Open concept homes

Traditional older home or open concept?

view FROM Kitchen

Buyers today will often choose an open concept because they have been told by decorators that it's the way to go. You can see everything! You can watch your children while you are cooking! You can all be together! You're not alone in the kitchen!

But is that really what you want?

I live in an open concept home. My sink is adjacent to a half wall in the living room. My husband's chair is just on the other side of the half wall.

He loves for me to cook, he loves my baking. I love  him to make the coffee every night for the next day.

But when I'm mixing things in my beautiful KitchenAid mixer, or he is grinding the coffe, neither of us can hear the television.

View TOWARDS Kitchen

So, when you are looking at home, try to evaluate how much should be open and how your family uses the rooms in your home. It's not all it's cracked up to be.

Take it from someone who knows.