When our kids were younger we considered moving to a bigger house and whenever we viewed a property with big open plan living areas, I absolutely
loved them. Hubby never did, and it always irritated me! We never did end up moving (we extended instead), but as the kids got older I realised that those big open plan living spaces wouldn’t suit us as:
a) my kids are really fucking irritating, so being able to close the door on them at regular points during the day is a big plus.
b) my kids are noisy.(see above point about doors being your friend)
c) replace the word ‘kids’ above with the word ‘husband’ and apply all the same points.
My point is that family life is busy, noisy, and with different people wanting to do different things is at different times. Unless you partition your main living area, you don’t end up using it as effectively as you thought because people just fuck off upstairs to a bedroom for some peace.
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