A functional dining room contains tables and chairs that hold up to everyday use and require minimal maintenance. Formal dining room furniture is meant to be admired and handled with care.

Our deputy shopping editor's Castlery review explores the brand's mid-price furniture collection. She tested the Seb dining table set to see if this online brand is worth the hype.

If your house has a formal dining room, chances are you don’t use it much. While the dining room was once a focal point in the home—and is still high on some people’s wish lists when house ...

Transforming your rarely used dining room into an entirely different space is the next big design trend—and House Beautiful is here to give you some ideas on how to do it.

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 ...

Is the square footage of your dining room wasted space, or are you putting it to good use year-round? Many homeowners are rethinking that formal space and finding ways for it to perform double duty.

Jeffrey and Julie Ulrich figured they used their boxy formal dining room twice a year. The living room too.

With holidays ahead filled with family and friends, thoughts of a formal dining room win my attention.

A gallery wall and an eclectic metallic light fixture elevate this formal dining room designed by Achille Salvagni and lend dramatic detail. Each week Mansion Global tackles an interior design ...

Functional dining rooms are considered casual, while formal dining rooms are much fancier in nature. Furniture and lighting choices, accessories, decor and table settings define the space and ...