This renovated ranch in Middletown features an open concept, custom-built banquette that serves as table and island, open ...

But modern open-concept floor plans became less about modest means and more about ... Reduce “visual noise” by reducing clutter. “The first and most impactful step is to reduce the number of ...

While they may seem like a new trend, open floor plans are anything but. Early American homes featured open, often one- or two-room units built around the central kitchen/hearth.

5 Ways an Open-Concept Floor Plan Secretly Sucks. By Laurel Niedospial. Updated on Feb 7, 2018 at 7:30 AM. ... That's why when my husband and I were buying our first home, ...

Open concept floor plans join the dining room, kitchen and living (great) room into a communal space where sight lines are maximized and walls are minimal.

By the 1970s, the kitchen joined the open-concept party. The resulting multi-use room, incorporating living room, dining room and kitchen — often under a cathedral ceiling — was sometimes ...

White kitchen cabinets have been in vogue for longer than anyone can remember, but buyers of new construction have moved on ...

Open-concept floor plans are becoming less popular. Insider spoke to home-decor experts about how to break up open spaces. The interior designers suggest using furniture and rugs to divide spaces ...

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 ...

Others get seduced by the fantasy of living in a pristine minimalist space — per every photo ever taken of an open-concept home — only to forget that when your first floor is one room, there ...