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chowmama

(1,096 posts)
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 02:17 PM Mar 22

How many people like an 'open floor plan'? [View all]

There isn't a forum for Architecture or houses (as opposed to household), so I'm just sticking this here I'm just wondering.

I keep seeing these new and renovated houses that have had most of the interior walls gutted. I don't think I could get comfortable there. They'd have to be company-clean all the time. There are no cozy places, no privacy. (And I'm not even getting into the bathrooms where you only have to walk around a couple view-blocking walls and there's no door at all, let alone one that locks.)

I look at houses on the realty websites. (For a pastime; no way could I afford to move from my current house, and I don't want a condo/apartment in the anthill serf-storage units that are going up everywhere.) Nearly every one, I start analyzing where I would put interior walls.

My favorite house would be a hobbit hole. Or an old-fashioned bungalow. All the nooks and crannies. I guess I'd like the equivalent of an English muffin.

And don't even get me started on pale gray walls. I don't want to have to put on makeup at home so I don't look dead. Beige is almost as bad, but at least you don't look ready for the viewing.

But somebody must like them. How much of a minority am I in?

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No, I don't care for open floor plans at all. sinkingfeeling Mar 22 #1
HATE IT! EarthAbides Mar 22 #2
I like some of them HappyH Mar 22 #3
I think it's different in a cabin, which are for family get togethers. LisaM Mar 22 #21
I'm with you! flor-de-jasmim Mar 22 #4
No. Hate them. Big space, no style or personality. Polly Hennessey Mar 22 #5
Hate it. Ocelot II Mar 22 #6
I have an open concept house and it has it's pros and cons. Kitchen smells spread, and heating/cooling alwaysinasnit Mar 22 #7
I like cozy rooms and pleasant colors. Don't want drab walls and everything open with tile and echoes. TommieMommy Mar 22 #8
My kitchen still has two swinging service doors at both ends... NCDem47 Mar 22 #9
Love an open floor plan .... anciano Mar 22 #10
I very much agree. Big Blue Marble Mar 22 #11
Everyone likes it at first, Captain Zero Mar 22 #12
Most open plan houses are open only on the first floor spooky3 Mar 22 #13
I'm in the "it depends" or middling opinion, I suppose. RockRaven Mar 22 #14
Hate the open look for most of the same reasons... MiHale Mar 22 #15
There's a couple of reasons a hobbit home sounds cool... slightlv Mar 22 #18
I'm one of those who'd prefer a modified open space house. slightlv Mar 22 #16
I like semi-open plans radical noodle Mar 22 #17
I like rooms. Separate rooms. LoisB Mar 22 #19
I recently sold my house that did not have open plan to new rental with open plan FloridaBlues Mar 22 #20
My house is one large room with a full bath and bedroom at the opposite ends. Zackzzzz Mar 22 #22
My dream house would be a straw cob house Niagara Mar 22 #23
In the 1950's JustAnotherGen Mar 22 #30
Oh wow Niagara Mar 22 #31
I cannot live with an open floor plan. Sweet Rosie Red Mar 22 #24
I dropped a friend who had JustAnotherGen Mar 22 #29
Good for you! Sweet Rosie Red Mar 23 #33
Ahhh - the Vanilla Villa look JustAnotherGen Tuesday #34
So, about 50:50? chowmama Mar 22 #25
I'm okay with the oprn plan of my kitchen, keeping room, Ilsa Mar 22 #26
Kitchen enid602 Mar 22 #27
Our Historic JustAnotherGen Mar 22 #28
LOVE LOVE LOVE them ZDU Mar 22 #32
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