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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wouldn’t buy a $3.5M house without a dining room.[/quote]  +1

We built new.   Formal dining room with large lovely table and custom chairs.  We use it sparingly, but we are the family holiday "hosts" and [b]it's wonderful to have special meals in there with the good furniture, etc. out of view of the kitchen and family room space. [/b]  It's been 10+ years now and do not regret it.  It's open to the large living room and visible from entry to the house.    We nixed having an office or study in the layout and instead use one of the empty upstairs rooms.   That said, if you are going to live in the house over 10 years, build it as you like, OP.  It's your live-in asset.
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This. Even if your friends come for casual take-out and cocktails it's way nicer to have a separate nice dining area always ready to go without the view of the kitchen and family mess.  I guess if you are super tidy people, especially empty nesters you may not need a formal dining/sitting areas? But then you'd have a much smaller home too likely.

Honestly, if I built a new home, I'd want a dining room easily accessible from the kitchen, but not with a view of the kitchen (separated from it), with comfy chairs and a wet bar in the dining room or in between the kitchen and the dining room.  I'd call it a "hangout room" .  The bar would serve as a counter for catered meals or takeout, drinks prep, etc. [/quote]

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