If you have a breakfast bar, do you eat meals at it?

[disykat]

We only do if the table is out of commission for some reason. DH even eats at the table if he's eating alone! I usually sit at it to do paperwork. What do you do?

 

[tasha99]

Nope. It's always covered with the things the cats can't get into. We do clear it off and use it as a buffet line now and then, though.

 

[MrsCobraBubbles]

We have a kitchen island, the kids and I prefer to eat there so a year or so ago I got rid of the dining room table since we never used it and the dining room became the treadmill room.

 

[DonMacGregor]

Nope, just sits there with 4 lonely, never-used, bar stools.

 

[TippyThomas]

That is where I normally sit. I love looking out the windows at the flower gardens. Probably my favorite place in the house.

 

[DisneylandFreak2013]

No we have never used ours. Maybe once when we first moved but everything else is in the living room (#we'refancy) or table occasionally.

 

[Meriweather]

DH and I eat dinner there.
He sometimes eats breakfast there too depending on what it is.
My laptop's charging station is in the third seat there also

 

[tvguy]

We did for the first 4 years we lived in the house. Stopped when our first child was born, moved to the table. When we remodeled when took out the breakfast bar, no reason to have it anymore

 

[disykat]

I wouldn't get rid of ours because I do love having it. I loved it when the kids would do homework while I cooked or cleaned up after dinner. I think it's functioned mostly as a desk over years. I also love having the huge expanse of counter for cooking, projects,and buffets.

 

[disneydreamer1980]

We have an island with 4 stools that for some reason my kids prefer to sit at over the table. Gets tons of use

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Nope. There are 2 bar stools, but one of them holds the box we put the recycled cardboard in and the other gets sat on if talking on the phone. The bar is cleared every Thanksgiving and Christmas to serve as a buffet.

 

[kyton]

We have a 4m (13 feet approx) island - it’s used every morning for breakfast bar Sunday’s when we have a big family brunch with my widowed Mum, my widowed MIL plus our daughter’s boyfriend.

We’ve just become semi-retired so are at home most days - this means we eat some lunches at the island bench as well.

 

[ronandannette]

Nope. I've personally never eaten there once in the 9 years we've lived here. DS will occasionally scarf down a bowl of cereal or something there.

 

[Disneylover99]

Day to day, we never eat our meals there. But when we have company, those stools get snatched up quickly. People sit at the bar and watch me cook. Lol.

 

[PollyannaMom]

DS sometimes eats there, but mostly it's used as counter space.

 

[GreatLakes]

We just about exclusively eat every meal at the breakfast bar. It has probably been 6 months since we ate at our table. In a given year we eat more meals on our picnic table than dining room table.

 

[CdnCarrie]

I’m short. I hate bar stools.

 

[QueenIsabella]

I’m short. I hate bar stools.

Me, too.

Our island has an eating area with 3 stools. My younger two prefer to eat there--they would all the time, if we let them.

OTOH, our "formal dining room" has been my craft room since we moved in. It would take me hours to get it in shape to eat off the table. Last time I had to cut fabric, I used our ping-pong table...

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Now why would we eat meals in dedicated storage space??

Just kidding, we have one, but it is pretty small and we do not eat meals there. Just try to keep it clear so that stuff can be placed there during meals. We have barstools. However they just sit there, nobody actually uses them.

 

[RedAngie]

Usually only when DH or I are eating alone.