While an open kitchen should flow into other rooms in your home ... usually means the room is opening up to an eat-in area, dining room or living room, why not take the design outside.

Open floor plans that make it easy to move through primary living and entertaining areas have been popular for decades. Open ...

Pauro, who is the founder of design-build firm Rebel Builders, reconfigured the layout, moving the kitchen into the dining room, where there was plenty of space for a island where everyone could ...

With their two children nearly grown, the couple realized they spent fewer daylight hours in the kitchen and family room ... Sliders opposite the dining table and newly open staircase lead ...