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THE FORMAL ROOM, GRACED BY THE LIKES OF GRANNDMOTHER, ADORNED WITH THE FINEST APPOINTMENTS, FASHIONED IN THE MANNER OF THE BETTER CLASSES, IS HEREUPON RETIRED SETTINGS FOR A HENRY JAMES NOVEL, FORMAL LIVING AND DINING ROOMS DON'T JIBE WITH TODAY'S

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20051211
Author:Emily Shartin, Globe Staff

For Drew and Shannon Hayden, the dining room had to go.

The space had served as a playroom for their children, and later, as a formal eating area that they used only a few times a year. When the Newton residents recently began designing a new house from the ground up, they decided to replace the dining room with a library that doubled as a formal eating space, and they incorporated a breakfast nook into the family room.

"We didn't want to devote a lot of building budget to a room that wasn't going to be used that much," said Drew Hayden. The family also plans to do away with its formal living ...

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