elegant dining room chairs

in a small dining area you have to be smartwith your space, especially when arranging furniture. here's how to give a tiny nookmore floor space without cutting style. swap chairs for a seating bench. you can seat two,or even three people on it. and when it's not in use you can tuck it completely underthe table. this frees up floor space if walkways are tight. rather than a second bench, placetwo dining chairs on the other side for a high style seating mix. don't crowd the tablewith two more end chairs. leave the table open ended. pull in chairs from another roomonly when you need to seat more people. skip the rug, it'll just get in the way of yourfeet, and the seats. finally, sneak in a hidden home office. place a tall dining hutch nearthe table to stash dishware, but use its base

cabinet to hold a few files and supplies forpaying bills or writing notes. with these dining room tricks, you'll give your smallspace room to grow.