Open kitchens rose sharply in popularity in the past couple of years — and for excellent reasons! Read about it here.
Have you ever wanted to have an open kitchen? If so, it’s not as hard as it seems. All you need to do is to have a remodeling partner who can make it a snap! Read on and find out more about what having an open kitchen in your home entails!
What Are Open Kitchens?
When you have an open kitchen, it means that there aren’t any barriers inside the kitchen itself. The other rooms orbiting the kitchen, such as the living room and dining room, can see directly into the kitchen. When you combine the kitchen, the dining room, and the living room, you get what is called the great room. Having a great room can make your home feel wider, larger, and more elegant.
Compared to more conventional designs, open-concept kitchens are growing in popularity. It doesn’t seem like the 1990s was that long ago, except now it feels as far away as previous decades did from the perspective of the 2000s. However, that is roughly how long the idea of an open-concept kitchen has been in existence, and the timeframe in which it began gaining steam.
What Are Some Benefits?
Now let’s take the time to look at some of the reasons to consider having an open kitchen in your home. There aren’t any walls, so as we mentioned earlier, it helps enhance your space and make it feel bigger than it was before. This is how you can maximize the kitchen without needing to take more drastic steps to increase the amount of floor space you have. Small kitchens that are closed-off will feel even smaller. By following the design principles behind the open kitchen, you can do away with that claustrophobic feeling.
If you want to spend more time with your family, then creating a great room is definitely worth the investment of time, energy, and budget. This makes for a wonderful place to teach the kids how to cook, give them a warm and welcoming place to sit and do homework, play games, and have long conversations punctuated with smiles and laughter. In short, it helps you build stronger bonds.
This room is also much brighter, since you can let more natural light in and help ensure that electric lights go farther, allowing you to save money on your energy bills!
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