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Some people are going to love more traditional homes with separated spaces. Other people are not. Things will become trendy and not and trendy again. But there will always be people who enjoy one of the other for different reasons.
I love open concept. I always have, ever since I first took an interest in Architecture growing up. I saw all these open concept, compact modern homes and really loved them compared to the more traditional homes I spent most my time in. When I bought my first house in SC when I was 23 (I am 34 currently), I really wanted something compact, open, and modern...but in my right-out-of-college budget and in South Carolina, that was just not going to happen. We got a home that we liked and we made it our own but I always disliked all the extra space we had and the closed off rooms that we didn't really need.
When I moved to Dallas, I got a studio apartment near downtown and we've loved it for the last 3 years. We are in the process of closing on a awesome home that is compact, open, and modern and we couldn't be more excited.
It is just two of us. We prefer a more urban lifestyle. We do not have kids, nor do we intend to (we have some great nieces and nephews!). We love to entertain and do it regularly. We both prefer compact, open spaces (she lived in NYC for years and it's what she is used to and what she likes and same for me).
Now, I don't expect this to change anyone's mind (because heck we have had this conversation 100x over on this board). But no matter what anyone else thinks, I love and PREFER open concept. But I also understand and accept that others don't. And that's fine, as long as those same people don't trick themselves into thinking that no one likes open concept just because they don't...
Also, the kind of open concept homes I like are certainly not cheap to build.
Ya know, there are GOOD open concept homes that suit the needs of the person/couple/small family in both urban condos and lakeside cabins. And there are BAD tract houses that echo mercilessly with no walls whatever that just need a few pallets to look like a Costco!
Likewise there are beautiful defined-area homes like central foyer colonials, spanish ranches with courtyards, country farmhouses that raise multi generations with joy, ...even modern homes can come in many styles also.
Good design will work best when mated to the lifestyle of it's inhabitants, whether it's small-open, rambling-open-ish, or large-closed.
Moral: Choose a home that works for YOU, and not because it looks great in a magazine!
Ya know, there are GOOD open concept homes that suit the needs of the person/couple/small family in both urban condos and lakeside cabins. And there are BAD tract houses that echo mercilessly with no walls whatever that just need a few pallets to look like a Costco!
Likewise there are beautiful defined-area homes like central foyer colonials, spanish ranches with courtyards, country farmhouses that raise multi generations with joy, ...even modern homes can come in many styles also.
Good design will work best when mated to the lifestyle of it's inhabitants, whether it's small-open, rambling-open-ish, or large-closed.
Moral: Choose a home that works for YOU, and not because it looks great in a magazine!
Nah, that makes too much sense.
People who like open concept are clearly just wrong, that's been made abundantly clear in this and multiple other threads.
Ya know, there are GOOD open concept homes that suit the needs of the person/couple/small family in both urban condos and lakeside cabins. And there are BAD tract houses that echo mercilessly with no walls whatever that just need a few pallets to look like a Costco!
Likewise there are beautiful defined-area homes like central foyer colonials, spanish ranches with courtyards, country farmhouses that raise multi generations with joy, ...even modern homes can come in many styles also.
Good design will work best when mated to the lifestyle of it's inhabitants, whether it's small-open, rambling-open-ish, or large-closed.
Moral: Choose a home that works for YOU, and not because it looks great in a magazine!
Taste and style are not directly equated to the amorphous concepts of "Open" vs "Closed". You can have a stylish, tasteless, timeless home built around both ideas (in wide variety of architectural styles) or you can have bland, builder-basic, no style homes in both. It's about a lot, lot more than that. If open concept by itself indicates no taste, you probably have a pretty narrow palette comprised of only what you like and have a hard time objectively viewing different architectural approaches to dwellings.
I can prefer mid-century modern homes or modern open-concept homes for myself but still appreciate a well-maintained italianate brownstone with original features, or a tastefully updated craftsman or tudor style home without saying they have no taste just because I prefer something different. There is a lot of design work that goes into making something feel open, modern, and clean without feeling boring, cold, and sterile. The same way you can't just throw up craftsman-style trim and builder-grade finishes on a craftsman based layout and create a home that has the inviting warmth of a true craftsman style home, no one is going to argue that just knocking down walls and painting everything white makes a great open concept home either.
Last edited by Sunbather; 03-23-2019 at 10:01 AM..
Ya know, there are GOOD open concept homes that suit the needs of the person/couple/small family in both urban condos and lakeside cabins. And there are BAD tract houses that echo mercilessly with no walls whatever that just need a few pallets to look like a Costco!
Likewise there are beautiful defined-area homes like central foyer colonials, spanish ranches with courtyards, country farmhouses that raise multi generations with joy, ...even modern homes can come in many styles also.
Good design will work best when mated to the lifestyle of it's inhabitants, whether it's small-open, rambling-open-ish, or large-closed.
Moral: Choose a home that works for YOU, and not because it looks great in a magazine!
Exactly!
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