Buying furniture when you’re downsizing

Navy blue velvet sofa in a formal sitting room with a white occasional chair

It may sound crazy to consider buying furniture when you’re downsizing, but the reality is many people find their oversized pieces simply won’t fit into a smaller home.

We share with you a few tips to buying furniture when you’re downsizing so you don’t need to refurnish your entire house and can avoid expensive mistakes.

Fail proof ways for a non-boring dining room

A striking trio of hanging pendant lights over a modern dining table.

Malmo Dining Chairs 

Dining rooms are no longer formal areas reserved for special occasions. They’re spaces we use daily to gather as a family at the end of the day, to spread out our newspaper on a Sunday morning or to help our kids labour over their homework. 

While they may have become family-friendly informal spaces, the desire for a stylish dining room remains. A dining room doesn’t have to be a plain and simple multifunctional space. There’s still ways you can inject personality and create interest. 

Here are some fail proof tips for a non-boring dining room: