I like this.

I don’t want to add a fireplace. I’m thinking a large mirror on the far wall since it’s a small room.

And I don’t want to use any of this furniture except maybe the chairs. The rest is going in the basement.

You don't care if it's a LR or DR? Do you currently have either? I think you have to decide how the room will be used before you can move forward.

These are my suggestions. I think it would be a fabulous dining room. Keep the chairs for sure and use at the end of a table. I think wall paper would be beautiful above the wainscoting. Is the paint color same as ceiling? I see a piece of art work leaning between the chairs. Would you keep it? It could be used on the wall across from the entry with a piece of furniture and lamps. Are you keeping the light? I love the slim console table, however, it looks a little small
for the space. What a great space and it has a ton of potential.

Really........do you think the room is large enough to hold a dining table?

I can switch out the light and definitely do not want to use the curio. The room has wainscoting so o was thinking maybe a dark wallpaper or paint above or below. I’d like to wallpaper or paint the ceiling too. I do want to use the room, so if we put a dining table I need to find comfortable chairs. I’m looking for conform and a bit dramatic.

We don’t have a dining room, but we do have a larger kitchen with a big island and a dining table. We usually eat at the island and use the table for company. We haven’t used the room in 6 years, so I’m sure if it has couches or a round table and chairs, it’ll get more use. :)

Here’s a picture of my kitchen (please ignore the essential oils). I’ll post a picture from the other direction after I clean my kitchen (unless I can find one on my phone).

First is my kitchen looking into family room. What about the second RH picture? Would something like that work? Or am I better off putting a table in there since I don’t have a dining room.

I’m thinking something like this for the den, which is across from this room.

What do you think about this??

Ideally you should use the space as
it best serves your needs. We have a separate dining and living combination room in addition to an eating area within the kitchen and island seating. There is nothing that I love more than dining with my family and friends in the space. It removes you from the kitchen area and has such an intimate feel. You’ve just spend several hours cooking and preparing food and you need to be able to remove yourself from that and enjoy time with your guest as you enjoy eating. I would start by removing everything from the room that you are not going to keep. Get a feel for it and play with the chairs where you would place them with a sofa and the same if you would use them as end chairs at a table. You can not see the space for what you want it to become with the items that you are not wanting to keep. They would be an obstruction to me.

Be a distraction...

Another RH photo.

I did have it empty for a few years but had the curio and chairs out back in because I could take decide. Ugh! Honestly, I’d be happy with either. I just want it to feel cozy and “done.” I guess I’m having a hard time visualizing anything and afraid it’s too small to make it look good.

This is lovely.

Why it is showing your photo I do not know, so click on it. Is there a room adjacent to this one or a entry foyer with a wall?

I’m not sure it’s a big enough space for a round table and chairs?

BeverlyFladesigner, I love the cozy picture you posted. We are hoping to do something like that for the den. The den is on the right as you walk in the house and the dining room is on the left. I’d love for this room to feel cozy as well. Thank you!

Thank you Sandra. This room is to the left of the foyer. I think you’ve helped me decide to make it a dining room! I can fit a round table and chairs, but no buffet or other furniture. I’d like to find a large mirror to put on the far wall to make the room look bigger.

Here’s the art and the curtains.

I love round tables! I was just thinking with a rectangular you could use the chairs at the ends. I think the round would be beautiful in the space. If you paint the wainscoting white like the trim that would open up the space in my opinion. I love the curtains and the art is cool, but afraid too small for that wall...in my opinion. Update the thread with pictures when done.

Now to find a round table and comfortable chairs!

Round has become very popular, so I don’t think that will be a problem. Good luck and show us the final outcome.

This room looks to be somewhat far away from your kitchen, so unless you do a lot of formal entertaining, I'm going to hazard a guess that you will not use it as a formal dining room. I have a similar room in my house which I have designated as "the parlor." I use it for entertaining guests and as a quiet reading nook away from the family room with the TV. I can serve guests tea or drinks in there, and we can talk or I can slip away and curl up with a book or magazine. In your case, you could also add stuff to make it a game room, music room, video game space . . . whatever you might do when entertaining. Or not, it could also serve as a "den" space to escape to for whomever did not want to be in the open family space. I actually have a den and formal dining room, which is why my extra space serves as the "sitting room." The two are not mutually exclusive. But I would not do a formal dining room unless you are really hankering to do a lot of formal entertaining.

Pink mountain- you hit the nail on the head. We had a formal living, dining room and den in addition to a great room in the last house and never used the dining room. We purposely built this house with the ‘dining’ room smaller. We do have a den and upstairs we have a media/game room as well as the basement. We downsized, but it still sounds like too much space. That’s why I really just want the room to look finished. It’s in the front of the house and so I’d like it to look finished at an affordable price since it probably won’t get a ton of use. ♀️. We have three boys and mostly hang out on the first floor together (for now at least). We play lots of board games, so I’m thinking if it has a dining table, we can have monopoly going in the kitchen and chess in the ‘dining.’ ♀️