| If you have small home, or if you have a dining room | | | | close at hand, and you can add a candle arrangement |
| living room combination, then it is always a great | | | | to the shelves which are not only beautiful, but they |
| thing when you can find furniture that is | | | | can provide ambient lighting as well. |
| multifunctional for your space. This way you can free | | | | Storage Bench |
| up some much needed floor space in your tight | | | | In any room of your home a storage bench is always |
| quarters making the room more comfortable and | | | | happy to serve several functions, and it fits |
| functional. The dining room is one of the best spaces | | | | beautifully into the dining room. You can tuck it into a |
| for double duty furniture. | | | | corner, against a wall or at the table, and it offers |
| Adjustable Table | | | | you a comfortable place to sit. When you open the |
| As you are considering table styles for your dining | | | | top of it you will also find ample room for storage. |
| room, consider one that can expand. Having an | | | | You can keep table linens, large serving pieces or any |
| adjustable dining room table is very handy, because if | | | | manner of things in a storage bench. You can also |
| you are like most families, you will normally need a | | | | use it to store all of your holiday decorations, so that |
| smaller dining table for your immediate family, but on | | | | they are always close at hand, and you leave your |
| the few occasions when you're entertaining a larger | | | | closet space free for other storage needs. A storage |
| group, you will need the extra table space. Simply | | | | bench can also work wonderfully well as a window |
| adding the removable leaf sections back into your | | | | seat adding a little bit of old world charm to your |
| table gives you that additional space. Remember that | | | | dining area. |
| adding a leaf section to your table will increase it in | | | | Small Chest |
| size, so make sure that you have a table cloth that | | | | By adding a chest of drawers to your dining space, |
| fits each dimension of your table. For example, if you | | | | you can use it as a buffet and it has abundant |
| have two table inserts, make sure that you have a | | | | storage in the drawers beneath. You can store linen, |
| proper table covering for the mid-size as well as the | | | | silverware and serving platters out of sight, yet you |
| largest size dimension of your table. | | | | can keep them handy for when you need to use |
| Shelving | | | | them. Using a chest of drawers can be a charming |
| If you include some low shelving in your dining room, | | | | and inexpensive hutch for your dining room space. |
| it can be multifunctional as well as attractive. You can | | | | You can find a used dresser in just about any style |
| add some of your hardbound cookbooks to the | | | | at your local thrift store and simply mount floating |
| shelves for interest, and you can display some of | | | | shelves above it to display your crockery. Then you'll |
| your favorite crockery. You can place a basket with | | | | have a fully functional and affordable hutch. |
| table linens on the shelf so that they are always | | | | |