Rather than creating two separate rooms, Alexa Occhipinti divided her open-concept living and dining area with a pony wall.

Television makeovers have spent years teaching you that knocking down walls is the fastest route to a stylish, modern home. Yet once the dust settles, that same “open concept” move often leaves you ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some say the open-concept home can be overstimulating and take a toll on mental health. (Yahoo Illustration: Alex Cochran for ...

Looking back now, the most open floorplans might have worked best in magazines, and there's an alternative layout that's much more relaxing.

Open floor plans that make it easy to move through primary living and entertaining areas have been popular for decades. Open concept floor plans join the dining room, kitchen and living (great) room ...

These days, it's hard to find a new home without an open kitchen and living area. And even fixer-uppers are getting updated with knocked-down walls and open layouts. But as much as we love the airy ...

Open bars, open kitchens, open-air markets: We’re open to many concepts. But open-concept bathrooms? One West Philadelphia real estate investor decided to remodel one of her rental homes to include an ...

Growing up in houses built long before World War II, I've become quite used to the idea of rooms with a specific purpose. That's why when my husband and I were buying our first home, we had a strict ...

Cubicles get a bad rap. At worst, they’re considered little more than white-collar cattle stalls. Open offices were supposed to cure the evils of cubicles, which might be why almost 70% of American ...