1.   A separate stair to the main bedroom on the first floor would divide the kitchen from the dining area.

2.   The result is a very friendly room without the formality so often associated with many dining areas.

3.   There is a compact dining area, which feels cozy rather than cramped.

4.   Come through into the dining area.

5.   ...a tented dining area.

6.   The dining area has extra windows.

7.   The dining area is lit by tasteful pendent lamps over the tables.

8.   For the Music Room and dining area, a geometric effect in cream and indigo blue was chosen to help break up the space.

9.   An outdoor dining area was created, too, furnished with a palazzo-size stone table surrounded by gently contoured teak chairs.

10.   And here is a new American institution -- the dining area.