Should you jump on the bandwagon of open floor plans or are traditional separations ideal for your family? To decide, you'll need to know the pros and cons. Jay Wilde In the quest for a more spacious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some say the open-concept home can be overstimulating and take a toll on mental health. (Yahoo Illustration: Alex Cochran for ...

It might surprise you to know open floor plans didn’t just appear in the past 20 years – they are, in fact, a by-product of mid 20th century living.

Open floor plans that make it easy to move through primary living and entertaining areas have been popular for decades. Open concept floor plans join the dining room, kitchen and living (great) room ...

Think back to a few years ago when tearing down walls was basically the holy grail of home renovations. Everyone wanted that big, breezy, Pinterest-perfect space where you could cook dinner while ...

The home at demonstrates how a modern open floor plan is entirely compatible with striking colonial architecture. Located at the end of a lightly traveled cul-de-sac, this home at 10 Saunders Hill in ...

Not a fan of open-concept homes, but still not convinced that closed, individual rooms are the way to go? Good news. There’s another type of floor plan in between these two extremes. Enter broken ...

Modern architecture is the architectural style that dominated the Western world between the 1930s and the 1960s and was characterized by an analytical and functional approach to building design.

When you picture peak American luxury, do you envision large, sprawling living spaces? For years the open-concept floor plan popularized by HGTV — which combines kitchen, dining and living spaces into ...