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Multiuse Dining Room Makeover

When an Idaho family entered the BHG.com Save My Room contest, they hoped Better Homes and Gardens contributing editor Stephen Saint-Onge would transform their plain dining room into a multifunctional space. But they never imagined they would get so much more.

Before: Formal But Empty Room
 

Before: Formal but Empty

The Porters' formal dining room has a prime location in their Idaho home -- it's the first room guests see. But the mostly empty room left a lackluster impression. "We love the idea of combining a formal sitting area snuggled up to the dining table for nice family dinners," Jacqui Porter suggested when she entered the Save My Room contest. Better Homes and Gardens contributing editor Stephen Saint-Onge created the cozy, multifunctional space the Porters envisioned.


tconchar says:
Regarding the Nov 09 issue with Stephen Saint-Onge makeover, I cannot find the Branch Lamps at Targe......
Regarding the Nov 09 issue with Stephen Saint-Onge makeover, I cannot find the Branch Lamps at Target...any suggestions?
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tconchar wrote:

Regarding the Nov 09 issue with Stephen Saint-Onge makeover, I cannot find the Branch Lamps at Target...any suggestions?

11/13/2009 02:40:12 PM Report Abuse
s_stilwgn wrote:

I love it! The use of color is amazing.

11/12/2009 08:09:39 AM Report Abuse
sld2266 wrote:

Not formal enough for my taste reminds me of my first apartment...

11/11/2009 12:45:17 PM Report Abuse
nvernon1892003 wrote:

There is no accounting for taste. If you do not need a dining room, create a different space. But to try to utilize the space as catch all room.....naw, don't like it.

11/11/2009 12:00:50 PM Report Abuse

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