Don't forget the zero lot lines.

I once stayed in a B & B in Vienna that had a tiny circular shower in the middle of the room. In order to get completely wet, you had to cross your arms over your chest and turn in a circle. Granted, in was in an old building...LOL

and cats have easier access.

Those gadgets remind me of things like the intercoms in every room that were so popular in the 70s. The novelty wears off pretty fast.

Carpet kitchens and/or bathrooms do my head in. Like why?

These are against the building code used by most US states as minimum safety requirements. No reputable contractor would build these.

I think those Live Laugh Love Quotes are kinda overused now. I feel this one again, I don't like any 'clever" 'motivation' or 'wise' quotes in my home just for deco.

There are actually huge signs near the airport reminding you not to get a Buddha tattoo/garden ornament/etc.

Almost as unsafe as microwaves you have to reach up and bring down a large container of boiling hot food.

This has been around forever and will never go away.

You hit the nail right on the head! "It's totally personal, though." I guess EVERYONE has their own style likes. Their tastes are not my circus, not my monkey. You all do you!!

Totally agree

When you make a house out of samples...

Honestly I don’t mind this. If the sofa is far enough away it shouldn’t be a problem.

Seems like you'd always be slopping water down the sides of the bowl so it'd always be wet under the bottom and start growing pink or black mold.

Omg!! I love barn doors!

"Our aim is to keep this bathroom clean. Your aim will help!"

I love plants though! Plants are the new pets and pets the new children!

I would definitely get the toilet one.

I love the nooks and crannies of an old house.

I feel like whoever designed open concept didn’t have children. The noise level is deafening in an open concept with kids and their toys. Maybe this is why parents always schedule a zillion activities to stay outta the loud open concept all-white house.

I love being able to get away in another room. I prefer cosy rooms to open space

The most beautiful house I've ever been in was open/concept. And if your living space is small, eliminating walls creates a sense of spaciousness. My only requirement is that the bathroom and maybe the bedroom be walked off.

We have a relatively open concept downstairs, and then a classic floorplan upstairs. I really like my dining room and living room, and then the kitchen is separated by an island. With dogs and 3 adults, I find it makes it easier to move around.

I love my open concept living room/dining/kitchen because I can cook or do dishes while watching tv. I also am a part of whatever is happening in the living room so I don’t feel cut off from the action

Would live there!!!

My Mum took all the walls down and made open plan. She woud dominate the whole space and everyone would just have move to their rooms to close the door and get some peace...

I don't like full open concept either. I have a partial open concept. You can see my table but not the oven, fridge, dishwasher, toaster etc.

It's great to have separate rooms when you have a larger house, but a lot of us can't afford that kind of space, and my already small apartment would be claustrophobic if it had separating walls.

I have a semi open kitchen and I can't stand it, I like kitchens to be a completely seperate room with a door you can shut so as to not make the house reek everythime you fry fish. And I'm not even talking about my indonesian husband's horribly stinky shrimp paste and chili peppers that make you cough for half an hour because there's no door to contain this hazmat smell from hell.

I don't mind the look or feel of open kitchens, but there is no way that the moisture and grease that a kitchen generates won't end up floating through the air and destroying all the furniture and window treatments. Especially great choice for a mostly white decor!

What love to see pics OP! We are about to remodel our home and we are def adding more windows, maybe some height but only a semi open concept- some separation is good- how else can you hide the mess when ppl pop over!! Lol

Also, open plan houses are incredibly expensive to heat. I prefer rooms i can close off with doors because they are cheaper to heat

Every designer in HGTV when renovating houses - let’s tear down the walls to open up the space and paint the woodwork white. Boring! Pet peeve - painted woodwork! Leave the character alone. Love natural woodwork

While I don't mind family dining/den open to a kitchen, I want a dedicated dining room! The last thing I want when I'm entertaining is people to hear me cursing under my breath while frantically fixing something that went wrong! I want to be like a duck...serenely floating around, while invisibly paddling like mad underneath!

in our town a lot of the houses are being done up and resold, you can see in through the front window and out the back with no privacy

What people don't realise is that those old houses were built with an eye to heat retention, and also keeping cool in the summer, as soon as you start taking walls down, or putting them up where there were none, then you will find you pay a lot more in heating in winter and areas will become stuffy and over hot in summer. Had a house where they'd blocked off the previously open staircase, it was a nightmare getting to temperatures comfortable upstairs, as soon as I removed the partitioning then the temperatures stayed stable throughout the house.

I think open concept only works well with smaller homes. With bigger homes there's too much empty space and it leaves it lacking. But I guess if you prefer minimalism it could work for you.

I never understood the tub windows for first floor bathrooms. Even with electric privacy glass, your form can still be seen at night. Even on the 2nd floor, you still have to be careful.

Can you knock down all the walls in a traditional style home? Aren't they load-bearing walls?

Remember, open concepts are cheaper to build just like studio apartments. Everything is literally in one room. If you have one big room, that means less money for materials, you can add some Faux wood beams in the ceiling, vinyl flooring, 12inch vinyl baseboards and no ceiling fan.

Too stark, too cold. It doesn’t say ‘home’ to me at all.

We have a close concept home and can still hear everything that everyone is complaining about 😂😂😂 doesn't make a diff. It makes our house look so tiny too, I wish we could open it up but there's not much things we can move around.

My #1 pet peeve is "open plan". There ought be a law.

My house that was built in the 70’s had a “mouse maze” feel, arched walls and all. We removed the maze, added height to the ceilings and filled in the sunken living room. It looks brand new. You can always add it back if you want

I don't want people to be able to see dirty dishes in the sink when they're in our front room.

I live in upstate NY it gets cold in winter. The heating bills would be astronomical in an open concept house. With some separation you can reduce the amount of heating used by turning it down when leaving a room. Plus, any mess anywhere would be visible everywhere.

How about the rooms with no blinds or curtains in the windows? The neighbors can see what you do at any hour of the day or night. Not to mention how inviting it would be for Peeping Toms or burglars

I have never understood the hate for this. I grew up in a house with separate rooms and it felt so freaking small. The house I own is the exact same size and feel HUGE because of the lack of walls in the great room. It's such a strange thing that so many people hate on. I don't get it.