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"The dining room table is for eating, drinking, and socializing after meals. Homework and school projects should be confined to work areas in kids&amp;#039; rooms. Bill paying and work-at-home tasks should be done in the home-office area. Activities other than dining can scratch the table and often leave behind clutter. As noted in the box to the right, reinforce the singular purpose of this room by keeping the table set to one degree or another. The idea is to dissuade anyone from using the table for something other than dining. The central storage issue concerning the dining-room table is what to do with the leaves and pads, if any (obviously not an issue if you have a glass dining-room table). A closet near the dining room \u2014 especially a closet that doesn&amp;#039;t see much use \u2014 is the ideal location for removable table leaves. Wherever you put them, it should be someplace where they are unlikely to get scratched or to experience extremes of hot or cold, or to be exposed to water. If your dining room is spacious, consider keeping your extra table leaves in the table. For more on organizing clutter, see Good Housekeeping&amp;#039;s The Complete Clutter Solution "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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