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Lilith Hudson

Nate Berkus's Floor Plan Preference Confirms This Once-Popular Room Layout is Falling Out of Favor

A living room with a bookshelf wall partition with an open doorway leading on to another living space.

We can always turn to Nate Berkus when we need design inspiration. The master of luxury minimalism is always ahead of the curve when it comes to chic furniture trends and what neutral shades to use on our wall but, when recently asked his preference for floor plans, his answer took us by surprise.

Floorplans, being primarily dictated by their functionality, are the sort of design trend that moves gradually. You can only alter the blueprint of a home so far depending on the size and architecture of the space. Until relatively recently open-plan layouts have dominated our designs, but now Nate and his contemporaries are favoring a closed concept instead for distinctive character, detailed curation, and maximum coziness.

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