one room two ways

i just finished up a new model home in dallas, and i came upon a situation that sometimes happens in model home design.

the strange thing about model home design is that i don’t see the actual home until the week i go to install it. i do all of the planning and design based on a set of architectural blueprints. Most of the time the installation finishes up seamlessly and there are no issues. Occasionally though, the builder will decide to knock out a wall on site or change up a room, and they’ll forget to let me know about it. There is usually never an instance where the problem can’t be fixed on site, but it does sometimes present a problem with the furniture that i have selected.

with this home there was originally a dividing wall show on the plans. this wall divided the breakfast area and the family room and also had a fireplace in the middle of it. i drew in where the wall would have been on the photo below.

a few weeks before the install they decided to tear down the dividing wall and put the fireplace in the corner of the family room. it was definitely a good idea. taking out the wall really opened up the whole living area. while i was assuming there would still be a wall in that area, i had planned on using a very narrow table with small bentwood chairs.

once the builder walked through they decided that they wanted a slightly larger table that showed more seating. so, i headed out to world market and bought a trestle table with two benches. it worked out perfectly.

…and here they are side by side.