Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some say the open-concept home can be overstimulating and take a toll on mental health. (Yahoo Illustration: Alex Cochran for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Open doesn’t have to feel unintentional.

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 ...

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For over half a century, the open floor plan has remained at the cutting edge of interior architecture, with both new-build and renovation clients choosing to splice together rooms and their functions ...

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 ...

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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