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

There are plenty of benefits to be had if you swap separate rooms for more casual living arrangements. But make these open plan living mistakes and you might regret your choice.Get it wrong and an ...

Open floor plans are prevalent in new home designs. December 5, 2013. By Michele Lerner. If you’ve toured a newly built model home recently, you may have noticed a few things missing: a formal ...

Interior design tricks that brought calm to a chaotic open floor plan Open layouts "can be overwhelming with their multipurpose natures,” the designer says. The goal in this Winchester home was ...

The trendy open floor plan has been taking the world of interior design by storm recently. However, many folks are finding the lack of privacy in an open plan jarring and they still want their own ...

However, the open floor concept plan is still a predominant layout in most new homes. Our clients often report feeling "stuck" when it comes to decorating their large, open spaces.

An open concept floor plan in a large home can make interior spaces feel cavernous. ... Open floor plans have been around for more than 30 years, but they aren’t everyone’s cup of tea.

Experts weigh in on how to close up open floor plans Open-concept design has long been on the must-have list for home buyers, ... a cofounder of LDa Architecture & Interiors.

A great room concept was born of the open floor plan, combining living and family room functions. Placing the TV, if there is one, is a good starting point for a furniture layout.

Open floor plans and home offices: How to make it work. 1 / 8. ... Placing a desk behind a sofa can create a new space, according to interior design firm Modsy’s blog.

Meanwhile, as she’s been called on more and more to create mini reading or meeting nooks out of sprawling open floor plans, Sandy Cabelis, an interior designer in Montville, New Jersey, has a ...