When Karen DeTemple bought her house in the historic Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain three years ago, she asked the sellers to take their old Victorian-style dining room chandelier. “I hate ...

There are few rooms where lighting is as crucial as in the dining room. Not only is the light fixture a focal point here, but as your family or guests sit around the table, the fixture will constantly ...

The dining room is a room for entertaining. Often host to daily family dinners, gatherings with friends and elegant holiday meals, your home’s dining room is a great chance to display your interior ...

Her hands encased in thick, foamy gloves, Neda Malkani jabs at the freestanding punching bag hanging in her home gym: left, right, left. When she tires of punching, the 40-year-old mother of four uses ...

For a while, it seemed like the formal dining room had gone the way of handwritten RSVPs and pressed linens, replaced by eat-in kitchens with breakfast nooks and kitchen island seating. But now, the ...

The formal dining room, long considered a symbol of wealth and privilege, has been the subject of much debate over the past 30 years. Some declared it dead, a relic of a bygone era when families sat ...