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Inkfreak (406 posts) Thu Aug 15, 2013, 04:08 PMDo You Eat Your Meals At The Table?My wife & I have a rather small place. We have a kitchen/dinning room and we recently decided to take out the table in it. It was a big one that seemed to collect junk more than we ate at it. We both have odd hours, so meals are often at different times. We love the extra room along with our dogs. So the question came up when deciding to buy a small cafe type table.
CaliforniaPeggy (105,344 posts) Thu Aug 15, 2013, 04:12 PM1. We have a dining room, and we do eat in it...If you don't feel the lack of your dining table, then don't have one! But then what do you do if you have company?
Inkfreak (406 posts) Thu Aug 15, 2013, 04:44 PM3. Yea, we don't really miss it.We have thought about the idea of company, but we never have people over for dinner. We are more apt to go somewhere to socialize or if we do, it's for drinks or a game night on the porch. When I was a kid, my Mom made sure to have dinner at the table as a family whenever possible. No TV!! So there is some part of that thinks I should still abide by that, lol.
In_The_Wind (47,564 posts) Thu Aug 15, 2013, 04:13 PM2. Some times we do, I prefer not to.A small bistro table might be nice.
Graybeard (6,749 posts) Thu Aug 15, 2013, 04:50 PM4. Drop Leaf Wall Table.I've gained so much space in my kitchen by not having a conventional table. Granted I'm a bachelor and live alone but this fold down wall mounted table is just perfect for me. I got mine at Ikea. No legs. no clutter. it's big enough for two to sit at. And if needed it can fold down against the wall to open up even more space.
Jenoch (2,852 posts) Thu Aug 15, 2013, 05:09 PM5. We have a dining room table that gets used for dinner about twice a year.Our kitchen table is used every morning and every night. Every single family member is not always present, but we still try to eat together as a family.
lunatica (29,172 posts) Thu Aug 15, 2013, 05:51 PM10. I got rid of my dining room table 20 years ago and turned the room into a study.We eat at the coffee table which is actually round. We have an L shaped sofa and an armchair so everyone is sitting around the coffe table anyway. We're happy with the arrangement and now our cat's tree is in the study so he's happy too. His cardboard shantytown is on the floor too and he loves that! It makes it hard to throw all those cardboard boxes out.
jasond54231 (50 posts) Thu Aug 15, 2013, 05:57 PM12. Sometimes, when other family members are present.Normally, I just eat in front of my computer.
We love the extra room along with our dogs.
You can free up a lot more space by getting rid of your bed, chairs, and refrigerator. People who live in tiny cramped hovels always have multiple dogs.
It's amazing how many people buying food with EBT cards are using cash for pet food and treats.
It makes it easier for Bela Pelosi to say that conservatives are forcing the hungry to eat dog food.
Actually I love the idea of a drop leaf table. and the Murphy bed. So much space can come about from these things.
I have a kitchen table that can fold up quite nicely, but I rarely bother closing it up. I like the look of my table in my dining nook. This is what I have, great if you really do need to save space:
It's amazing how many people buying food with EBT cards are using cash for pet food and treats./quote]They didn't get on food stamps by having good judgment.
