When our house was built, we had a combo living/dining room..it was horrible to try to eat a family meal because the tv was on so nobody could talk cause hubby was watching something.. I wanted the back screen in to be converted to a dining room..he refused to budge on it..so I put the house on the market to sell and buy a house with a dining room..he loved our house so he asked me what he could do to get me to keep the house..I said I want a dining room..the back screen in is now a dining room and the house was taken off the market..been married 33 years since I was 16 years old.