People in open-concept homes are realizing the walls were there for a reason

By artappraiser on Sun, 03/10/2019 - 9:44pm |

The future of home reno shows is pairs of charismatic designers undoing the last ten years of home reno shows.https://t.co/KDTsva2D3G
— Jonathan Valuckas (@Valuckesque) March 11, 2019

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https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/03/06/miss-walls-cry-for-help-from-woman-living-home-with-open-floor-plan/qLl9QX8REvsQ5gKmaeCvFL/story.html

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Yeah, switched flats 6 years ago to get better location, and this one's much more intense open space for the living/kitchen/work/2 sleep areas.
I got good low-latency synced headphones for me & the Mrs. to be able to watch TV, and if someone's sleeping, most of the lights go off & tip-toe...
Reading or study often interrupted by cross-flat conversations (ok, say it: screaming), the sound of blenders, or the whirring of the washing machine. (Got scolded this a.m. for putting away dishes too loudly.) Yet retreating to the other open space feels isolated - a small office like I had before would be more cozy.

Still, helluva view & smack dab in the middle of life, and 10-15 mins walk/ride from work.
(Sadly they keep closing my late night haunts, so a quick 3am beer or coffee in someplace normal is harder to find)

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 03/11/2019 - 2:37am

“In our old house,” said Didonna, a financial analyst, “I’d come home and make dinner and my husband would be watching TV in the other room, and a good portion of the evening we’d be apart.”

She got her togetherness, all right, in a glorious new house in Millbury. Now when she cooks and her husband watches TV, he’s in full view. Relaxing. While she works. “Frankly it’s annoying,” she said. A real estate agent has been called.

“I miss walls,” she said.

As a husband watching TV relaxing while my wife cooks supper I totally endorse walls as the solution to my wife's discomfort. So long as she can still hear me when I call for another beer. Yes, clearly, a lack of walls is the problem.

by ocean-kat on Mon, 03/11/2019 - 3:34am

haha! Love this comment.

Everything is a metaphor for Trump's border wall. Or is it the other way round?

by Obey on Mon, 03/11/2019 - 4:39am

Well, a lot depends on how they split duties, how many kids they have, etc. If he leaves the house at 6:30am to commute to Boston and is back at 7, while she stays at home with no kids, letting her cook dinner might be a-ok, dontchas think? Contrariwise, if she's working plus picking up the kids from school or some other more demanding life, then he should/could pitch in.

But let's be binary, now that we're all feeling our feminine side.

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 03/11/2019 - 8:04am

People in open-concept homes are realizing the walls were there for a reason

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