I just feel like it's wasteful I would rather have another room or two. Being in a open room doesn't really impress me either. You have to pay to heat and cool it either way so why not have it be something useful? I will admit I'm very much into function over form.
In a tiny house like this one, which are usually two story prefab mobile homes, the open area allows climate control to circulate to the second floor increasing air flow
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