I really like having a closed-concept house.
To me, a closed-concept house implies that (usually) there isn’t a direct view from one fundamental dwelling area 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 in regards to the downsides of dwelling with out the direct sight traces that have a tendency to return with properties constructed prior to now twenty years. In my expertise, there are lots extra causes to like dwelling in a closed-concept house than there are to dislike it. Actually, the one occasions I might take into account a barely extra open-concept structure are after I’m in the kitchen cooking dinner. After we’re internet hosting, I generally get FOMO and don’t wish to miss something with our company. To counter this, I invite folks to return chat with me whereas I cook dinner.
In in the present day’s publish, I’m sharing my favourite issues about our closed-concept house.
4 Causes I Love Our Closed-Idea House
1. Messes are extra simply contained.
A girlfriend lately jogged my memory what occurred the primary time I had her over for dinner. I let the canines within the again door, coated in mud, and a multitude shortly ensued. I closed the doorways between the kitchen and the remainder of the home to comprise the mess, cleaned every little thing up, after which acquired again to the get together fairly shortly. It was one thing I’d grow to be so used to, I didn’t suppose twice about it! It wasn’t till she introduced it up that I spotted how helpful the structure is for our household’s life-style.
When we have now folks over, it’s additionally simpler to do last-minute cleansing and to keep up a normal 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 youngsters are getting slightly 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 needs to be famous that we do reside in an even bigger home than we did earlier than. This implies there’s naturally extra space to spend time individually. Nonetheless, we have a tendency to make use of about half of the home most continuously when it’s simply our fast household, so the closed-concept flooring plan undoubtedly nonetheless helps present some separation.
3. I can design every room individually.
When you’re designing inside an open-concept flooring plan, you’re at the beginning constructing the design round a cohesive scheme. It takes a little bit of talent to determine how to try this. With our closed-concept areas, it’s felt like every room can have its personal character.
Whereas I’ll take into account the general colour palette of the house after I’m designing any given room, I don’t really feel a have to be too intently 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 strive totally different actions.
I do know from expertise that when you’ve got a giant nice room with a TV, it’s simpler to get set in your routines. In the case of downtime, this typically consists of the TV. On this house, with separate areas with no TV, we’re drawn to do totally different actions. The children 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 tips on how to play tennis and is endlessly testing the boundaries of her artistic muscle. Comply with her on Instagram at @witanddelight_.
