This is a story about seeing our homes less like places where we’re trapped with frighteningly low supplies of toilet paper and more like places of refuge and welcome for ourselves and others we love.

This is The Home Series. For the next few weeks we'll be telling stories from our favorite rooms in the house. We hope this series offers you new ways to see your space, and a fresh appreciation for all the magic that lives within your ordinary walls. No matter how tired, frazzled or frustrated you might feel today, take the next half hour to exhale as we remind you how awesome your home and all its stories really are.

Today we are telling stories from the dining room.

Be sure and take a photo of YOUR dining room and share it on social media with the hashtag #outoftheordinarypodcast You can tag us both on Instagram! @lisajobaker @christiepurifoy