Dining in

Who says the family meal is dead? Carol O’Callaghan muses on the style and placing of the dining room in our lives

The rectangular Avantgarde table is topped with lightsome, space-enhancing glass on a solid frame, contrasting with the traditional curves of the Wien chairs and non-traditional plastic detailing (table €638, chairs €255 each from Casey’s Furniture)

Sturdy and stylish, the Wardour table by Benchmark is four metres long and made of solid oak finished in clean contemporary lines (approx €5,500 from the Conran Shop)