Monica and her family made do with their kitchen layout (and Monica layered in her signature style), but the L-shaped island, ...

Open-plan layouts—both in homes and offices—gained significant popularity through the 1990s, 2000s, and most of the 2010s.

Extra-roomy cabinets sound like a great idea at first, but they’re only as good as your ability to easily access the contents. “Without any kind of pull-out shelves, those deep cabinets tend to become ...