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As open plan living fades, here is what homeowners are doing with the space instead

For roughly three decades, open plan living was the default dream. Knock out the walls, flood the space with light, watch the ...
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Open Living Rooms Are Going Out of Style—3 Layouts That We're Loving Instead

Open living rooms are evolving to allow for balance between easy entertaining and intimate, zoned living. Expansive living rooms aren’t as popular as comfortable, welcoming spaces with an easy flow.
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A homeowner divided her open-concept living area with a partial wall for under $900

Zenia Olivares wasn't a fan of the shape of her living room when she bought her home two years ago. Olivares, 34, lives in a 1935 bungalow in New Jersey with her husband and their two dogs. She's a ...
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The Living Room Should Be for Living

Designers show us how to turn what used to be the most formal area of a home into an inviting, multipurpose space. By Tim McKeough The living room used to be considered a formal entertaining space — a ...
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Are Living Rooms Still Relevant? 16 Projects that Explore how these Private Gathering Spaces Adapt to the Contemporary Home

Today, architecture has become - or is in the process of becoming - more flexible and individualistic to accommodate people's diverse lifestyles and spatial needs. With this adaptation, the ...
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7 designer tricks to make a small living room feel twice as big

From smart furniture choices to light-reflecting paint, these ideas help small living rooms live large ...
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Open Living Rooms Are Going Out of Style—3 Layouts That We're Loving Instead

If your home was built in the last two decades, you probably have an open-plan living room. For a long time, this was the preferred floor plan for a bright, welcoming space, but over the past few ...