Open or Closed?

[Lynnes]

I love the light and airy feel of the open plan and wouldn't change ours.

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Nostromo
I am not sure about the problem of heating an open plan house. I have visited an open plan house in Vermont in November when it was pretty cold, but the heating seemed to work well. But personally, I prefer a mixed plan. An open plan for all the downstairs rooms, but with the Kitchen / Breakfast Nook as a separate unit. I also like the small 'family area' with its own TV etc that is often attached to the breakfast nook in US homes.
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We had the heating on in FL this Jan......we have 20ft plus high celings and found the house warm after 15 mins in the morning.....my bill was $70 for heating cooking washing and A/C etc that month....so I was a happy bunny......

[CarolAnn]

Don't think I would mind nowadays I think my tastes have changed since I got older (that would be 33,if anyone is asking)I would love to have an eat in the kitchen as well as a dining room. Then the house before this had one, and we put up a wall to make a separate dining room!!! Blah! Then we all in the living room anyway [msntongue]! Always fancied a NEW York Loft apartment though[msnwink]

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by CarolAnn
Don't think I would mind nowadays I think my tastes have changed since I got older (that would be 33,if anyone is asking)I would love to have an eat in the kitchen as well as a dining room. Then the house before this had one, and we put up a wall to make a separate dining room!!! Blah! Then we all in the living room anyway [msntongue]! Always fancied a NEW York Loft apartment though[msnwink]
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I'd also love a New York Loft......what a view......and what a price....LOL!

[UK Jane]

Open plan in Florida ... it just seems the right thing to do, but closed off rooms in the UK ... somehow it just does not seem right, after a day at work, to live in an open plan.

[bellaepovera]

Nostromo I live in the South of Italy in Calabria..Rome is my fav. place to visit for history as I never get tiried of it. But if you want to stay by the sea the South is the best. And so is the food. Taormina in Sicily is a must to see!! Just breathtaking!

I love the open plan in the US and to some extent in the UK too, I love the open plan kitchen/dining/family lounge we have in the UK but we also have a formal lounge/home theatre and a study and utility so its not completly open plan downstairs, I like it so much that I am hoping to extent the kitchen/dining/family lounge and make it bigger!!!

P.S I love American decking too its one of the best things we have added to our house.

[linda.s]

I voted other, as although I do love the open plans of the Floridian homes, I also like some "Private" space. I like my kitchen to be more enclosed, and with windows. So my ideal would be open hall & lounge, with vaulted ceiling (love them!) maybe arched space to the dining area, giving an open feeling, but with a sense of separation, and maybe a counter to the kitchen, that has windows. Then a separate den, so you can close yourself off if you need to get away! (Must be a hankering back to my childhood as an only child!)

[Magical Dreams]

Horses for courses!!

Should design a home will rollaway walls for different occasions.

I agree with Stabbard, Open for Hols, Closed for Home!

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[jolliffee]

I think a kitchen should be little more enclosed