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Great Rooms Fit Small Houses

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By Brad Paul

To get a spacious feel in a small house, choose an open floor plan design with a great room over walled compartmentalized rooms. This works particularly well in a small house.

Great room includes kitchen with diagonal dining counter.
Kirby Maronda

 

Great room includes kitchen with island and living space.
Fiorella Design

 

Great rooms usually encompass the functions of a family room, living room, dining room, and kitchen in one shared space. In a small house, this might also include an office, study, or library. In a studio house, it would also include the bedroom. Putting these spaces together in an open floor plan creates a comfortable amount of square footage. Putting them into separate walled rooms in a small house would make them each feel cramped.

Elegant great room includes kitchen with island.
Peg Berens Interior Design

 

Great room with skylights.
Paul Moon Design

 

Some creative interior design could make a great room in a small house look very elegant and advanced. For example, you could create separation for say an office or bed area with a split-level design or a loft. Or you could merge kitchen and dining activities into one location by putting a food preparation and eating area in a single unit like an island or counter.

Geat rooms includes fireplace and kitchen island with nice dining area.
John Kraemer & Sons

 

Great room with attractive dining area on kitchen counter island.
Urrutia Design

 

When it comes to small houses, great rooms are the way to go. The more open the floor plan the more spacious the feel.

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