I actually like my house in this regard. Open kitchen/dining/living upstairs, sort of den living room downstairs. I'm huge about the kitchen myself (currently cooking a new recipe of carnitas) and also music, so my upstairs has a small stereo for cooking/background etc (guests would argue my concept of "background" is more than most, but anyway). Then downstairs is where things get a lot more serious for sanctuary (non-background musical observation).
I actually like my house in this regard. Open kitchen/dining/living upstairs, sort of den living room downstairs. I'm huge about the kitchen myself (currently cooking a new recipe of carnitas) and also music, so my upstairs has a small stereo for cooking/background etc (guests would argue my concept of "background" is more than most, but anyway). Then downstairs is where things get a lot more serious for sanctuary (non-background musical observation).