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Sara Hesikova

FOUND: It s a subtle trick how the 4 inch seating rule can transform your dining area into a more inviting and sociable space - What They Never Told You

Kitchen diner with dining table and banquette seating.

When choosing furniture for your dining room or dining area - which is mostly the dining table and the seating - it’s important to make sure that the individual pieces work together. And that includes the various forms of seating you opt for - the dining chairs, bench and stools - especially if they’re not matching. That’s exactly where the 4-inch rule for dining seating comes in.

The rule is perhaps not traditionally used as a dining room idea – most experts know it as the 4-inch rule for living room seating. But it actually works just as well in a dining setting as in a lounge.

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