which, of course, are essential pieces of dining room furniture, there’s an entire world of storage options. From china cabinets and curios to sideboards and buffets, which are the right items for you?

The Benefits of Dining Room Storage

Depending on the storage pieces you choose, these furnishings can really enhance your dining room. They can offer additional serving space, a place to keep items out of view and additional style based on how they look as well as how you decorate them. Determine which of these needs are most important to you so you can furnish your room with the most appropriate storage pieces.

Do You Need More Serving Space?

If you need more flat space for entertaining your guests or taking care of your family, then a sideboard, or buffet, is a must for you. Sideboards come in a number of styles and can contain a variety of storage features, including cabinets, drawers and shelves. All sideboards are topped by a flat surface you can use for serving. If you entertain a lot, you may want to make sure your sideboard is topped with a heat-resistant surface.

Do You Need More Storage?

While a sideboard does offer storage space, a china cabinet can offer even more between the base and hutch. The combination of viewable and non-viewable storage often offered by china cabinets can be indispensable. You get a place to display your beautiful dishes and other precious items, as well as a spot to stow larger pots, serving pieces and even cookbooks.

Do You Want to Decorate?

All the furnishings mentioned so far can be used to display your collections. Additionally, curio cabinets, which might not be suited for dishes, are another option for showing off your special objects. If displaying items is a priority for you, look for pieces with lighting to help you emphasize your groupings.

Over at DecorateITOnline’s blog, they offer 7 design tips for creating beautiful displays on top of your sideboard. These include not over-cluttering, striking a balance and creating visual interest. So once you choose your new pieces and bring them into your home, you can create the complete dining room look you want.

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Categories: Dining Room Furniture, Design Tips

The city of Chicago boasts a proud history of pioneers in architecture and design, including Frank Lloyd Wright, of course, as well as Louis Sullivan and the entire Chicago School. So it should come as no surprise that Chicago residents choose distinctive, design-savvy furniture for their homes. Take a peek at these top furniture picks in he Chicago area to see how they decorate their homes.

Dining in (Small) Style

Smaller-scale dining room sets are big sellers in Chicagoland. But just because a dining area is small, that doesn’t mean it has to be plain. The right furniture pieces can elevate the space, creating an intimate and elegant room for dining. Chicagoans flock to our smaller dining sets that offer big flair. Design details like a petite round table boasting a raised pedestal and unusually lovely curved legs, tables dazzling with rich, deep wood tones and chairs showing off architectural elements like a gorgeous circle-and-crossback bring fashionable interest to their rooms.

Balanced Bedroom Decor

The most popular bedroom furniture styles in Chicago reflect a practical nature while embracing a touch of modern design. Tufted faux leather headboards, clean lines and intricate finishes can be found in some of our bestselling bedroom furnishings in Chicago. Details like curved fronts and brushed nickel hardware on the casegoods are also very popular. All of this makes for an elegant look won’t go out of style anytime soon!

Whether you're from Chicago or Chattanooga, we're sure you'll be inspired by all the looks at Furniture.com!

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Categories: Design Tips, Bedroom Furniture, Dining Room Furniture

Anything goes for dining room furniture with the way people entertain these days! While a long rectangular dining table surrounded by matching dining room chairs may scream dinner party to you, it no longer has to – unless, of course, that’s your style.

HGTV offered 5 alternative layouts for dining room furniture in this article. While not everyone has a professional interior designer or stylist to set the scene before a dinner party, there are some great ideas you might be able to use in your own dining room to create a dramatic effect. And while these looks are great for entertaining, they are versatile enough to be the dining room you live with every day.

More Than One Dining Room Table: If you want to offer guests a more intimate experience, consider getting rid of your large, single dining table and instead use two smaller ones, like those sold in dinette sets. If you entertain with a spouse or roommate, you can sit separately, each at one of the tables, to host your guests.
 
Dining Room Tables Don’t Have to Be Wood: Think about the materials you choose for your dining room table and chairs. While wood is the most common material you’ll find, there are also glass tables or those made of marble or another stone. And then, once you choose your dining room table, you don’t have to hide it under a tablecloth. There are many different styles of placemats and runners you can use to complement your tabletop.

And Dining Room Chairs Don’t Have to Match: You shouldn’t be afraid to get a little eclectic when it comes to your dining room chairs. In the same way people now mix the patterns of their dishes, you can mix up your seating. It sets a creative, fun tone in the room. Wooden seats can break up a line of upholstered seating and different colors can add some punchy flair.

Dining Rooms Aren’t Just for Dining Room Furniture: Depending on how you use your dining room when you’re not entertaining, you could bring in a number of different items you would normally not find in a dining room, like a sofa or a settee for seating, or a desk that can double as a server when you entertain.

Comfort Is a Priority: If you are inviting guests into your dining room, you want them to be comfortable and have a great time. And, of course, you want it to look great too! Benches can be a surprisingly comfortable seating option, and they allow you to squeeze in more people since you don’t have to account for each chair’s footprint.

We hope these ideas have inspired you to think outside of the box when creating your own dining room for entertaining. And let us know if you have any other unusual ideas!

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Categories: Dining Room Furniture, Design Tips

Are you thinking about buying a counter height dinette set? Counter height furniture is one of the biggest trends to hit dining room furnishings in the last 20 years, and most recently it has evolved from a strictly casual look to one that can also be the centerpiece of a formal dining room.

The Appeal of Counter Height Dinette Sets

Counter height dinette sets at home began to grow in popularity as our culture became more laid-back. People enjoy the informal cafe or bistro feel they bring to a space. Their compact nature makes them great for a kitchen corner or an alternative to a breakfast nook.

Since many counter height dining tables are round, square or triangular – rather than rectangular or oval – everyone faces each other, facilitating conversation and entertaining. And, as the host buzzes around bringing food or getting drinks, guests are still at eye level, so everyone is always a part of the party.

Counter Height Dinette Style

Now you can find counter height dinette sets in a number of styles and configurations to meet your needs. You can find tables made of wood, glass, marble, metal and combinations of these materials, and sets that seat anywhere from 2 to 8 and more, especially if the table has a butterfly leaf – both easy to store and use.

Seating for these dinettes has also become more interesting. Many sets have counter height benches available, and some have chairs that can be placed together to become a continuous seat.

Because of the varied options in counter height dining furniture, you can easily use a tall dinette set as your main dining room furniture. The furniture’s look and feel will help you create a dining space for entertaining and family.

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Categories: Dining Room Furniture, Furniture 101