Open style homes typically, as I have seen, have no dining room and the kitchen is visible from everywhere. So, it ALWAYS has to be clean.
Not for me...I don’t want to look at dirty dishes while I’m eating and I don’t want food smells throughout the entire house.
It seems to be OK for a lot of people... so their house looks and functions like s ‘sit com’ set... but I like a separation of environments.
My wife wants to knock down the kitchen wall like all of our neighbors have done during their remodels.
1) The kitchen will need to stay clean.
2) We’ll need to get rid of the cabinet up against the kitchen wall facing the LR.
3) We’ll need to get rid of all the pictures on the wall.
4) Would need to upgrade everything in the kitchen if it is going to be all out in the open.
I’ll have to bookmark this article. If I can put it off long enough, the separate kitchen will be back in style!
A big problem with this open concept is that cooking smells end up in the sofa and living room.
Calling this out.
I cook everyday, clean as I cook and I wouldn’t want it every day. We have 20 for holidays and it’s just the same. I wouldn’t want to be hidden away in a kitchen I was ashamed to let guests see.
Where is all this animosity coming from. My house has plenty of environments, doesn’t look like a sitcom & is functional to us. Visitors are complementary & comfortable.
Hate open plans. Try hosting several couples over to watch a sporting event or something. Women congregate in one area, and men near the TV. Can’t hear yourself think because of the noise and clatter from the kitchen, not to mention the visible mess that must be cleaned up immediately.
To make it worse, these homes have hard surface floors and ceilings, adding to the noise.
We eventually found a modern home with a walled off kichen/dining/breakfast area and love it.