Tastes can change; So, too, can an owner’s requirements of their home. In the early 1960s, for instance, no floor plan concept seemed better suited to the demands of modern life than the ...

From "Split-Visions: A Planbook of Remodeling Ideas for Split-Level and Split-Entry Houses" by Robert Gerloff and Jeremiah Battles. Available free online at www.wchra ...

COAL VALLEY, Ill. - Except for the fireplaces and windows, nothing in Tim and Helen Drain's 1968 split-foyer home is as it was when they bought it 36 years ago.

Today's house is a split-foyer, two-bedroom town home with a lower level family room that could be a third bedroom, a finished two-car garage and a first floor living room with corner fireplace.