Dining rooms have more space to do decorative painting on, even the dining room table sets, dining room table pads and even dining room chair covers can be tied in along with the paintings in the dining room. Murals and paintings of fruits or cakes and bread go beautifully in this room.
Do not throw away your old dining room table, it is understandable if the chairs are broken and beyond repair but keep the table as long as it can be used, all the more better if it is of old style with real sturdy legs and also if they are round dining room tables.
The old round dining room tables can sometimes go well with your kitchen island plans, if you can have the table tiled on the top and added to your kitchen island designs, it would look very trendy you can even use the square ones if they are sturdy especially the legs.
One very good and classy looking table or kitchen Island designs I can suggest is, to go to any wood cutting or processing company and ask them if they can give you a trunk of a big tree like pine or something approx 4 to 6 inches thick and cut vertically(like a slice of bread)the width can be as wide as your kitchen can accommodate and the base can carry.
Treat it and prepare it, once it is cleaned and sanded down you can give your dining room table sets a contemporary old style antique look by painting it with a fresh coat of paint of any natural wood color.
It is important to know how to seal the cracks etc, then paint a beautiful fruit and vine painting, I have found even flowers look beautiful in the corners like daffodils or sunflower, then to complete the dining-room table sets you can look for chairs in show rooms to go furniture sale or closing down sales etc.
Most second hand dealers would have good dining room table sets and if you are lucky and a good bargainer you might get a good table set for a decent price. My suggestion is if you have an friend then take them with you, trust me they are the best in this field, it is an art and is amazing to watch them haggle and get you stuff at half the price.