I still do not understand the "Open Concept". Where did the "Open Floor plan" go?

Each time I head "welcome to our space" I cringe, what happened to "welcome to our home?"

Well, I am one who has a dining space, not a dining room, because it's not enclosed by 4 walls. It's simply not a room in the sense that the dining room in my grandparents' house was. My house is my home, though, not my space :-)

I wonder if "open concept" replaced "open floor plan" when the basic idea went 3 dimensional, with vast unenclosed spaces above instead of just around us.

Reminds me of this

Maybe "space" sounds more spacious than "room" does. Sounds like a realtor came up with it! At least they're not advertising a three bed-space home yet!

Back yard space! I think just ‘back yard’ covers it. 😂

It is like basement became lower level, still a basement .

Patricia, or ‘teen space’.

It bothers me when David Visentin says "Dining room area" to describe a room with four walls. He likes to call most rooms "areas" instead of spaces.

The term "Open concept" originated in England, I think, and quickly spread to Canada, where Love It or List It originated. I still use the term "open floor plan" instead, which has a longer history.

And why do people say "dining room table" instead of "dining table"? In the furniture industry, we never used the term "dining room table". That could refer to any table that happens to be in a dining room. It is similar to people saying "hot water heater" instead of "water heater". You are heating water, you are not heating water that is already hot.

Saw this and thought it was hilarious. Reminds me of this thread.

Fsal,

Is the Tweet above suppose to imply that the open concept plan is no longer desirable?

Most of my buyers still want an open floor plan.

Guy, I think it is funny. Every single show wants to take down walls and do away with rooms. fsal, I laughed. 😁

I’m off to my office space behind the kitchen/family area adjacent to the kids’ space.

Everyone could just stop watching those shows and then not worry what they call it.

Perhaps Joanna started the Space thing. I've been watching a few of her shows on Hulu and I have noticed her always talking about Space.

I suppose the term "Space" indicates what that room could be used for. The last time I was looking for a house - a mere 8 years ago - soooo many people had turned either their 'dining room space' or the 'living room space' or 'bedroom space' into a room with a full-sized pool table. I made my formal living room 'space' into a den/office... which is now my favorite 'space'. ;-)