The open concept main floor plan is alive and well on HGTV. But there is a deeper reason to why every show on the network uses it. While open concept main floors might sound good in theory — ...

Home with open-concept living room and kitchen - Sl-f/Getty Images Tour a home built in the '90s and you're bound to see an open floor plan. The layout started trending in the 1950s when families ...

Wondering whether or not open floor plans are still in style? It turns out that Southern interior designers are divided in terms of how they feel about open floor plans—some greatly appreciate them, ...

When you picture peak American luxury, do you envision large, sprawling living spaces? For years the open-concept floor plan popularized by HGTV — which combines kitchen, dining and living spaces into ...

We're blaming the Property Brothers. For what, you might ask? Well, lots of things. For playing bait and switch with stunning new homes early in every episode. ("You like this house? Well, you can't ...

Pity the poor interior wall. For decades, home improvement gurus and do-it-yourselfers have been smashing it to smithereens. If you've turned on HGTV any time in the last decade, you've probably seen ...

Cleveland — 17 minutes - that's how long you had to escape in a house fire 30 years ago. Now - you have three to four minutes. A company that conducts fire safety testing says part of the reason is ...

Any loyal viewer of HGTV is familiar with open floor plans, in which areas like a kitchen, living room, and dining room flow together in one large space. The style has been particularly popular on ...

For some American families, one kitchen is apparently not enough. What is wrong with having just one kitchen? Well, people cook in kitchens, and when they cook in kitchens, they make messes, and then, ...

With a clear message to the "cube" culture, open floor plans have come to dominate not only startups but large corporate organizations as well. Facebook, for one, has the largest open floor plan in ...

Tour a home built in the '90s and you're bound to see an open floor plan. The layout started trending in the 1950s when families shifted toward a more informal approach to living. Open floor plans are ...