article_snippet: Many homeowners are simply redecorating Many homeowners under-used dining rooms, which have become redundant as more families use a combined kitchen-diner for meals.
article_snippet: Mark Hayward said: ‘The popularity of the kitchen-diner means many dining rooms are now dead space.
article_snippet: Filling The popularity of the kitchen-diner with books and calling The popularity of the kitchen-diner a library elevates
article_snippet: The popularity of the kitchen-diner again.
highlights_snippet: Dining rooms are being traded in for the book-filled sanctuaries .
  