| Dining rooms were once spacious, elegant | | | | old-fashioned kitchen table style. |
| examples of dining design. They have been gutted | | | | Old-fashioned table had the cutlery drawers built |
| and, frequently combined with other rooms, | | | | into them. You pulled them open and you had |
| leaving you unaware f where the living room ends | | | | easy access to the necessary knives, forks and |
| ad the dining room begins. If you are fortunate | | | | spoons. To adapt your current table, attach one |
| enough to have a separate dining room and not | | | | or more shallow drawers to the underside of the |
| just an area, what follows are some tips for | | | | table, making sure they do not rub against or hit |
| storage. | | | | the knees of anyone sitting at the table. These |
| There are two basic furniture requirements in a | | | | can be used to store the cutlery, linen and other |
| dining room: a table with chairs and a display | | | | items used regularly at the dining room table. |
| cabinet for special occasion china and cutlery. If | | | | Also to be considered for possible storage |
| you are pressed for storage space, utilize the | | | | purposes is the china cabinet. This structure may |
| available furniture as much as possible or replace it | | | | be free standing or part of a larger unit with |
| with more functional and adaptable pieces. | | | | drawers. Make sure you use every inch carefully. |
| A skirted table can hide a myriad of things. For | | | | If necessary, clear it out, sort everything, discard |
| this trick, you'll need a tablecloth that goes to the | | | | nonessential and extraneous material or items, |
| floor. You can cover the table with something | | | | and replace the items. Add or build extra storage |
| simple or layer it with different length cloths. One | | | | units within the larger unit if you feel it can help in |
| time conscious person has suggested you | | | | the fight to achieve maximum storage capacity. |
| multi-layer the table with several of your linens. | | | | Do not forget to look up. See if there is any |
| When one is used, you remove it to reveal | | | | room above the cabinet to locate tasteful |
| another layer. This serves two purposes: a | | | | baskets or boxes filled with stuff you are not |
| storage place for your linen and as a means of | | | | currently in need of using. |
| keeping them wrinkle free. If you adopt this | | | | Another viable way to store material is by building |
| practice, remember to cover the good linen with | | | | shelving units. These can be placed unobtrusively |
| a see through plastic covering to protect it and all | | | | around the room or in obvious places. You can |
| the layers from spills. | | | | display some objects in plain view while you |
| Another possibility to decrease the amount of | | | | covertly hide others in the background. |
| wrinkles and increase storage space is to attach a | | | | There is one thing you should really remember |
| dowel to the back of a cabinet or closet. It | | | | when finding or creating storage in any room of |
| makes for easy accessibility while minimizing | | | | your house, including the living room. Try to make |
| creases and lines. | | | | sure the items stored in each room - excluding |
| Another means of turning the dining room table | | | | garages or attics, pertains to that room and that |
| into extra storage space is by returning to an | | | | room alone. |