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With such an open floorplan, why would you ever keep that wall closed off? Unless there was actual functional space on those panels (hooks for a makeshift potrack), it just seems a waste to have a large, practically unusable wall in your kitchen.

And, well, when you're entertaining, those panels have to go SOMEWHERE, and it seems like they're not exactly small, either.

Interesting idea, i really prefer the open look though.

i don't see why you'd want to close it off either; but might be useful for another area within a loft (like a bedroom) where guests might necessitate more privacy then you'd normally prefer.

I kinda get it. Sometimes maybe you want to be able to cook in peace while company is in another room...it can make me nervous with several people standing around me while I cook.

Sometimes too much open is a bad thing.

When I studied abroad in Paris as a college student, my host-mother had a beautiful apartment in the 16th arrondissement. She was an interior designer, and a countess, so you can imagine how beautiful her apartment was (I wish I had pictures -- it would make even the most hardened ATer oooh and ahhh). She had panels that slid open and closed between her beautiful kitchen and dining area. I thought it was sort of crazy, but she said that it was "gauche" to have guests see the kitchen sink while dining. And actually, it was a nice intimate dining area when the panels were closed.

I'm wondering, too, if it would help with cooking smells/smoke?

I'd bust down that wall between the kitchen and dining table.