It creates a 'room'.' Open kitchen shelving is also a great way to showcase a vignette of decorative accessories for a lived-in feel that creates a cohesive open kitchen-stoke-living space look.

Shelby Vanhoy has been in home-decor mode for nearly a year now. Vanhoy, 34, lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her husband, 2-year-old son, and two dogs. They relocated from New York City to ...

so we had to be creative in renovating the layout to give the homeowners a full living room, dining room, and kitchen in one open space,” says Schroder. “The island is attached to the dining ...

“Maximizing space in a galley kitchen is all about intention ... “We weren't able to open it up to the living room, because there were some pipes in the way, but we opened it up partially ...

Image caption, The Peacock Room, James McNeill ... core containing the bathroom, kitchen and fireplace takes up positive space. The living area is completely open negative space.

They've been a go-to in American home design in recent years, offering a kitchen ... open room were suddenly not conducive to living," Stults added. "It created a desire to have a defined space ...