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[quote=Anonymous]I am an open concept renegade. In our last house, kitchen and family room are the same space (we bought into the open concept fad). I slowly grew to really be annoyed by it - all the advantages of togetherness were in our case quickly canceled out by the noise and the clatter. Cooking noises, water running, hood going on in the kitchen interfered with conversation, TV, phone calls, what have you, in the family room. It became an annoyance. We designed our current house based on this experience. We now have a big kitchen that flows into the dining room (through an arched opening, not open space). Family room is separate from that space. There is also a small living room for adult conversations. I found I don't really need to be a part of family life on a 24/hr basis, and I enjoy cooking in my own great space, of which I am a boss. At least one of the kids usually hangs out there too. I came to see the kitchen as my hideout.[/quote]
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