Mike and Jean Ysbrand could live with the split-entry foyer and floor-to-ceiling brick fireplace in the 1977 home they bought seven years ago. But for the Ysbrands, who often entertained, the ...

Tastes change; so, too, an owner’s requirements of their home. In the early 1960s, for instance, no floor plan concept seemed better suited to the demands of modern life than the split level — which ...

Designers next introduced the “split foyer,” which directs traffic up and down from a locale between two floors—giving equal value to kitchen and bedrooms above and family recreation and laundry below ...

As the saying goes, the first impression is the last impression, the same applies to your home as well. The foyer is the first space you step into as you enter your home. The size of this space varies ...

Tastes differ, so do an owner’s preferences for their home. In the early 1960s, no floor plan concept seemed better suited to demands of modern life than the “split level”--which deployed half-levels ...