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Originally Posted by gacook
Half agree with Cocker. I like a big kitchen. I like mostly open, but also want a formal dining room (current house doesn't have formal dining room--my living room is enormous.
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Most of these shows delete the formal dining and enlarge the kitchen to take over that space. So when you look at the LR and Kit the kitchen is now about 2/3 or 3/4 of the total.
When our kids were in HS we had a 2 story that was sort of split level. Upstairs and downstairs both had living rooms. It was the best thing ever for that age kids.
I'm a big fan of 2 living rooms. But again, most shows nix one and its usually to enlarge the kitchen.
I've seen some (
Fixer Upper in Waco) that have basically torn down all walls in LR, Kitch, and dining. One big open space and when you enter front door you are literally standing next to the dining table. It looks fine at first, but I can't imagine living in it. I'd imagine after some period of time you would want to get away to a calm/quiet space and realize that there isn't one.
I'm also good with dining and kitchen being open to each other. Makes sense.