Open plan living room ideas: in one of a pair of eccentric Georgian follies on the Petworth estate in Sussex, creative director Cruz Wyndham and her husband George have made clever use of the large space on the ground floor to carve out a kitchen, dining room and living space, each defined by rugs, colours and artworks. Whether you live in a small flat where the kitchen and dining room all have to be part of the same space, or you have a generous extension where you want the whole family to be able to gather, the challenges of creating a really good open plan living space tend to be the same.