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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the poster and I'm kinda glad to hear this. I live in one of these houses and kept the original wood and layout and often wonder what I should have done.....[/quote]
I'll put in a vote for keeping the woodwork as the right way to go.  Open-concept gut flips are—well, not a dime a dozen, unless by "dime" you mean $10 million.  But once the woodwork has been ripped out, there's no going back.  I'm convinced that in twenty years, people are going to look back at all these sterile gut renos and wonder what the heck people were thinking.

Also, from the realtor's blabber: "All new interior is true to spirit of original Arts and Crafts style."  Um, no.  An open-plan gut reno is in no way in any "spirit" of Arts & Crafts.

Sigh.

BTW, I can see the old listing with pictures on an MLS site, but I can't seem to find them anywhere public. [/quote]

Setting aside the personal preference for old world charm vs clean and modern, I think there's a huge difference between open concept and the "one huge room" gut renos currently prevailing. The former allows for entertaining and having some line of sight to living spaces from the kitchen, but doesn't necessarily negate the idea of defined spaces and a kitchen where all your cooking business and mess isn't on full display. The latter (one big room) I simply hate. The steroid version of that is when they take a somewhat deep house (40 feet plus) and inexplicably put the kitchen smack dab in the middle of the floorplan. This breaks up the living spaces, makes it so the kitchen has no windows, and has people walking into the house directly into the kitchen. Only people who don't cook and have a show kitchen could possibly want that. 
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