2025 Design Focus #3: The Formal Dining Space

For a year or so, we. have been moving away from completely open floorplans. People are leaning more towards functional, defined spaces. And the dining room is one of those! If you know anything about me, you know that I LOVE dinner around the table with friends and loved ones, and my dining spaces have always been some of my favorite spaces in every house I have lived in. So I like this very much as a “trend” - creating a beautiful, cozy space for families to spend more time slowed down and enjoying each other is a really cool thing. So turn that space BACK into a dining room or carve out a separate dining area, light some candles, and just stay awhile.

Some recent dining room designs I’m loving…