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Household Hints & Help

TommieMommy

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8. I like cozy rooms and pleasant colors. Don't want drab walls and everything open with tile and echoes.

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Sun Mar 22, 2026, 02:41 PM

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How many people like an 'open floor plan'? [View all] chowmama Mar 22 OP

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 Monday #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