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Jones believes that a formal dining room elevates your guests' experience at dinner parties and holiday gatherings, and you simply can't replicate that in a casual space. Want more design inspiration?

1 Distressed, robin’s-egg blue chairs with hand-woven rush seats and backs are comfortable, lightweight, and easy to maintain. “We didn’t want all wood tones or upholstery,” Smith says.