Open Floor Plans – For a spacious look
Contemporary designs thrive on the minimalist look, in interior design. In architecture the same trend seems to be followed these days, with open floor plans gaining tremendous popularity. This is primarily because; people are getting used to the concept of ‘space’ psychologically, and thus want to put it to practice in their physical aspects of life too. Open floor plans let people share vast spaces, for multi-purpose activities, with minimal walls, thus giving a space of vastness to the space. Following are some of the ways in which open floor plans are executed –
• Minimal usage of walls
• Combining two areas together – Dining and living for instance
• Large spaces with columns and pillars
• Tall ceilings
• Straight and simple lines
• Wood and stonework facades
• Split levels
• Flat or single pitched roofs
Thus these are basically the parameters followed, in open plans.
Decorating a open floor plan
Following are some tips to follow while decorating a house with an open floor plan –
1. The basic function of a open floor plan is to have maximum breathing space, so avoid crowding the open space with furniture and heavy sofas
2. If you use only 2/3rd of the wall space for the furniture and use glass topped tables, rounded sofas and shallow wood, wrought iron, the smaller room will appear bigger, and the look will be uncluttered
3. Stick to straight lines and simple colors
4. Put your furniture closest to or against the highest wall.
5. Plants are a great replacement for heavy decoration.
6. Large windows and French doors compliment open floor plans perfectly.
Follow these tips for a complimentary design to the open floor plan, and you will get a clean, no frills look, that you are looking for.
One of the biggest problems of open floor plans is to give a distinct look to the different areas that are not separated by doors and walls. Thus care must be taken that the home does not look monotonous and there is a separation between two different functional areas.
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