A formal dining room makes every meal feel special
Dining well doesn't mean standing around a kitchen island with the TV in the adjoining family room blaring in the background. For many, the kitchen might be the heart of the home, but the dining room is its soul.
Formal Dining Rooms Are Coming Back After Years Of Casual Dining. Formal dining rooms, who needs them you say. For many over-scheduled families, “dining” has been reduced in recent years to grabbing a plate of food at a kitchen island or on an ottoman in front of a screen
The purpose of a formal dining room is for elegant dinners, classy social gatherings and meals almost ceremonial in nature with proper etiquette and fine embellishments. A functional dining room isn't even always used for eating situations.