Interior design trends constantly adapt to suit social trends and I think the appearance of sofas at dining room tables is an example of that. More and more when I have dinner with friends we wind up sitting on the sofa around the coffee table to eat dinner.
Am I alone in experiencing this trend not only socially but in interior design?
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Good insight...I think you are on to something.
Terri
Paula Grace ~
There is something lovely about sitting around the living room with great friends and an informal meal!
:)
dallas
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From my own personal experience I would rather have one large table (either in the kitchen or a more formal dining room) rather than two.
I know so many people who hardly ever use their formal dining rooms, which to me is a waste.
It seems that, apart from meals at the holidays, we gather at the sofa or around the kitchen island at nearly all gatherings or events.
I love the top room - it has great balance.
I have an open kitchen/family room.
I have a table and chairs set up there, I set the food and the plates and set myself down, and then I realize that who ever it is that is joining me...has helped themselves to set not where I am, not where the food and the table and the plates are but, at in front of the sofa and T.V. instead!...
Wild Country Safari with the windows rolled down.
I quite like the look and think we'll end up having the bench (with back up chairs) at our table (once we find it)!
I find that this style of arrangement is a bit awkward... but I do enjoy it.
:D
Work from home India
I also had another table set up for 4 in the same room. All of the chairs got filled up, but when the other 2 came in and saw that the only seating left was the banquette, they chose the other table. Bummer, lol.
I think banquettes work best with pedestal tables (mine wasn't and wasn't really long enough anyway) and I think for some people, it just doesn't seem "right" so they avoid it, unless it's 3/4 banquette to 1/4 chairs around a table. I think l-shaped banquettes work best.
What I'd really like though is to get a long oval glass top table that can seat 2 on each side and use wood bases that let me raise it from a coffee table height to a full table height. Then I'd have the best of both worlds!