City villa living and dining area 43m² too small

I would also prefer variant 3. In my opinion, however, the dining table still stands too much in the kitchen. In general, I find the room too "open" - but then again, it's just a matter of personal taste. I am more of a cave person anyway.

With variant 3, I would definitely mount the TV on a swivel arm so that it can be positioned as needed to have a good view from all the couch seats. We have that too and it's great.

Are any other pieces of furniture planned or will everything stay this "clean"? Bookcases? Dressers? Sideboards? Personally, I somehow feel there is still a lack of a visual separation - you enter the room and everything is open, a bit like in the furniture showroom at the store. Mentally: You enter the room, on the right you look over the couch, on the left you have the kitchen in view. Somehow the dining table is in between. But as the saying goes: For those who like it, it's the best.

Therefore, another question: How do you currently live? Open kitchen? Size proportions? Will the new living area be larger or smaller? Which furniture should be accommodated?

Perhaps that would be another alternative. An island and then the dining table in front of it. Can these wall stumps still be removed? Or are they structurally necessary? I find them very disturbing.

Yes, I would also leave out the stubs. For me, the architect only drew them on the hallway side, practically as a frame for the wardrobes. But structurally, they were unnecessary. I also tend to accept stylistic requirements here, which may have their reasons, but ultimately make the furnishing or the entire room design less flexible. In this sense: Skip the stubs!

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The table in the picture is 90x180, I would choose a smaller one. The couches are each 200x90. The plan shows only 9m, those who know the planner are aware of that. 45cm are missing in length.

Only an L of a total of 7m, including a corner, is not much space for a kitchen.

Unfortunately, all the terrace doors open on the wrong side. I swapped the door in the kitchen; in the middle, the door that opens first should also be on the other side.

Why the door is on the wall at the bottom of the plan, no idea, simply too much.

Green is the dishwasher door.

Unfortunately, very few people think about the kitchen when planning a house. Most show up too late on the K-forum with "the walls are already standing". Well then.

Variant 2 would never come into my house. You build such beautiful windows to the garden and then just stare at a wall from the sofa!
In variant 1 the TV will probably be very small, so presumably variant 3 as a compromise. It depends on how important watching TV is to you.

In variant 2 you can also look into the garden, namely from the couch that is in the room. Although only over the other couch, but that's enough.
Unfortunately, we also had to place it like in variant 2 because we also have a fireplace we want to look at, but you can't have everything, even if you have free planning...

In the garden, you can also look through the table with the V2, it's not the only view anyway.

I can only say, without corners, just under 300cm on one side and 270cm on the other side. There is no SBS anymore.

1 x HS with fridge
1 x HS with oven
1 x dishwasher
1 x sink
30cm trash
dead corner

3 x 100cm base cabinets (just under)

plus a few wall cabinets, that's it, no pantry cabinet, I think for 4 people. If it’s enough.

Just if the door in the row were removed, that would be a significant difference and doable. Instead of 300cm, you would have 420cm, then you could put another pantry cabinet.

The disadvantage with the L is you stare at the wall forever and always.