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Home Design Ideas: Transitional Elements and Room Dividers

Combine the spaciousness of an open floor plan with the order and function of defined rooms by using creative transitional elements and room dividers.

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Use Windows as Room Dividers

A bank of tall and narrow multi-pane windows between the kitchen and the dining room makes both rooms feel lighter and airier.

Another transitional element, a pair of wood columns, visually separates the dining room from the adjacent living area.

conniericer says:
I do not recommend making different levels in your home. It really limits your resale market. We r...... more
I do not recommend making different levels in your home. It really limits your resale market. We recently bought a new home to accommodate my husband's mother living with us. We had to eliminate my favorite house because of too many levels in the home. Even though there were just several steps, it would have really limited her ability to move safely and easily about the house.
 

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conniericer wrote:

I do not recommend making different levels in your home. It really limits your resale market. We recently bought a new home to accommodate my husband's mother living with us. We had to eliminate my favorite house because of too many levels in the home. Even though there were just several steps, it would have really limited her ability to move safely and easily about the house.

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