I really like having a closed-concept dwelling.
To me, a closed-concept dwelling signifies that (typically) there isn’t a direct view from one foremost residing house to the following. 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 foremost residing areas are separate from the others.
I’m usually requested in regards to the downsides of residing with out the direct sight traces that have a tendency to return with houses constructed prior to now twenty years. In my expertise, there are loads extra causes to like residing in a closed-concept dwelling than there are to dislike it. Actually, the one instances I might contemplate a barely extra open-concept format are after 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 cook dinner.
In in the present day’s put up, I’m sharing my favourite issues about our closed-concept dwelling.
4 Causes I Love Our Closed-Idea Residence
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 large number rapidly ensued. I closed the doorways between the kitchen and the remainder of the home to comprise the mess, cleaned every part up, after which acquired again to the occasion fairly rapidly. 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 format 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 take care of 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 somewhat older, we are able to 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 must 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. Nonetheless, we have a tendency to make use of about half of the home most ceaselessly when it’s simply our rapid household, so the closed-concept ground plan undoubtedly nonetheless helps present some separation.
3. I can design every room individually.
When you’re designing inside an open-concept ground plan, you’re at first 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 contemplate the general coloration palette of the house after 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 foremost residing areas particularly enjoyable. You possibly can 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 will have an enormous nice room with a TV, it’s simpler to get set in your routines. In relation to downtime, this usually contains the TV. On this dwelling, with separate areas and not using a 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 the way to play tennis and is perpetually testing the boundaries of her artistic muscle. Observe her on Instagram at @witanddelight_.
