Floor plan design of living and dining area on 30 sqm

why are you asking here and not in the right forum (subforum for kitchen furniture), where those who have been selling both LEICHT and Schüller for years hang out? No idea how many people in this forum have a LEICHT kitchen and can say something about it. Also, your information and little pictures are not meaningful. LEICHT is qualitatively above Schüller and offers things that Schüller does not offer. If you compare like with like, LEICHT should be more expensive.

The little pictures were not intended to evaluate the kitchen fronts of Schüller and LEICHT – I also do not want to compare like with unlike, but simply want to hear the opinion of a user and not that of a seller, and that only regarding the different fronts – equipment details and quality are not relevant at all in this regard. How you come to think that I want to compare prices with you here is really beyond me.

The living-dining area is really challenging :)

Is it going to be a bar counter in the kitchen now? Or a half-height wall? Why don’t you take one of the rooms at the back as a chill-out spot including a sofa and TV and set up an active area in that mentioned area with at most two variable armchairs, like an open-plan kitchen?

Is this going to be a counter in the kitchen now? Or a half-height wall?
Why don’t you take one of the back rooms as a chill-out spot including sofa and TV and set up an activity area in this said space with at most two variable armchairs, so a kitchen-living room?

It will be a counter. Using one of the back rooms as a TV room including an office would be an alternative (though reluctantly :) ). How would you arrange the 2 armchairs?

Regards and thanks

Alternative (although reluctantly :) ).

Why reluctantly? Why always cling to old habits?
What I would do: first move in and try out the (existing) dining table. Then live there and decide which furniture needs to be newly purchased.

Because we want to use one of the back rooms as a children's room if needed. At least the option should be available.

Testing furniture is certainly the right way. But in order to be able to arrange furniture flexibly later, I have to create the prerequisites now and take them into account in the planning (e.g. TV connections and sockets, sliding door to the terrace). For me, the arrangement is not about the size of the furniture and details at all, but basically about the arrangement in the room. For example, if I place the table at the bottom of the plan directly in front of the terrace, then I don't have to look into the hallway while eating compared to the variant with the table against the wall at the top of the plan. Also, the kitchen counter would be usable from both sides.

Because we want to use one of the back rooms as a children's room if needed. At least the option should be available.

Oh, but this option hasn't been mentioned at all yet?! I remember my inquiry, which you answered with 2 people. Well then... I would now simply state some basic facts: It is an apartment, 59 sqm plus an 11 sqm storage room. Storage room because the window officially prohibits a living space. So it is a 2 1/2-room apartment with a total of 70 sqm. The layout is not suitable for families, the bathroom is not suitable for families. For an infant or baby, it's all fine, but for a toddler I see you looking for a bigger apartment. Because for children who want to play and spend more time in the room, I do not see that happening in this 11 sqm room. Consequently, I would plan the apartment for a couple, and if the child option plays a role, convert the hobby room into a children's room, i.e. for bed and dresser. While watching TV you lounge (read something about that at the beginning), others use or hobbies not mentioned... a dining table is important for you. So: you'll have to compromise somehow.

e.g. TV connections and power outlets, sliding door to the terrace )

I would plan with version 1 or 3. 2 is out. For that, the sofa in the middle of the room is good for neither coziness nor utility. On the contrary: it disturbs. Or alternatively the option I considered to use the storage room as a cozy room. I would see the sliding door to the balcony on the right side. That fits with every version. Better to have the dining table aligned with the hallway than the sofa. It's an apartment after all, so the open alignment is not that unpleasant, if it is at all. I would place the TV socket in the storage room, on the long main wall in the living room and on the right wall. And if double sockets are distributed well, it will also work well.