Living/Dining/Kitchen: How do you live or how will you live?

When I read your opinions, I waver again, open kitchen or with a sliding glass door. Actually, completely open living is too big for me, about 55-60 sqm in total. Recently, during a building inspection, I saw a room division by a fireplace, which I also liked very much, it separated the room a bit.

... could then look like this (about 75 sqm living/dining room/kitchen); now after grilling it is still messy and untidy

Yes, thank you, that looks very nice. With the [Bauträger], the fireplace was attached to one of the exterior walls and protruded about 2 meters into the room.

Hello,
My answer: "Miscellaneous," therefore here is my explanation.

We have, on one hand, a living-dining room with a large living area and a large dining area. Meals are eaten here during celebrations, birthdays, with visitors, Christmas. For the family, outside of meals, it is the main living area. Reading, playing, and sometimes even watching TV take place here. The visual "separation" between the living and dining areas is created by a wall painted in a different color between two large windows and a large aquarium standing in front of this wall.
Additionally, we have a separate, large kitchen with a kitchen-sized table (140x90) where the family eats together, etc. This is especially the main living area around meal times. Cooking together, chatting... people often stay seated for an hour or even two after eating. Also, with friends/few guests, when the children are already in bed or away, the kitchen or rather this table is sufficient for cooking together and eating together.
Why did we design it this way?
- A separate kitchen was mandatory for us (mainly because of odor development).
- Living and dining room combined so that if needed (larger family celebrations, >20 people) the living room furniture can be moved aside and everyone can sit together at a long table.
- The kitchen must be large enough for daily life and also provide space for cooking with friends.

Best regards
Michael

Calf pincher: we have exactly that. Kitchen closed and dining table (1.40x0.85) in the kitchen for the five of us. This saves me the daily schlepping back and forth, and if we get surprise visitors and the table is still full, I just close the door and no one sees it. Our kitchen is over 16m2.

Thank you for the information. We are "only" two but have a large family (my nephew will live on the 1st floor, we the ground floor) who always like to visit, so I had thought of a small dining area or table with a bench in the kitchen and then a sliding door to the living room with a large dining table, visual separation possibly with a fireplace. If anyone has built something like this or similar, photos are very welcome.

Our kitchen is over 16m2

Yes, our kitchen also has a good 16 sqm, you need that for five people.