[marothisu]

One of my neighbors' homes growing up was like this before the trend I think (built in the early 90s) - it was actually pretty cool inside. They had a second floor but it was only for part of it and it had a nice loft like feel to it. I remember the living room/dining room area was 2 stories tall and real cool. Definitely like that more than my house which was more typical floor layout and not open like that.

Kind of reminds me of a nice condo unit (well, more like half the building) I went to a handful of years ago in the Ukranian Village. Made me a believer in that stuff - my next big purchase is going to be lofty like that.