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Do you have an unused dining room in your home that’s just collecting dust? With people opting for more casual and relaxed living spaces, dining rooms are becoming a thing of the past. However, this doesn’t mean you must let go of that space entirely. In fact, there are many creative ways to repurpose a dining room into a functional and stylish area that better suits your lifestyle.

Formal dining rooms are starting to go the way of the formal living room—out of service. While many homes have dining rooms, the square footage devoted to them often isn't justified by the little use most families get out of them. And who wants to waste that much space? Instead of letting an entire room become a black hole for clutter, get inspired by these 7 ways real families have converted their dining spaces.

Here's what the "undining" room is as well as how you can make it work for your home while living in an open concept.

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Looking to ditch your unused dining room? Here are some ways to make the most of your square footage. Get the latest tips at Renovated.

I thought it would be fun to take a look back at some of our before and after photos. Let me preface this by saying the before spaces are all lovely and we just put our own spin on them. We love this house and creating spaces that fit our family brings us so much

Let’s face it: as much as we’d all like to think of ourselves as the sort of people who throw dinner parties all the time, the formal dining room is mostly obsolete. So what’s a modern family to do? You can set up a dining table and chairs in there and then let stuff collect on the table (I’m pretty sure this is the default), or you can take it one step further and transform your dining room into a multi-purpose space that you’ll use every day.