Our current home has only a formal dining room where we eat. We could rearrange the larger living room next to the kitchen to make room for another table but it seemed silly/we prefer seating arrangements for parties as we have a long island with seating already so just didn't need more dining seating. That house could be laid out similarly- just take back living room or office space.

In the OP’s house they replaced formal dining room and the living room with a garage and a guest bedroom. What’s left is a breakfast area and a family room. Which is fine, if that’s what you want to prioritize.

Anonymous wrote:The link isn't working for me but I always wonder about houses that have stools at the island, a kitchen table or breakfast room, and also a formal dining room. For a family of 4 or 5 that seems like a lot of space dedicated to sitting and eating.

The island ends up as the gathering space while we cook dinner. I like having an island with seating in addition to the breakfast and dining rooms bc it's so much less isolating for the cook(s). If I had to give up one of those spaces, it would be the dining room. It's not at all necessary but it's nice when we use it. You aren't wrong!

Anonymous wrote:The link isn't working for me but I always wonder about houses that have stools at the island, a kitchen table or breakfast room, and also a formal dining room. For a family of 4 or 5 that seems like a lot of space dedicated to sitting and eating.

1817 Peabody Dr,
Falls Church, VA 22043

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not a formal dining area, it’s just the kitchen. A lot of new homes don’t have a dining room or living room. They are a waste of space for a lot of people.

A lot of new homes don’t have a living room: true, they call it library/office now

A lot of new homes don’t have a dining room: not true, 99.9% new homes still have formal dining room

Idk about the dining room stat, but I always assume if we sell our house, the living room will become a home office. Many new builds have a home office across from the dining room.

The link isn't working for me but I always wonder about houses that have stools at the island, a kitchen table or breakfast room, and also a formal dining room. For a family of 4 or 5 that seems like a lot of space dedicated to sitting and eating.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not a formal dining area, it’s just the kitchen. A lot of new homes don’t have a dining room or living room. They are a waste of space for a lot of people.

A lot of new homes don’t have a living room: true, they call it library/office now

A lot of new homes don’t have a dining room: not true, 99.9% new homes still have formal dining room

You can lay out a house however you want. In this home you could take the “living room” and make it a formal dining room and take the office or bedroom and make a living room. But I doubt this is some weird outlier .01% home that has no formal dining room. Formal dining rooms aren’t as popular as they used to be.

Anonymous wrote:It’s not a formal dining area, it’s just the kitchen. A lot of new homes don’t have a dining room or living room. They are a waste of space for a lot of people.

A lot of new homes don’t have a living room: true, they call it library/office now

A lot of new homes don’t have a dining room: not true, 99.9% new homes still have formal dining room

Anonymous wrote:They didn't move the formal dining. They just decided not have formal dining.

I came here to say the same thing. When there isn't enough room, I have seen builders exclude a formal dining room. I have typically only seen this in modern style homes like the one linked here.

They didn't move the formal dining. They just decided not have formal dining.

It’s not a formal dining area, it’s just the kitchen. A lot of new homes don’t have a dining room or living room. They are a waste of space for a lot of people.

If you combine them, you have to include a fainting couch for all who enter the house and collapse from despair at what you have done.

New high in Pimmit Hills. What's interesting is that the formal dining area is now at the back of the house where the breakfast nook used to be. Is this a new trend?

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/1817-Peabody-Dr-22043/home/9396477