Modern home design tends to forgo the dining room in favor of more casual arrangements like a breakfast nook. However, today’s home designers are circling back to it and it appears to be making a comeback. In today’s post, local home renovator DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen of West Collin County discusses how dining rooms are making a comeback.

Then: Traditional Dining Rooms

Households as recent as the 1950s treat dinners as formal events, complete with a dress code, which gave dining rooms a somewhat prestige status. Formal dinners fell out of fashion over the years and with it the purpose of the dining room. In many households, the dining room became an all-purpose room, used for anything from studying to playing board games. The prevalence of open floor plans may have also contributed to the dining room’s decline in popularity due to its lack of a designated room for dining.

Now: Not-So Traditional Dining Rooms

The lockdowns in the past couple of years have contributed to the return of dining rooms in today’s homes. More families started sharing meals again, which made the dining area — the dining room, in many homes — a central part of their daily routine. In some households, the multi-purpose aspect of the dining table is kept. Some use it as a makeshift home office, a study table, or a surface for organizing things. With quarantine restrictions becoming more relaxed, homeowners can again host dinners for friends and family. For large gatherings, the dinner table can be used as a service table.

If you are concerned about whether your home remodeler will start putting up walls and partitions in your next remodel, they won’t. The modern dining room respects the function of a traditional dining room — that is, a designated area for dining — without sacrificing other aspects of your home’s design. A well-designed modern dining room can be casual and functional yet is recognizable as designated for dining.

What About Traditional Dining Rooms?

But what about traditional dining rooms? Can they be brought up to modern standards? The answer is yes, but you and your remodeler may need to approach its design differently. The key concept is giving more intent to the room: instead of dining as its sole purpose, the dining room can also be a place to hang out. You can add furniture and appliances that facilitate activities like listening to records and playing board games. Shelves and modern decor can create a background that’s perfect for when you have to attend virtual meetings.

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Searching for a “home remodeler near me“? DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen of West Collin County offers a wide range of professional remodeling services, including kitchen, bath, and shower remodeling. To get started with a no-obligation consultation, call us at (469) 663-4900, or contact us online! We serve homeowners in Plano, Allen, McKinney, Fairview, Frisco, Richardson, Murphy, Wylie, Prosper, Celina, and Carrollton.