Don't like Open Floor Plans. Anyone else like me? (wooden, contemporary, bedrooms)
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Since I can't figure out how to quote the picture, or to resize it to post in my own response, my comment below is regarding the picture in post #114 on page 12.
I would actually like to add a wall to that, partially separating the kitchen from the living space. From the back wall out to where the island is, so that the kitchen is partially enclosed but still open. Plus, then you get an extra wall for cabinets!
I dislike open concept as well. Fewer walls to me means fewer options for placing furniture, tv, mirrors. You have furniture hanging out in the middle of the floor to create an artificial divider between the functional spaces.
I also really dislike my cooking area being part of the living area, like the picture on post 114. I prefer a totally or partially separate kitchen.
I don't entertain so having a social area while cooking has no meaning for me.
What I love about this thread, every time it pops up, is someone justifying their own preferences and trying to tell everyone who disagrees how wrong they are. Never fails. Open, closed, in-between, it is all a matter of preference, there is no right or wrong.
I enjoy reading about people's preferences and their justifications for them. It makes me consider various pros and cons of both types of floor plans which I had never even thought of before.
Personally I have tended to be drawn to open floor plans with somewhat high ceilings. (I would never consider a home with two-story room(s) though.) However, that may be largely because I live alone and don't have to worry about other people disturbing me. I found the large photo of the open plan posted a few pages back quite appealing for just me. It seems like it would be nice for small gatherings also.
On the other hand, my parent's home, where I grew up, is not very open but it works very well for both family living and for entertaining. If I have a home built for myself, I'm still not sure what type I will choose. There's a lot of factors to think about.
Haven't read all 15 pages of comments but wanted to add a vote as someone else who doesn't like open floor plans. They may work in huge homes but in a small house it just decreases the number of rooms value-wise and makes a small house seem smaller. Walls are great for privacy, for noise control, for organization, for adding more places to add furniture, and for hiding mess. I'm also a separate dining room fan - if I'm hosting at Thanksgiving, I don't want everyone at the table to have to spend dinner looking at the pan I used to roast the turkey.
Last edited by tribechamy; 01-17-2014 at 12:25 PM..
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Haven't read all 15 pages of comments but wanted to add a vote as someone else who doesn't like open floor plans. They may work in huge homes but in a small house it just decreases the number of rooms value-wise and makes a small house seem smaller. Walls are great for privacy, for noise control, for organization, for adding more places to add furniture, and for hiding mess. I'm also a separate dining room fan - if I'm hosting at Thanksgiving, I don't want everyone at the table to have to spend dinner looking at the pan I used to roast the turkey.
See I'm the opposite, I prefer open floor plans and smaller homes. For me it is more efficient and seems like a better use of the smaller footprint.
I like walls with archways or french doors between rooms.
I'd be miserable with one big family/dining/kitchen room. It wouldn't work for me aesthetically or functionally (I cook a lot of fish and spicy foods).
I just can't relate to all this "but it seems bigger when it's an open plan" stuff.
Lastly, I think it's funny that I started this thread about not liking open floor plans and asking who is like me, and people feel the need to jump in and say how much they love open plans. Like they are going to convince us. It's like people who go into a Christian forum to try to convince people there is no God, or a Parents forum to convince people to not reproduce.
I imagine these folks are simply expressing their own opinions about the topic, just as I assume you were when you started the thread.
Did you figure that only the folks who thought like you would speak up?
One pet peeve of mine is that a lot of people seem to think open floor plans are some trendy thing that is "new." Everyone is going to enjoy different things, thus the use for both more traditional and more open floor plans. But, when I hear people talk about open floor plans being new and not having lasting power I have to shake my head a little bit.
I like walls with archways or french doors between rooms.
I'd be miserable with one big family/dining/kitchen room. It wouldn't work for me aesthetically or functionally (I cook a lot of fish and spicy foods).
I dislike french doors.
I like pocket doors, they take up no space when open.
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