If you enjoy entertaining family and friends and regularly use the dining room for large family meals, you will need the right dining room furniture that will enable you to do this successfully. This may mean buying a table that can extend to cater for more diners but one that in normal circumstances can be folded away and so will not take up too much space.
Seating can be problematic as dining chairs can be quite bulky to store so consider folding chairs in addition to a few dining chairs that are used regularly. These folding chairs can be stored in a bedroom or garage and brought out to use when there are lots of visitors.
It is a good idea to have some storage solutions in a dining room so that tablecloths, mats and cutlery can be put away when not in use. A dresser or sideboard is useful especially if there is a flat surface that can be used for drinks and glasses.
The material used for any dining room furniture is a matter of taste and can range from different types of wood to the more modern look of chrome and glass. The former will give a more traditional ambience to your dining room and is more popular on the whole.