Use it or lose it

Modern home plans come in all shapes, sizes and styles. By incorporating and creating open floor plans, there is no longer any reason to limit your spaces or banish particular tasks to designated rooms. Your home can become a seamless space where guests and hosts, parents and children can all interact without limitation. What is the traffic pattern for bringing groceries and other merchandise into the house? As mentioned earlier, it can be inconvenient to have to lug bags up from a downstairs garage. Check the stairs that must be climbed and the distance that must be walked to perform this task.
Determine how much art work you have to hang: Art work, especially large pieces require space to hang. Since open floor plans are removing many of the dividing walls between rooms, the area to hang and display artwork will be minimal compared to a closed floor plan.