Living dining arrangement: a butterfly table may have the leaf put up at meal time, dropped at other times. If furnishing on a budget, this type of furniture is a wise choice as it and the hooked rugs and calico curtains are all reasonably priced.
The dining end of combination rooms is fast replacing the so called dining alcove and breakfast room, and well it is. Such rooms are usually ramped and many partition has been, and when possible should be taken out and the space thrown into the adjoining room, even if it is the kitchen. The space gained, often, is enough for one or more cabinets where the wall was. Today these are well designed as in the buffet above to give you the storage space you need. Manufacturers also realized that need for swallow pieces, light in scale for use in small rooms. These as in the illustration to left, may be had in units and are useful and effective. continue reading…
Nowadays in the combination rooms the walls and woodwork of one part of the room match or blend in with the other. In the upper picture besides the dining counter into the living room, a round table for four and a dresser, which may be of maple or pine, are in one end of the kitchen. With the exception of the range, refrigerator and sink all cupboards and woodwork are of pine with the walls covered with a small green and white Colonial paper to harmonize with the solid green color of the living room. The lower picture shows the dining end of a combination living room. It is built entirely of knotty pine with exposed beams in the ceiling, relieved by white curtains and a red and white print valance. 
