Are Open Floor Plans Here to Stay"
I’ve spent the last 13 years reviewing and publishing thousands of home tours and devouring hours upon hours of design-related programming on television. And while most trends seem to wax and wane over time, there’s been one dominant change over the past decade that doesn’t seem to be going anywhere: open floor plans. Real estate agents continue […]
I’ve spent the last 13 years reviewing and publishing thousands of home tours and devouring hours upon hours of design-related programming on television. And while most trends seem to wax and wane over time, there’s been one dominant change over the past decade that doesn’t seem to be going anywhere: open floor plans.
Real estate agents continue to confirm that most young home and apartment buyers are looking primarily for open floor plans (where the main living space, kitchen and dining room are all open to each other) or to create their own when they renovate, but where does that leave the generations of older houses in America that were built when people wanted clearly defined spaces" Will this craving for openness ever be replaced by a desire for privacy again, or do we think this is the way of the future" Image above: Anna and Austin’s bright open-plan kitchen in Denver.
Image above: A chic minimal New Zealand home.
Traci’s bright and airy California home
When my parents put their (very traditional colonial Virginia style) house up for sale, one...
I’ve spent the last 13 years reviewing and publishing thousands of home tours and devouring hours upon hours of design-related programming on television. And while most trends seem to wax and wane over time, there’s been one dominant change over the past decade that doesn’t seem to be going anywhere: open floor plans.
Real estate agents continue to confirm that most young home and apartment buyers are looking primarily for open floor plans (where the main living space, kitchen and dining room are all open to each other) or to create their own when they renovate, but where does that leave the generations of older houses in America that were built when people wanted clearly defined spaces" Will this craving for openness ever be replaced by a desire for privacy again, or do we think this is the way of the future" Image above: Anna and Austin’s bright open-plan kitchen in Denver.
Image above: A chic minimal New Zealand home.
Traci’s bright and airy California home
When my parents put their (very traditional colonial Virginia style) house up for sale, one...
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