Finalization of floor plan bungalow 130m² for 4 persons

has already written quite a bit.

I don’t know how old your children are. It starts with babies (there are some who sleep very little) and toddlers who don’t play alone. With an open floor plan, you always have an eye on them, you are always in the same room. Later with homework. You are always approachable. No wall in between, nothing. It annoyed me. - The hammock couldn’t be moved - The stroller didn’t fit in the kitchen - You leave the room, the screaming starts - Later “Mommy stay” - The climbing phase already gave me stomach aches just to quickly get something

Now everything is open. You make dinner and can chat or keep an eye on the puzzle. It’s a different kind of communication. “Mommy look what I can do?” Simply look up, watch, praise, continue with the activity. It stays in flow. With separate rooms: “Mom!! MOM!!” “Yes, in a moment.” “MOM!! What is it?” “I don’t know” or uninterested “Look.” More freedom of movement. You are in the room even though you are doing something else. Plus keeping an eye on the garden and I find out who goes upstairs or not. One ear is always on the upper floor. You notice if the fridge is opened and milk is spilled. If the tower or chair is pushed in front of the candy shelf. You do housework and are still with your children.

The center of life for us is the kitchen, eating area, floor in the open living space, garden.

About the kiddie table in the kitchen. I know some people who have something like that, but no one uses it. Except as a storage surface.

Either family meals – then it’s better to sit at the big nice table just two steps away, or the children eat at different times (because of school). Then it’s nicer to sit down first and listen. Meanwhile, you can glance outside, keep an eye on the children in the garden, or watch the homework of the sibling.

Thank you for the extensive feedback. With my wife, it's exactly the opposite, she wants her peace from the children in the kitchen :]

However, I think we should discuss this again in favor of the room layout. In your own house, you can just put the children right outside the door in the garden, then you don't need a closed kitchen.

Many thanks for your efforts. I favored option 2 for the simple reason that the window on the west offers a direct view of the garden/entrance area.

In the kitchen, we have the dilemma of placing a window or door in 3 directions.

Regarding the living room door, I agree with you that it will probably be open about 80% of the time. But wouldn't you miss it?

But wouldn't one miss them?

We never missed them, they were more in our way – as I said, try it without and if it’s not for you, it’s no big deal to add one afterwards.

she wants her peace from the kids in the kitchen :]

Basically, I can understand that, but does she always have someone who then looks after the kids? Depending on how old the children are, the risk would be too great for me that they might set fire to the place or flood it unattended (just exaggerated now, but it's enough if they raid the chocolate supplies and leave their traces all over the house with their chocolate fingers, for example).

I believe the risk exists regardless of whether there is an open or closed kitchen in the house ^^

I have now dealt [only] with the topic of "storage space".
- Kitchen accordingly reduced in width
-- from L-shape to U-shape with a window to the south instead of a door
- currently a closed kitchen
-- ideas for an open variant are welcome

Gains in utility room
- space-saving staircase (2.60m has to be overcome)
-- drawn with a length of 2m in the floor plan, will probably be 2.5m at 44.5°
-- experience values are welcome
- additional space for: freezer, bottles/drinks, wardrobe, laundry
- guest WC widened
- entrance reduced to 1.60m