I like having a closed-concept dwelling.
To me, a closed-concept dwelling signifies that (usually) there isn’t a direct view from one principal dwelling area to the subsequent. Rooms are separated by both a wall, a door, or an archway. In our dwelling, whereas there’s a view from the entryway to the sitting room to the eating room, most of our principal 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 up to now twenty years. In my expertise, there are a lot extra causes to like dwelling in a closed-concept dwelling than there are to dislike it. Really, the one occasions I might take into account a barely extra open-concept structure are once I’m in the kitchen cooking dinner. Once we’re internet hosting, I typically get FOMO and don’t wish to miss something with our visitors. To counter this, I invite individuals to return chat with me whereas I prepare dinner.
In right now’s publish, I’m sharing my favourite issues about our closed-concept dwelling.
4 Causes I Love Our Closed-Idea House
1. Messes are extra simply contained.
A girlfriend not too long ago 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 include the mess, cleaned every part up, after which received again to the social gathering fairly shortly. 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 noticed how helpful the structure is for our household’s way of life.
When we’ve individuals over, it’s additionally simpler to do last-minute cleansing and to keep up a common 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 slightly older, we will 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 ought to be famous that we do stay in an even 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 often when it’s simply our speedy household, so the closed-concept ground plan positively nonetheless helps present some separation.
3. I can design every room individually.
If you find yourself designing inside an open-concept ground plan, you’re at the start constructing the design round a cohesive scheme. It takes a little bit of ability 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 take into account the general coloration palette of the house once I’m designing any given room, I don’t really feel a should be too carefully tied to it. This made the method of experimenting with rooms in our principal 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 may have a giant nice room with a TV, it’s simpler to get set in your routines. With regards to downtime, this typically consists of the TV. On this dwelling, with separate areas with out a TV, we’re drawn to do totally different actions. The youngsters will learn once 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 the moment studying the right way to play tennis and is without end testing the boundaries of her inventive muscle. Comply with her on Instagram at @witanddelight_.
