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CONSIDERED BUYS Kunle suggests pocket doors to create zones: ‘Use some of the budget on the fabric of your project, the things you’ll live with for 10 years or so.’
OPEN-PLAN AREAS ARE GREAT FOR FAMILY TIME, BUT WHAT IF WE WANT OUR OWN SPACE?
‘That’s always the big challenge,’ says property expert Kunle Barker. ‘Open plan looks great in magazines and TV shows, but you are all in one space, with noise, cooking smells and everything else going on. The key is to design a space that has the ability to be transformed into different zones by some kind of barrier.’ Clare Pascoe of Pascoe Interiors agrees: ‘Take the time to plan the space to determine how different layouts can create different opportunities.’ Architect Craig Marston of Ke- Design always tries to include a separate room to accompany an open-plan space. ‘This could be a snug where people can shut themselves away,’ he says.
WHAT DOES ‘BROKEN PLAN’ MEAN AND HOW DO WE DO IT?
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