Breakfast nook

We have this rather large breakfast nook area attached to the kitchen with lots of light coming in from the large windows that line the wall of the space looking out onto our back yard. I think that the best way for us to go with this space would be to put a rectangular table and a few chairs there so that we can have a very versatile space; somewhere that can serve as an informal eating space, somewhere suitable for getting some work done, doing some arts and crafts projects, etc.


In the sort term I plan to make use of our old dining room table which has seen better times many years ago, but it is still in a very functional state despite all the nicks and dings it has acquired over the years. I guess you could simply say that our table has a lot of character these days.




Here are two very different thoughts that I think may work well for this space. I am just not sure which one would be more functional for us, the one with the painted folding wooden cafe chairs or the one with the country style chairs. Of course part of the challenge is that the table we have now only has room for two chairs on each side of the table and somewhere down the line I would like to get a longer table that would fit at least three chairs on each side so whatever I choose needs to be easy enough to find another similar chair or two later on so that they can be added to the set when a new table is purchased. Of course one option would be to simply buy the extra chair or two now and put them along the side of the table now that way they are already there when a new table is purchased.

Dining Room

Well the big day is just around the corner. We have our final walk through Monday night and get the keys to our first house at that time. Of course this means that we are thinking a lot about what we want to do with the house, both in the near and distant future. The near future of course includes furnishing the house.


Our beautiful little formal dining room is square and has a small built in china hutch and chair railing. As we have never had a formal dining room and a separate breakfast nook we only have one dining room table with chairs. Our current dining room table is not at all formal and is also a rectangular shaped table which would work better in the breakfast nook so we need to get a new table to go with our current chairs, of course we will also have to figure out chairs to go with our current table too.


We have decided that a round table (preferably with a leaf) would be the best choice for our formal dining room, something in a darker wood color to provide a nice contrast to our chairs and make the space feel more formal would be great. Of course we really love the look of the pedestal tables, however the reviews for the lower end pedestal tables say that they tend to be rather wobbly and the finishes often scratch easily and some of them even come off of the tables - not good. This is leading me to leaning towards a low end round table that is neither a pedestal or real wood. Of course when the little man is a little older we will most likely buy a quality solid wood pedestal table for the dining room though, but we just don't see the point in spending the money when our little guy will most likely just damage the table in the next few years anyhow. I found a round table that is a dark brown-black color with a leaf for $150 which I think may very well be the right table for us right now.


This is the table without the leaf extension - seats 4













This is the table with the leaf extension - seats 6