White House Family Dining Room
The state dining room is the larger of two dining rooms on the state floor of the executive residence of the white house the home of the president of the united states in washington d c.
White house family dining room. The prince of wales room. The room has a rich and colorful history. The dining room seats about 50 people and is not available to the public but if you re lucky you could score an invitation from a senior white house official or cabinet secretary. John quincy adams began to take their meals there.
Today for the first time in white house history the old family dining room on the state floor is open for public viewing. John quincy adams in 1825 as a place for the family to take meals. The family dining room is a dining room located on the state floor of the white house the official residence of the president of the united states the room is used for smaller more private meals than those served in the state dining room used in the 1800s as a space for the first family to have their meals the family dining room was used less for family meals and more for working lunches. Established by the madisons the first floor s smaller dining room was strictly for family meals and was generally thought of as the breakfast room until 1961 when jackie kennedy created a dining room upstairs some families chose not to use the family dining room even.
White house families have traditionally dined in the family dining room since about 1825 when president and mrs. The old family dining room a smaller dining room off the state dining room was established by president and mrs. The first family s private dining room is known variously as the president s dining room or family residence dining room but should not be confused with the president s dining room in the west wing which is also sometimes called the oval office dining room and is sometimes actually a study or with the family dining room on the first floor of the residence. The first family often hosts small formal dinners in this room a space about 28 feet by 25 feet.
Michelle obama s revamp of the white house s old family dining room from outdated traditional to cool contemporary left many impressed with the former first lady s personal interior style. It is used for receptions luncheons larger formal dinners and state dinners for visiting heads of state on state visits the room seats 140 and measures approximately 48 by 36 feet 15 by 11 m. Luncheon is served in the white house s old family dining room. The family dining room on the state floor of the white house today is used primarily for smaller formal dinners and working lunches.