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People are so weird expecting all builders/renovators to do what they personally like. Most do either what they like or what sells best. Others opinions don’t matter unless they buy the house and then they can do whatever they want. You’re not going to sway people to your perfect vision of how a house should be arranged because they have their own.
People are so weird expecting all builders/renovators to do what they personally like. Most do either what they like or what sells best. Others opinions don’t matter unless they buy the house and then they can do whatever they want. You’re not going to sway people to your perfect vision of how a house should be arranged because they have their own.
hush now. It's been firmly established that people who like open concept are wrong (and also stupid because they don't actually know what they like, they've been brainwashed by HGTV) and people who like closed rooms are right.
hush now. It's been firmly established that people who like open concept are wrong (and also stupid because they don't actually know what they like, they've been brainwashed by HGTV) and people who like closed rooms are right.
LOL. My bad. I forgot we were all supposed to agree with how terrible open concept is.
Call me silly, but I still - it sounds crazy, I know - think of the kitchen as a place to make food.
Frankly, to serve that purpose I think the galley layout is the best. A fairly small L shape is next best. As far as I'm concerned, if you have tons of prep work, that's what your kitchen table is for. Then you bring all your chopped/sliced/etc. stuff to the cooking area to actually be cooked. Adding tons of counter space and degrading other functionality so you can do prep work right there next to the stove doesn't seem like the best choice.
YES. Shuffling up and down a galley counter in a galley kitchen is so efficient. Had one and loved it.
People are so weird expecting all builders/renovators to do what they personally like. Most do either what they like or what sells best. Others opinions don’t matter unless they buy the house and then they can do whatever they want. You’re not going to sway people to your perfect vision of how a house should be arranged because they have their own.
In 2004 I bought an acreage and built a house. I had been working with a realtor to find a house so she helped with the land and building instead. Because I suspected I would end up having to go back to my home state to take care of my mother at some point I said resale was something I had to consider in the floorplan.
I wanted a standard ranch. She said if I wanted to sell I had to have open floor plan and a walkin closet minimum. So I had to build "my dream house" for someone else essentially. Managed to compromise and I liked the house but it was harder than if I knew I was going to live there forever.
My condo was open concept, I remodeled it and made it a semi open concept, I think it works well.
Open concepts are great on smaller spaces, the larger the space, the less of the need, other factor also such as layout, even wall colors and ceiling height.
Actually, if you factor in the sq footage, smaller homes have smaller rooms. One thing people often don't realize is that a cathedral ceiling makes a smaller sq ft room seem even smaller. It's like putting yourself into a pit. There are ways to get around that but they are costly (clerestory windows, a loft with 1/2 wall overlooking that space, skylights, etc.).
Smaller sq ft homes built on a budget should simply forego the cathedral celing. An 8' ceiling makes that 18' living room seem way more spacious no matter what furnishings you put in it.
I really like our home and its not open concept. The rooms feel cozy, you cab see into the living-room because we have archways leading to living-room and dining-room . You can talk in the kitchen watch TV in the living-room without bothering each other. The kitchen is large I always brought my grand kids into the kitchen to play, while I cooked, did dishes, etc.,,But they could play in living-room and I could keep an eye on them.
I live in an open concept rental while our house is being rebuilt, It drives me crazy, if your watching TV you can't have a conversation in the kitchen. When you walk in everything shows. If something is left out it looks messy. Yes I am a neat freak. The dishwasher is loud so you can't do dishes and watch TV. The washer is also loud (a rental) so you can't wash clothes without hearing the sound of the washer. Of course to be fair we have nothing on the walls so everything echos.
Our house is built like a U with a exterior courtyard inside of the U. Even though the house is over 3000 sq ft it doesn't feel like it.
Of course it is. Now all the open concept houses bled as "dated" or "out of date" and all the trendy cattle will need to buy a new home. Plus builders can now charge more to include the walls they charged us more to remove.
Well, we bought an MCM home intentionally. One of the hallmarks of MCM design was/is open floor plans. Our house was built in 1957 - I guess if 60+ years can be considered "trendy", then sure, we're trendy.
Our last two homes have had kitchens very open to the living rooms - if you can't watch TV because your dishwasher is too loud, you need to buy a better dishwasher.
Open concept or any feature/style for that matter should be considered a tool for the homeowner. If improperly used or rarely utilized it's a tool worth not putting in the box.
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