UnReal Estate of the Week: Dining Rooms

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Updated on September 9th, 2021

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Let’s face it: Thanksgiving is the only time your lovely formal dining room gets any use. But it’s so fun to dust off the fine china, lay out the place mats and light a few candles to create a beautiful place for your friends and family to feast. These five homes for sale take it to the next level; eating a Thanksgiving meal in any one of these dining rooms would be an experience that you’d never forget.

Nothing Exceeds Like Excess on Thanksgiving

Gorgeous dining room

Address: 631 Parra Grande Ln
City: Montecito, CA
Price: $35,000,000
Listed by: Emily McBride, Village Properties

Your guests would have a hard time focusing on the food with a ceiling this beautiful! This stunning dining room is part of “El Fureidis,” a large estate with a famous past. It was where several scenes of Scarface were filmed, it played host to Charlie Chaplin and Oona O’Neill’s wedding, and it once belonged to Thomas Mann.

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A Feast Fit for a King

Castle dining room

Address: 12335 Stonebrook Ct
City: Los Altos Hills, CA
Price: $27,000,000
Listed by: Art Sharif, Sothebys Intl Rlty

You could treat your friends and family like kings and queens in this home, which has actually hosted royalty and world leaders, according to the listing description. The dining room has many custom-built features, including a fireplace and dining buffet that resemble spires on a castle. The plush red chairs and antique chandelier complete the look.

Dining in a Work of Art

Modern dining room

Address: 10210 Strait Ln
City: Dallas, TX
Price: $27,500,000
Listed by: David Nichols, Allie Beth Allman & Assoc.

This modern, minimalistic home is a blank canvas for the artwork on the walls. The dining room has floor-to-ceiling windows that illuminate a large yellow fresco on the inner wall, a pop of color in an otherwise neutral-toned room. The long table has room for 16 chairs, and is framed by artistic white pillars that curve at the ceiling.

Eat Your Heart Out

Mediterranean style dining room

Address: 11431 Cat Spgs
City: Boerne, TX
Price: $2,500,000
Listed by: Barbara Finch, Kuper Sotheby’s Int’l Realty

This Mediterranean-style estate looks like something you might find on the hills of Tuscany. The home’s grand dining room is framed by the beautiful arched stone ceiling and features an Old World wrought iron chandelier. The home has a large walk-in wine cellar, ensuring only the finest wines will be served at this Thanksgiving.

Not Your Garden-Variety Dining Room

Dining room with garden murals

Address: 701 Eagle Farm Rd
City: Villanova, PA
Price: $5,499,000
Listed by: Lavinia Smerconish, BHHS Fox & Roach-Bryn Mawr

Stepping into this dining room feels like stepping into a secret garden. The murals on each wall depict an English garden scene, and match the green and blue accents in the furniture and drapes. The historical estate was built in 1927 and was once home to noted Philadelphian William Wonderly Fitler.

Wish you could host your friends in one of these homes next Thanksgiving? Schedule a tour with a Redfin real estate agent today. To see even more unbelievable places to feast, check out the Redfin Collection “Amazing Dining Rooms.” Tell us which one is your favorite on Facebook, Twitter, G+ or in the comments below.

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