Explanation of the hype

I really like the open space between living and dining. Not a makeshift solution at all. In our case even more expensive because the "missing load-bearing wall" had to be compensated for in the exterior wall...

With us, the living room, dining room, and kitchen are open. The entire ensemble is separated from the hallway by double doors.

Normally, 8 people fit at the dining table; however, we can easily upgrade the table to accommodate around 20 seats, as there is no rigid zoning.

Not separating at all is only a last resort.

Definitely not. I don’t like it when guests are around and I’m busy working alone in the dining area while everyone else is having fun in the living room, and usually the guests also feel uncomfortable if someone is basically locked away. Separation of the "good room" from the kitchen/dining area comes from the time when said good room was only heated at Christmas and Easter and otherwise was cold. I need a partition there. I feel the same as Caspar and Maria: open zoning gives me more options, and I don’t think anyone has an unheated living room anymore.

Yes, everyone sees it differently, we always have guests in the dining room, the times of receiving guests in the living room are over.

When I want to watch TV in peace, I am glad to be able to separate the dining room and kitchen with a door. The woman can work in the kitchen and the children always do their homework at the dining table...

I also had everything open once, it was not for me...

A double door needs correspondingly enough space in the rooms in front of and behind it, otherwise it’s silly. For example, if the hallway leading to it runs perpendicular to the door, that would be stupid. Or ending a 1.5m wide hallway in a double door would probably also be strange. In terms of style, it is of course rather oldschool. But that depends on one’s own style or the style of the house.

Yes, everyone sees it differently,

The differences are not that huge, "mostly" it is probably seen here and elsewhere that the three "elements" living / dining / cooking are divided into "two together, and the third separate" - in different constellations as to which two go together - and each time a smaller faction makes three parts out of it or the big stew

we always have guests in the dining room, the times of receiving guests in the living room are over.

Guests participate with the visited family wherever you happen to be: invited and in the evening more often in the living-dining area, spontaneously and more often during the day in the kitchen. If there is no game night, the table is left after eating towards the upholstered seating group. I only know the "parlor" as a figure of speech from my grandparents.