I like having a closed-concept house.
To me, a closed-concept house implies that (most often) there isn’t a direct view from one fundamental dwelling house to the subsequent. Rooms are separated by both a wall, a door, or an archway. In our house, whereas there’s a view from the entryway to the sitting room to the eating room, most of our fundamental dwelling areas are separate from the others.
I’m typically requested concerning the downsides of dwelling with out the direct sight strains that have a tendency to come back with houses constructed previously twenty years. In my expertise, there are lots extra causes to like dwelling in a closed-concept house than there are to dislike it. Really, the one occasions I’d think about a barely extra open-concept format are after I’m in the kitchen cooking dinner. Once we’re internet hosting, I generally get FOMO and don’t wish to miss something with our company. To counter this, I invite individuals to come back chat with me whereas I prepare dinner.Â
In immediately’s submit, I’m sharing my favourite issues about our closed-concept house.
4 Causes I Love Our Closed-Idea Dwelling
1. Messes are extra simply contained.
A girlfriend just lately jogged my memory what occurred the primary time I had her over for dinner. I let the canines within the again door, lined in mud, and a multitude rapidly ensued. I closed the doorways between the kitchen and the remainder of the home to comprise the mess, cleaned the whole lot up, after which received again to the occasion fairly rapidly. It was one thing I’d turn into so used to, I didn’t assume twice about it! It wasn’t till she introduced it up that I spotted how helpful the format is for our household’s way of life.Â
When we’ve got individuals over, it’s additionally simpler to do last-minute cleansing and to keep up a basic sense of order since issues don’t unfold out from room to room as a lot.
2. It’s simpler to have alone time.
Now that the children are getting a little bit older, we are able to allow them to play independently extra typically, and Joe and I can have alone time in separate areas. Having the rooms divided up helps facilitate this, and I treasure the alone time I can get in an in any other case busy life.
It must be famous that we do dwell in a much bigger home than we did earlier than. This implies there’s naturally extra space to spend time individually. Nevertheless, we have a tendency to make use of about half of the home most incessantly when it’s simply our rapid household, so the closed-concept flooring plan undoubtedly nonetheless helps present some separation.Â
3. I can design every room individually.
If you end up designing inside an open-concept flooring plan, you’re firstly constructing the design round a cohesive scheme. It takes a little bit of talent to determine how to do this. With our closed-concept areas, it’s felt like every room can have its personal character.
Whereas I’ll think about the general shade palette of the house after I’m designing any given room, I don’t really feel a have to be too carefully tied to it. This made the method of experimenting with rooms in our fundamental dwelling areas particularly enjoyable. You may see the person character of various areas in rooms just like the blue library/workplace and the inexperienced household room.
4. It encourages our household to attempt totally different actions.
I do know from expertise that when you have got a giant nice room with a TV, it’s simpler to get set in your routines. In terms of downtime, this typically contains the TV. On this house, with separate areas and not using a TV, we’re drawn to do totally different actions. The youngsters will learn after I’m working within the workplace, we’ll play video games in the lounge, and we’ll do crafts on the kitchen island.
Kate is the founding father of Wit & Delight. She is at present studying find out how to play tennis and is without end testing the boundaries of her artistic muscle. Observe her on Instagram at @witanddelight_.
