A great room concept was born of the open floor plan, combining living and family room functions. Placing the TV, if there is one, is a good starting point for a furniture layout.

Because there still needs to be a spot to sit by the fireplace, Jensen recommends putting armchairs by the fireplace. I would ...

Depending on how large and heavy your furniture is, you don't want to start moving it around without a plan for where everything is going to end up. That's when a digital floor plan creator can ...

Open-concept floor plans are becoming less popular. Insider spoke to home-decor experts about how to break up open spaces. The interior designers suggest using furniture and rugs to divide spaces ...

Layout allows Windows Mixed Reality users to define a virtual floor plan and then move 3D models around on it in a VR headset, previewing how a room would look and feel.

“The 'broken floor plan' is a fancier term for a more defined or considered open floor plan, meaning the layout is largely open and devoid of walls but uses flooring, wall color, materials, and ...

With the stairs and foyer area usually about 6 feet wide, that leaves about 12 to 13 feet for the width of the interior of the living area on the parlor floor. In our case, we have 12.5 feet, and ...