Central element of the hearth for some, this piece of furniture is more negligible for others. Whatever your team about it, here are the reasons why this furniture is endangered.
Over the years, our habits have changed and our interiors too, to better adapt to it. In question? Modern interiors that favor open and modular spaces. The kitchen, the living room and sometimes even the office merge into a single versatile room. The furniture that interests us today abandons its traditional shape to adopt news.
With the boom in snacking, snacks and other individual dishes, traditional meals at fixed times are no longer the standard. Today, we eat where we want, when we want … but often in front of a screen or in multifunctional living spaces. This isolates individuals even when they are together and decreases the interest in this piece of furniture as a gathering point.
Another notable change? Exterior meals, in restaurants or public spaces, become an alternative to home meals, reducing the need to have a formal table to receive. In addition, with the increase in real estate prices, the accommodation becomes smaller. The imposing furniture no longer finds their place in these limited spaces. In fact, the smallness of the apartments pushes to make choices and most people allocate the little space they have in the bedroom, abandoning the dining area, even sacrificing it purely and simply. From the central element of the home, a symbol of sharing and conviviality, the dining table gradually becomes marginal.
That fans of home dinners with friends and large tables reassure themselves, despite these trends, the dining table will perhaps disappear in its traditional form, but it will most likely be replaced by alternatives more suited to new lifestyles. Take the example of the coffee table which already takes precedence over the dining table in many apartments. You can very well imagine the kitchen island, folding, retractable or stretch tables, such as those of smaller extra, become the norm. Without forgetting, the trays, whether embellished with feet or not, which remain a very practical occasional solution. So, are you ready to make a clean sweep of the past?
