https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:48:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen/page/2#post-635138 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:57:56 +0000 Sweet T 635138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, but it's kind of an awkward set up. There's doorway lead from the living room to the kitchen and then another door way from the kitchen to a side hallway. You can see into the living area from the first doorway but a wall separates most of the kitchen from the living room. I do like being able to see DS, but I wish it was more open so I could see him from anywhere in the kitchen and not just the doorway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen/page/2#post-635131 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:56:31 +0000 FarmWifeGina 635131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, but I WISH! We're actually planning a bit of a remodel to make this possible, maybe later this year, or whenever DH has the time to do the work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen/page/2#post-635109 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:44:57 +0000 StbHisMrs 635109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We can't see the living room from the kitchen, but it's a half wall with a vaulted ceiling so I can hear everything.<br /> What we can see is the family room, that's where we have the kids tv with the wii/netflix, and Maddy's play kitchen and a few other toys to keep them all occupied in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen/page/2#post-634660 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:03:55 +0000 BSB 634660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen/page/2#post-634633 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:58:40 +0000 Mrs. Sketchbook 634633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours is not open-concept, but the kitchen is very large and it has a large open double door leading to the living room. I am planning either to turn the eat-in portion of the kitchen into a play area, or to put the play stuff in the area closest to that double door. We also have a small loveseat in the kitchen which helps to create a "great room" effect. My experience has been that eventually everyone ends up in the kitchen anyway :)</p> <p>ETA: When I was younger I lived in a great-room type house and my mom had a TV in the kitchen so she could watch her shows since the main family TV was always tuned to cartoons! So there were two TVs within a few yards of each other. But it was good for her since she spent so much time with toddlers, then infants, and could feed them in stages THEN cook dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen/page/2#post-630925 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:22:12 +0000 avivoca 630925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can see parts of it if I'm next to the fridge, but other than that, no. We're planning on remodeling and knocking out the wall between the kitchen and living room, but we need to talk to a structural engineer since that wall is load-bearing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen/page/2#post-630915 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:19:19 +0000 mrs. wagon 630915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, our 1st floor is two long rooms, one side is the kitchen/dining area and one side is the living room. Separated by the stairs to upstairs in between. I'm dying for a house with a great room (one big room for kitchen/living room). I love open floor plans and don't feel any need for a formal living or dining room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630911 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:17:46 +0000 JoJoGirl 630911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha yes. We have an open floor plan so our living room and kitchen are just one big rectangle (that make up our entire first floor). Not that big, probably 600 sq ft. Upstairs are 2 br and 1 bath. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630818 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:48:30 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 630818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We can.</p> <p>I grew up in a home that had a great room. I hated it because it meant I had absolutely no privacy with friends or a boyfriend. If my parents were in the kitchen it meant they could see and hear everything we were doing! It was a 14yo's nightmare. </p> <p>Now that I'm a parent, I love the idea of an open floor plan!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630721 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:19:36 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 630721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We altered the floor plan of the house we're building so that the kitchen is open to the living room. The original floor plan had a wet bar in the way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630714 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:17:39 +0000 petunia354 630714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! Wasn't something we were looking for when we bought this house but now we're glad that it is open concept. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630546 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:37:23 +0000 plantains 630546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, we have an open floor plan. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630506 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:27:03 +0000 Bookish 630506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, we have a very open floor plan, and you can see the living room from most of the kitchen. I love it right now because I can watch tv when I cook, but it will also be great when LO gets here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630440 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:09:44 +0000 Dandelion 630440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep...and when we move into our house (wherever that will be!) it'll be on the must-have list. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630403 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:01:00 +0000 Mrsjets 630403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also have a formal living/dining room and then our kitchen is open to the family room where we have all our baby toys/gear. We have a tv and nice couches in our living room that we use too - it has a fireplace and a great view of our beautiful yard but it isn't baby proofed as well so its used less but we still love it - it's so bright! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630397 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:59:07 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 630397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our kitchen, living room, and dining room are all "one room." It is an open floor plan. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630381 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:56:19 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 630381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We can, we have a new house and it's very open. I'm sitting on my couch in the living room and I can see my entire kitchen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630377 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:55:06 +0000 heartonastring 630377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. They're right next to one another and our floor plan is pretty open. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630369 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:52:47 +0000 Bao 630369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At our apartment now we can, but we are moving in two weeks and it's not as easy to see the whole living room from the kitchen. That was the one downside to the house we chose. It is within hearing range and you can see it full on from the dining room, so I'm hoping to make it work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630337 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:44:41 +0000 spaniellove 630337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: That's what we have - kitchen open to informal eating area and family room, and then separate dining room and living room. I never know what to do with the formal areas because they're furnished but we'll never use them except mayyyybe Thanksgiving? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630327 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:41:37 +0000 mrskc 630327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Unfortunately no. Didn't even think about it when we bought the house. No plans to move so I guess we'll set up a little play area in the kitchen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630305 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:33:46 +0000 blackbird 630305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. an open floor plan is key! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630302 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:32:58 +0000 mamabolt 630302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, we can't. We would love to eventually knock down a wall so we could though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630298 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:32:07 +0000 Turd Ferguson 630298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, it's one huuuge, giant, open floor plan! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630297 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:31:49 +0000 mrsjyw 630297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yep, open kitchen/eating area to 2 story great room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630296 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:31:27 +0000 yerpie110 630296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, we are big fans of the open concept! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630295 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:31:24 +0000 mediagirl 630295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh yeah. We have a new home with an open floor plan that goes family room/eating area/kitchen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630289 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:29:55 +0000 Mrs.Someone 630289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We can! Especially after we knocked out the wall in between ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630285 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:29:19 +0000 Ash 630285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dining room, kitchen and living room are all open. :)) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-see-your-living-room-from-your-kitchen#post-630282 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:28:52 +0000 Honeybee 630282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been house hunting, and a lot of the places we've seen have a family room within sight of the kitchen, and then formal living and dining areas separated from the kitchen. I like that setup ok, but I really prefer open concept/ great rooms to formal living spaces since we're pretty casual people. </p>