Amanda Pays
Amanda Pays

I painted one dining room red and I must say, the conversation became very heated in that room.

Amitava Kumar
Amitava Kumar

I thought I'd be the first to introduce herbal tea to Patna. White tea, ginger tea, rooibos, camomile. No one touched it. On subsequent visits, I'd find the packets decorating the shelves in my parents' dining room.

Anita Diament
Anita Diament

The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.

Anton du Beke
Anton du Beke

The Ritz in London has an old-fashioned charm, with waiters wearing tails and white gloves. The dining room is exquisite, with immaculate service and ornate details.

Ashley Walters
Ashley Walters

I used to eat under my grandmother's dining room table. I wouldn't eat at the table ever until I was about 10.

Bob Goff
Bob Goff

On the morning of September 11, 2001, I rushed home before the kids left for school and gathered them around our dining room table and told them what had happened. Like everyone else, we struggled for words to describe to our kids why such a thing would occur.

Bryan Batt
Bryan Batt

In the dining room, next to my collection of colorful papier-mache Mardi Gras float art, hang draperies made of the New Orleans toile fabric that I designed pre-Katrina for Hazelnut.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

To make money for college, I worked in our college dining room.

Christa Miller
Christa Miller

My husband and I have a deal, which has worked out well: He cooks one Sunday, I cook the next. The kids set the table, and we eat in the dining room together, just as I used to do as a kid.

Common
Common

It was incredible to have J Dilla in your dining room making beats - it was one of the greatest experiences I've had.