You write that you need the large dining area because all family celebrations always take place at your house. But precisely then, I don't understand the closed concept. Do you really want to work alone in the kitchen while the rest of the family has fun at the large table and in the living room?
For the same reasons, we have a large table for 12 people, even though there are only two of us. Our concept has worked out – we almost always have guests, and we like that. But I genuinely enjoy being able to continue working comfortably in the kitchen and still talk to my guests. When something is ready, someone quickly gets up from the table and fetches it from the island. If I need a helping hand, it’s visible, and I can directly ask the man/woman. I am also always right in the middle while cooking.
Therefore, I would reconsider an open floor plan. Especially with a child who is obviously just becoming very mobile and gets up to all sorts of mischief. Do you want to stand in the kitchen while your little one plays in the living room and you can't keep an eye on them? And only when it suddenly gets suspiciously quiet in the living room or loud crying starts, you rush there and see what your little devil has gotten up to? I don’t have children, but that would be too risky for me...
So just a suggestion to think about. If you still want to keep the closed concept and have two dining areas standing next to each other, then go ahead. I find it impractical.
Otherwise, a lot has already been said about the floor plan, with which I agree: big, but somehow you don’t really notice it. The upper floor really looks like Tetris, and that’s never good.
We would also have liked a straight staircase, it looks great. But then we would have had to build 3 meters longer and had way too much space. Now it is a quarter-turn stair – sure, not as cool as a straight staircase, but I can live with that. Useless space is expensive. For us, over €3,000 per square meter. The house is 9 meters wide, so you can figure out how much we saved just because the staircase is allowed to be angled. Just something to think about...
There are designs where a straight staircase fits, and then that’s great. But I would not accept a room-Tetris just so the staircase is straight. Better a clear room structure and the staircase just has to fit.