I really like having a closed-concept residence.
To me, a closed-concept residence implies that (generally) 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 residence, 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 usually requested concerning the downsides of dwelling with out the direct sight strains that have a tendency to return with properties constructed previously twenty years. In my expertise, there are a lot extra causes to like dwelling in a closed-concept residence than there are to dislike it. Really, the one instances I’d think about a barely extra open-concept structure 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 visitors. To counter this, I invite individuals to return chat with me whereas I prepare dinner.
In at this time’s put up, I’m sharing my favourite issues about our closed-concept residence.
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 canine within the again door, coated in mud, and a large number shortly ensued. I closed the doorways between the kitchen and the remainder of the home to comprise the mess, cleaned every part up, after which bought again to the occasion fairly shortly. It was one thing I’d turn out to be so used to, I didn’t suppose 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 got 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 youngsters are getting slightly older, we will allow them to play independently extra usually, 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 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 continuously when it’s simply our instant 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 in the beginning 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 persona.
Whereas I’ll think about the general coloration palette of the house after I’m designing any given room, I don’t really feel a should be too intently tied to it. This made the method of experimenting with rooms in our principal dwelling areas particularly enjoyable. You may see the person persona of various areas in rooms just like the blue library/workplace and the inexperienced household room.
4. It encourages our household to strive completely 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 usually contains the TV. On this residence, with separate areas with no TV, we’re drawn to do completely 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 methods to play tennis and is eternally testing the boundaries of her artistic muscle. Observe her on Instagram at @witanddelight_.