Among its many virtues, the open floor plan instantly makes a home feel bright, airy, and large. While we still love a traditional closed-plan design with designated spaces—an open plan minimizes ...

For decades, open concept floor plans have defined modern home living. By combining the kitchen, living area, and dining room into one continuous, sprawling expanse, designers could open up and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Should you jump on the bandwagon of open floor plans or are traditional separations ideal for your family? To decide, you'll need ...

Tour a home built in the '90s and you're bound to see an open floor plan. The layout started trending in the 1950s when families shifted toward a more informal approach to living. Open floor plans are ...

Open floor plans that make it easy to move through primary living and entertaining areas have been popular for decades. Open concept floor plans join the dining room, kitchen and living (great) room ...

The River Glen appeals to homeowners looking for open floor plans, flexible bonus space, and seamless indoor-outdoor living.

Each week, Mansion Global tackles a topic with an elite group of designers from around the world who work on luxury properties. This week, we explored dividing the great room in multiple spaces. Don’t ...

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Not a fan of open-concept homes, but still not convinced that closed, individual rooms are the way to go? Good news. There's another type of floor plan in between these two extremes. Enter broken ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. When people talk about open-concept homes, they rave about how easy they make entertaining or how ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...