Cape owners... small dining rooms

What size table do you have in your dining room? Do you have a sever/buffet or china cabinet or just a table and chairs?

Re: Cape owners... small dining rooms

We're in the process of finishing our dining room. However, we only have a 60 inch rectangle table with 4 chairs. We don't have any china cabinet or buffet server. When we have our families over, we have to *** chairs and put the leaf in the table, which makes our already small room...even smaller and cramped!

I personally like the space with nothing in it. We plan to do wainscoting and have a tray ceiling with rope lightning. Once the room is finished, I think a nice oriental rug and some pictures would compliment the space nicely.

Although, sometimes I wish I could display my china, but the old owners had small displays built in the corner, but I don't like that look.

We bought the house with the intention of adding an extension, so maybe in my next dining room, I will have space for a china cabinet.

Hope that helps!

Re: Cape owners... small dining rooms

not sure how big the table is - it was my grandparents dining set. it fits 4 chairs without a leaf, and with all three leaves in it can seat 8 comfortably. we also have the matching china cabinet, which is small but fits the space nicely. no other furniture

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We had a 1100 sq ft levitt cape and in our dining room we had a table that had an extension that pulled out from the table - a credenza under the window and a china cabinet on the wall. Looked like this - This was before we got the china cabinet

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Re: Cape owners... small dining rooms

We are still working on getting a dining room set (just moved in 2 months ago) and I am determined to get a china cabinet!!!! Just not a huge one.

It's a dining room, you just need enough space to get in and out of your seat and walk around the table.
Not like the LR where you need hangout space.

I'm fillin' it up!

Re: Cape owners... small dining rooms

Thanks ladies. Im so torn. All the sets im in love with the table is too large to fit with a cabinet. Wondering if i should settle on a set with a cabinet, or get the table i want sans cabinet. Such a hard decision!!

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ever think of a mix n match set?

Get a table and china cabinet from different sets but with same wood tone and similar detail?

I noticed a lot of the sets I like have a china cabinet that would take up the entire room, so I will probably buy mix n match.

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I have a pic in my album:house. Not sure of the size but it's from jcp and it can be round but we leave the leaf in so it is oval