β€œBring back actual rooms with doors that can close. I was NEVER a fan of the open floor plan. You should be able to go into the kitchen without being heard from the living room.”

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"You can still put a shower head above a tub and just take a shower. Why do you need to completely remove the tub?"

"I miss having walls between rooms. Open floor plans are cool to be able to watch your toddler from the kitchen while they are in the living room, BUT when the kids are older (mine are now), privacy and quiet are a missed thing. Also, tables in a kitchen instead of an island. Islands are useful sometimes, but tables are more intimate."

"Even during the recent heat waves, our home is comfortable with just one fan running. Keeping them closed is also an added layer of security."

"I spent so much of my childhood in that yard, and it makes me sad to think that so many kids won't have much of a backyard because the architect said their house needed to be even bigger."

"We have baskets behind glass doors, which hold all of the video game accessories, and hidden behind the solid doors are a bunch of things we don't want to stare at all the time, but are handy to have in the living room. It's so useful!"

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