The first family often hosts small formal dinners in this room a space about 28 feet by 25 feet.
The state floor s old family dining room.
The dining room has since been moved to private quarters upstairs.
The old family dining room a smaller dining room off the state dining room was established by president and mrs.
The space adjacent to the state dining room also often serves as a staging area for state dinners.
John quincy adams in 1825 as a place for the family to take meals.
Obama also updated the old family dining room a smaller room adjacent to the state dining room by swapping its sunny yellow walls and drapery and light toned rug for gray walls contrasting.
Enjoyed since then by 38 presidents and their families it was considered the breakfast room until 1961 when first lady jacqueline kennedy moved the family s.
The family dining room on the state floor of the white house today is used primarily for smaller formal dinners and working lunches.
Today the room is used for small events.
Prior to 1961 the old family dining room is where most meals for the president and his family were served.
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.
It was recently redecorated by michelle obama and was only added to the white house tour in 2015.
Old family dining room.