kitchen furniture ideas??

[SpunkyMama]

Not exactly sure if this is the best spot for this thread - feel free to move if not...

I am looking for ideas on furniture for the kitchen table and chairs...

We live a very natural lifestyle and try to be as "green" as possible (sans all the greenwashing!!).

Several years ago we found a round table in the garage of a duplex we rented. It is pretty beat up now and is finally falling apart. I took a look at a bunch of thrift shops around town and hated all the dining room sets (most of them were in about as bad of shape as our current one). We don't want to buy a new set either. We don't have matching kitchen chairs either, so I am not partial to keeping them.

So, I was thinking why do we have to have a dining room table and chairs to eat at? Cultures all over the world don't eat at a formal table.

Do you have any creative ideas of what to use in lieu of a dining room table and chairs? Hubby isn't convinced this will work, so I want to give him a lot of ideas to choose from!!

TIA!

[inkedmamajama]

I have seen people use old doors from buildings that are being torn down...they cover them with a piece of glass they get custom cut-home depot cuts glass to measure. just remove the doorknob and you've got a really unique conversation piece table that is rather large for a big family!

[EnviroBecca]

You could spread a tablecloth on the floor and sit around it on cushions with washable covers. Then you can use that floor space for other things between meals, and you won't have clutter gathering on the table!! I know a family that does this, and it seems to work really well for them.