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re: Open floor plan criticism
Posted on 12/5/23 at 9:04 am to makersmark1
Posted on 12/5/23 at 9:04 am to makersmark1
I prefer the old plantation home style where the kitchen was actually separate from the main house entirely
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Posted on 12/5/23 at 9:12 am to jlovel7
60 year old folks and older, need to plan for the next 20 years in their forever house. Open floor plans have a lot of access improvements.
If the architect wants a 1960 style bathroom with your feet in the tub while sitting on the crappier, or a separate eating area [dining room] from the kitchen keep carrying those dishes. This is America and your choice is available!
If the architect wants a 1960 style bathroom with your feet in the tub while sitting on the crappier, or a separate eating area [dining room] from the kitchen keep carrying those dishes. This is America and your choice is available!
Posted on 12/5/23 at 9:12 am to Jim Rockford
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Subtle I have a vocabulary builder app on my phone brag.
Do so many of the gormless throng maintain such a tenuous grasp on their vernacular that they perceive a modicum of verbosity to require a lingual crutch?
Posted on 12/5/23 at 9:57 am to makersmark1
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I’m a designer/builder. Everybody we deal with wants open. I have plans that have separation from the kitchen. Nobody even cares to look at them.
We are herd creatures.
Are there cycles in architecture?
I know fashion cycles over time.
Is the younger generation buying smaller homes with more efficient floor plans?
What are some “trends” you are seeing?
The trends I see haven't changed much. Everybody wants 4 bedroom, 3 bath, open floorplan. Our primary market is midlevel custom on someone's property. Bonus rooms, additional carports occasionally.
The exteriors people still want are farmhouse/craftsman. White with black trim is the latest popular trend.
Our customers usually have paid off property with a decent amount of cash so we are less effected by typical housing trends.
We do do a small amount of speculative building in upper end subdivisions. We "match the Hatch" so to speak. Build what people are buying.
Posted on 12/5/23 at 12:18 pm to justaniceguy
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Are you going to define what a “small house” is?
I have a feeling you’re gonna say something like 2000sqft but the vast majority of people lived in houses much smaller and had much bigger families than we do now…
Wife and I downsized to a 3BR/3BA home after my kids grew up. It’s about 2400 sq ft and is a moderate sized home. It could go either way, open or closed.
We have an open floor plan and we love it. But, all the cooking is done before I get home from work (unless I am grilling on the back deck).
My wife and I love to hang out in the den and be able to talk when one of us goes to the kitchen.
If my kids were still in the house:
1. Toddlers and young kids - floor plan would be great to keep and eye on them.
2. Teens - floor plan would be miserable with none of us having any privacy.
Posted on 12/5/23 at 12:27 pm to Joshjrn
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I appreciate that what I'm about to say is a small luxury borne of square footage, but my house has what I consider to be the best of both worlds: I have an open floorplan kitchen and den, separated from a dining room and front parlor which flow into one another. If you want to congregate around the kitchen, you can. If you want to get away, you can.
We have something similar, a large kitchen with a connected space that we use as our dining room. Then we had a separate large formal dining room which we converted into a den, and then another "formal" living room with a fireplace.
ETA: the kitchen connected space has bar seating at the peninsula, a large table with seating for 8, and a couple of other casual chairs, so it's big enough to socialize while cooking if that's what we want to do, but we also have separate spaces for socialization if we aren't cooking.
This post was edited on 12/5/23 at 12:31 pm
Posted on 12/5/23 at 12:49 pm to Smeg
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I assume people who want an open kitchen don't really cook.
I was thinking the opposite. I spend at least 8 hours a week cooking. I don't want to be isolated from my family in a tiny room. I love our open kitchen.
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with high heat searing, deep frying, and other methods that generate smoke.
As others said, do that shite outside
This post was edited on 12/5/23 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 12/5/23 at 1:17 pm to XenScott
I'd prefer some offset of the kitchen from the living space. the noise can be alot.
Posted on 12/5/23 at 1:23 pm to makersmark1
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It’s distracting when I’m trying to watch something on TV
Agreed.. The house we bought recently has a bonus room as you walk in from the garage and it's as big as my living room and so that's where I spend a majority of my TV time in there.. That's when I not outside of course.
Because , yeah if anything is happening in the Wide open Kitchen/living/dining room it's loud as hell.. Especially when family is over for the holidays..
Posted on 12/6/23 at 8:28 am to lsu777
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closed off floor plans sucks arse for anyone with a family.
You mean rooms where people can enjoy privacy? As opposed to everyone being either in a bedroom or slipped into the same multi use space for a play room/living room/dining room/kitchen?
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