A successful dining room layout involves more than placing a table in the middle of the room and calling it a day. Whether you are designing a formal dining room or a dining area in an open-concept ...

Love them or hate them, open plan layouts are now the default choice. Knocking down internal walls to make way for more light, more space, and a better flow is almost always a good idea. Once confined ...

A too-large dining room and a cramped kitchen led the owners of this expanded Cape in Wayland to call Diana Pauro for a redesign. Pauro, who is the founder of design-build firm Rebel Builders, ...

A well-arranged, comfortable dining room is the secret to a successful dinner party. Designing a dining room for entertaining involves using the right furniture, lighting, and layout, and setting the ...

You know you’re looking at the floor plan of a prewar apartment when it shows a narrow, enclosed galley kitchen, behind which is small bedroom labeled “maid’s room.” These days, homeowners do their ...

Every room in the house serves a purpose: The bedroom's for snoozin', the living room is for schmoozin', and the kitchen is undeniably the heart of the home. But what about the dining room? While it's ...

There’s something about fixer-uppers that promise a world of possibilities. Small kitchen? Remove a wall. Dingy dining room? Add a window. No personality? No problem. It was this enigma of making the ...