This family’s California kitchen and mudroom/laundry room renovation makes a charming case for keeping walls up.

I have always loved the cozy timeless homes featured in Nancy Meyers movies such as Father of the Bride and Something's Gotta Give and It's Complicated. Today I'm going to break down a few ways you can create a Nancy Meyers style for your kitchen!

Explore creative half wall kitchen ideas that not only redefine your cooking area but also enhance the overall vibe in your home. Incorporating half walls is a popular trend for open kitchen layouts, effectively zoning spaces without completely enclosing them. These designs allow for natural light flow and create a sense of openness in smaller kitchens. Check out these ingenious layouts featuring varying materials and finishes that maintain warmth and style. Whether you're renovating or…

It was small and closed off from the rest of the house with a common wall between the living room and the kitchen - with no dining room at all. So the wall to the left was the wall we wanted to remove to open up the kitchen to the living room.

Casey Keasler on Instagram: "Our Seattle Dutch Colonial Project — and the case for not creating a formal dining room! 🍽️ Homes from the 1900s, while beautiful don’t always function the way a modern family might want, they are closed off and compartmentalized, even dark, and most importantly, lacking connection. There were versions of open concepts in the 70s but the kitchen was often tucked away behind closed doors. It wasn’t until the ‘90s the thought was pushed to extremes with the fully…

"We spent as little time as possible in the kitchen,” the homeowner says of the before.