Design Tips: Dining Room Furniture for You

When you are selecting dining room furniture to start or upgrade your home, consider several factors. First, this set likely will be for much more than formal occasional dinners. Today’s casual, friendly lifestyles and popular open floorplans lend themselves to versatile dining tables and seating. No matter if you’re after a dignified Victorian-style 7-piece dining set or a cute counter-height dinette for your breakfast nook slash homework study station, Furniture Distributors not only provides you with a diversity of styles and price points. Through the years and with designers’ advice we’ve figured out how best to make a well-informed choice for your household.

Which Size and Shape Dining Table Should YOU Have?

When you miss the mark measuring your space for your dining table, you end up either with the table crowding out your chairs or lots of dead space making your room look bad. So be very judicious with your yardstick or tape measure, checking out how much square footage you have. Write it all down, and measure again. It’s crucial! Anyway, when you have a handle on your room’s dimensions, you can plan and shop online or visit the store. Here are some basic dining room table rules to live by. Make sure the table is at least two feet from the walls. This guarantees that your dining room set will dominate the room without being overpowering. The optimal clearance space between the table and your walls is one yard, that is, 36 inches. Also, choose a table width practical enough so everyone seated can comfortably reach the center to serve themselves, pass the vegetable bowl or gravy boat, etc. A standard for this criterion is 4 feet or less. Your new dining table’s top should be around 30 inches above your floor. Square and round tables of course are good for smaller rooms.

Fitting Dining Chairs into Your Room

To determine your dining furniture’s optimal seat-to-table distance, try out various pieces in the store. It’s paramount that your chair can slide under the table without knocking anything. A novel idea in dining decor is to artfully contrast styles (not clash) in chairs, dining benches, and tables rather than have everything match. Don’t be afraid to experiment with a bit of whimsy.

When you want to make over your dining room furniture to better fit your changing needs and tastes, our Havelock, NC store is here to assist and of course to offer you the lowest prices.

A New Sectional or Sleeper Sofa Can Completely Change Your Home

As the leaves crunch under our feet and the little ones prepare to trick or treat, now is the perfect time to think about redecorating your living spaces with new furniture. Being the heart of the home, your living room is the ideal place to start—and Furniture Distributors in Eastern Carolina is your best source for the loveliest, and cheapest home decor around!

Today we’ll review some of our favorite pieces of living room upholstery, as well as ways you can easily upgrade your living room, while having some fun in the process:

Divvy Up Your Space and Redecorate with a New Sectional Sofa

Sometimes we get tired of our existing furniture, and that’s okay. Perhaps the colors and fabrics that once delighted us now seem stale; or perhaps we simply want to get away from hard-to-clean fabrics and relax on something more luxurious and leathery. Whatever the case, a living room sectional sofa could be what you need to lighten and enliven your living situation.

When picking out a sectional sofa, you’ll want to weigh fabric versus leather; classic versus contemporary; and even the extras, like a built-in chaise end or left facing recliner. With a single piece of decor, you’ll be amazed at what you can achieve, and how much happier it’ll make you.

Rest Comfortably and Quietly on a Power Lift or Rocker Recliner

A new sectional sofa can definitely bring your friends and family together comfortably; but sometimes, when relaxing in the peace and quiet of your own home, you want a sofa that’s designed specifically for the solo-lounger—the living room rocker recliner.

Between the plush of its padded arms, and all the squish of the bustle-back cushioning, it’s  extremely hard not to fall in love with your rocker recliner on your first sitting. And if you’re feeling the urge to stretch out and slumber, your power lift recliner will happily oblige you.

A Sleek Sleeper Sofa Is Your Answer to the Impromptu Sleep Over

On those occasions when an evening with friends turns into a late-night gathering, there’s nothing as pleasant or as gratifying as extending a bed to your guests. Owning a sleek and versatile sleeper sofa allows you to be the perfect host on short-notice, and provides extra ultra-comfortable seating by day. If you’re hoping to breathe new life into your living room, we wholeheartedly recommend an adaptable sleeper sofa, and plenty of pillows to go with it!

Visit any of our furniture stores in Eastern Carolina, including our location in Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, NC, to start redecorating your living room today!