Kitchen

[on the bay]

@beach-mom

I used to at Christmas time too.

I had beautiful clear crackle glass plates with gold. It was beautiful and was part of the whole house being decorated.

[on the bay]

My grandkids loved the plates put out and made them feel very special and grown up. I guess it depends on the age and the kids and their grandma.

When they get older, I'm sure they'll love it as a homework table too!

[mspatmac]

I have a formal dining room and do not keep the table set.  I do keep a centerpiece on the table, sometimes with a seasonal runner.  If you enjoy a set table it's your home, your choice and you take care of it.  Who cares what others think.  We all do/like different things, as always.

[aroc3435]

@house_cat   As a new bride in 1975 I did always have the table set for the next meal. 

Did not have a formal dining room in this first apartment, but there was a brand new fancy table and chairs set in the modern eat in kitchen, but by keeping it set it did prevent it from becoming my then student husband's catchall for stuff when he came in from his college classes.

Fast forward four years and in the next apartment (second floor of a Victorian house) I did have a formal dining room, but also the first baby so the table was no longer set for the next meal but did have a nice seasonal centerpiece.

I just do whatever makes me happy.  There are very few "rules" that need to be adhhered to when keeping up one's home.

aroc3435

Washington, DC

[Tinkrbl44]

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@nycalady wrote:

No, they'll suggest/say anything to sell, sell, sell - besides minimalistic is the trend, who needs more to dust, etc. I do like having an attractive centerpiece on the table. 

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@nycalady 

Sell what? 

Call me crazy, but if a person already has a dining room table and chairs, they probably already have purchased dishes and flatware, etc.

JMO, of course.

[Sooner]

We have a large dining table.  We eat off of it about once a week for a change of pace.  We also use it often to sort out some paperwork, or other little tasks.

We eat at our round table across across from the kitchen and by a window to the back yard, at the bar-height area on the kitchen island, in the dining room, in front of the tv in the den, or on the deck.  We just eat where the mood strikes us and where it is convenient!  LOL!!!

My motto is if your dining table is without a scratch and pristine, you need to have a party!  

[Roscoe the Rascal]

Not my style but I do not have a dining room.  Open kitchen and living room.  Don't have a traditional table and chairs set up.

I have pets as well and things would be a mess.  

I have things set up a head of time when I know I am having guests.  Makes it more welcoming at that time.  

[kitty60]

I would never do this.  I do have friends who decorate everything and having their table "deocrated" as if there is a dinner party scheduled for whatever theme is part of their style.  

As to setting it for the next meal,  I had a friend whose husband always did this.  It was part of how organized he was.  We grab something and run most of the time so again, no.

[Group 5 minus 1]

No.I do not. I would not want to eat on plates that have sat out. I think they would be dusty and perhaps dirty.

Some one mentioned not wanting to eat in a room w/linoleum. We do not have carpeting anywhere in our house. I think it is dirty to have carpeting.

[jlkz]

Think about it:  If a house will get dusty when I am in Florida for the winter, won't the stuff on the table likewise get dusty ?   And then, clean it all when company comes !

NO thank you, sales people!