Are Open Floor Plans Here to Stay?
With the holidays approaching, you might be fretting over how to host a formal Thanksgiving, Hanukah, or Christmas dinner for your extended family. So this is a great time to examine the open floor plan.
The trend is clear, open floor plans are setting the standard for modern housing. But is it just a trend, or is it a lasting architectural feature of today’s home? Housing trends from high ceilings to sunken living rooms have come and gone. But one thing is clear: today’s young family wants open space in their home for their young ones to roam, study, and create forts out of furniture and blankets. And when it comes to entertaining, having an open kitchen that spills into the family living area makes for an expansive party zone.
But open floor plans are really not new. Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the early pioneers of open floor plans in the early 1900’s. The trend continued right through the ultra modern 1960’s. A short retreat back to smaller, partitioned spaces occurred in the 1970’s and 1980’s. But today, house hunters are once again looking for that expansive open space.
In the end, it’s a personal preference. But with all the cousins, aunts, uncles, college sweethearts, and grandkids swarming your house for the holidays, who knows? You might just want to look for a cool new house to host your holiday feast.