India, Nov. 20 -- An open plan living room, for its convenience, flexibility and overall sense of space, has enjoyed a stronghold as the template design of homes designed, or remodeled, in the last two decades.

The reign's ending right about now though.

There's nothing wrong with an open floor living room plan per se. These layouts usually allow a lot of light to wash in, and are a one-for-all general space which can double up in delightful ways, especially if your household is the kind which is usually teeming with people. But the generality of an open plan living room seems to be turning into its biggest undoing. Generality chips away at any intentionality, which is an obvious facet, even in the most sparsely decorated homes. A The Sp...