This week's episode gets into the why of our homes' need for places to gather and places to spread out and get away from each other.  Typical American homes were designed around the idea that we'd leave them for part of every day to go to work and to meet our social needs in the community at large.  Right now ... we can't.  So the house needs to do all the work that we typically outsource.  Tune in to learn about how to make an open concept home work for you, why we need "away" rooms to keep certain activities separate from the whole household and how you can find or make places like that in your home right now!  In today's episode you'll hear ...How everyone loves to hate on the open plan concept for houses - but they're actually way less common than we think [1:58]The importance of the Third Place in our lives - somewhere that is neither home nor work - and how our houses have to fill in that gap right now. [4:58]Some cool MCM and African American history - Learn the background on Collier Heights, a historically black neighborhood of super cool modernist homes outside Atlanta, Georgia [6:08]What Sarah Susanka can teach us about having not so much more space but the RIGHT space in our homes, especially an away room! [8:33]How to create an Away Room as part of your remodeling masterplan OR just make one out of the spaces you already have in your home! [10:32]Plus, I'M GOING TO BE ON THE RADIO NEXT WEEK. Details at [18:15]Find show notes at www.midmod-midwest.com/302