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We are going to be talking about the open concept floor plan today.

Everybody's got one.

Yep, or they want one. Or they one or they're buying a house and they're like I'm gonna do a remodel and I'm gonna knock down some walls and I'm gonna get myself an open concept.

Yep because I want to see the TV when I'm doing my dishes.

Yeah, you don't want to be, if you're a woman listening or a man that likes to cook, right?

He doesn't want to get stuck in the kitchen while the TV's going on he

wants to see what's on TV wants to watch a game it makes the dishes go by better

don't put baby in the corner yeah I want to be part of the family. Yeah, it's great. Yes. I can't remember the last time we did a kitchen that wasn't open to a main living space.

No, everybody wants to be a part of the party.

I think, yeah, it's what people ask us for all the time.

And so, yeah, you're usually we're knocking down walls

to create these spaces.

But often it's overwhelming, too, like, how do you space plan an open concept and how do you make it feel special and intimate without being a massive echo chamber.

So I think if your home was built, you know, anytime in the 2000s, you're probably living with an open concept.

Or if you're getting ready to build, then you're probably living with somewhat of an open concept too. So we thought we should talk about it today.

Things that really make it work and how to sort of define those spaces because sometimes

they feel like a run-on sentence because it's one great big room kind of

sharing the same language the same floor running throughout the same wall colors

running throughout and how do you sort of define these spaces and make them have a personality

because they are shared by other spaces, right? Yep. Yeah, so

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