A place to dine!

Dining rooms are traditionally made to be intimate. You invite your friends and loved ones over and share a great meal and great conversation. Maybe you are celebrating a special event, or a casual dinner just to catch up because life is so busy. We all love having a separate dining space, but there are many of us that only have an eat in kitchen or maybe an open concept kitchen / living room. These spaces can be very challenging. One reason is that many eat in kitchens have back doors or laundry/mud room doors that are connected which plays a factor in configuring the space. Another challenge is some eat in kitchens can be narrow such as a galley style or just awkwardly shaped. A great solution to these problems can be to use a settee as part of your dining arrangement. A settee is great because you can push it right up against a wall which will give you a wider walk way. Functionality is very important but may I also mention how fun and unique a settee can make a seating arrangement. Let's look at some examples:

This  blue camel back settee makes a lovely seating area & pops in just enough color for this eat in kitchen area.. via: desiretoinspire.net

This looks like a beautiful, custom made settee, and who doesn't want a one of a kind..? It compliments the oval shaped table perfectly! The patterns and shape of the settee keeps gives balance to the neutral space, along with the beautiful chandelier.   via: carlaaston.com

This tuxedo style settee is the perfect style for this vintage / modern eat in space. The traffic coming in the door has JUST ENOUGH clearance to make the walkway work. via: carlaaston.com

Using my imagination I picture this being an open concept kitchen / living space. Using the wall by the stairwell is a great idea for putting a settee up against it. They've accomplished making this open dining space very intimate but also casual  with the use of wicker chairs and a tradition style pinstriped settee! via bhg.com

And last but not least, here is another open concept kitchen with a settee dining area.  This arrangement eases the flow from the kitchen, to the dining, to the living. via decorpad.com

A settee can be used as casual or dressy, rustic or eclectic. You are very limitless to the possibilities. May your imagination run wild!