Small Bungalow Floor Plan - Optimization Potential?

I would leave out the short wall between the hallway and [Allraum] completely.

I would completely omit the short wall between the hallway and the open space.

Yes, the shelf/half-height wall idea was more meant so that you wouldn’t also have the side view here, for example, of a coat cupboard/sideboard or something similar.
I don’t remember exactly anymore, wasn’t there the option of having the house entrance on the long eaves side? I wouldn’t like the entrance situation with this offset and the direct view of the wall immediately after entering the house. Also, the remark from about the toilet being "too deep" in the apartment isn’t completely unfounded, even if it would probably be used rather rarely.
On the other hand, I can’t agree with this remark from my point of view, also because I recently had both situations: once a huge glass wall and now both showers fully tiled. Glass would be for me at most from hip height upwards, if at all. But it is good that the OP can examine the reasons for the different impressions for themselves.

Our shower has a glass wall, I don’t find wiping it off bad, I wipe the floor after showering anyway and then I quickly wipe the wall too.

For me, it’s the case that I first have to use things myself to recognize whether they really suit me. Because we have designed things several times now, we know our needs, wishes, and peculiarities/laziness quite well. That is what you have to find out for yourself, and some things you only like once you know them or not at all... like controlled residential ventilation, air conditioning/heating (for me!), partly external venetian blinds, etc., and some things you simply don’t need at all. Now I do see a bathtub in the bathroom, which by the way appealed to me at first glance, also with the shower situation, but I might rather like an additional small guest WC directly in the entrance area instead of a bathtub.
Questions upon questions... good that you are taking your time for the planning and for finding out your actual needs/wishes as well as what is not necessary.

In this context, I would also give some thought, for example, as to whether I want to heat my house with a wood stove or not. That needs a nice place in the room and should therefore be planned early enough if it is to play an important role in your heating concept. Type, model, or anything else has plenty of time, but you should already consider the "whether."

I'll post a plan excerpt here. So, this is our ground floor; I have deleted the existing staircase to the upper floor. I am by no means a floor plan expert and wanted to ask you about this, whether this somewhat similar situation here might be useful for your designs, at least to some extent. I myself was not always sure, but since we have been living here for a while and like it, I think I would probably do it the same or similarly if I had to downsize to one floor. What I particularly like is the direct view through the large window immediately upon entering the house, which gives a really spacious feeling and practically brings the garden into the house (as the poet would probably say). That’s how I wanted it, and I could imagine that a work-from-home setup could be placed centrally in front of the middle window, for example behind a half-height wall/divider system, so that the office worker’s back isn’t visible but rather, for example, a half-height plant/decorative line inside the house. I hope I expressed that clearly. Of course, kitchen/utility room and living room would have to be swapped or the entire layout mirrored, or you could put the office on the current kitchen side, but especially the entrance situation with the bathroom and the bedroom opposite I find really practical, although the door to that room could also open from the open space. I can definitely imagine that here as well, as I said, only as a rough basic idea or possibly in usable approaches. Overall, this is 90sqm and would certainly have to be reduced by a few sqm without losing substance, especially since we still have the staircase in here. As I said, just an idea because I have thought about it a few times whether something like this could be something for . Using the drawing tool here also makes it clear to me why my drawing teacher always smiled at me so kindly. But the stylish office room divider is certainly hard to overlook, just like the cross where an office would also fit. As I mentioned before, I would do it with movable furniture/shelves in favor of flexibility and also aesthetics.

I would completely omit the short wall between the hallway and the open-plan room.

Personally, I also have no wall or door between the hallway and living area. But I do draw them in for others. You can always leave them out. Everyone has to decide that for themselves.

What I especially like is the straight view through the large window right after entering the house, which gives a really spacious feeling and practically brings the garden inside the house.

It’s the same with us. I love our entrance with the view into the garden, but it also has disadvantages. I probably wouldn’t reconstruct it exactly the same way again. We’re also lucky that we treated ourselves to a courtyard between the street and the house, so no one can look directly at our dining table from the street. In principle, you have to weigh up: on the one hand, an open view from the entrance into the garden is nice, but on the other hand, the garden is not really to the west, but to the south. The entrance, however, is desired close to the carport, so in the east. You can also think outside the box and position the carport in front, but honestly, it is also well located in the east. Then there is the dog issue. Not all dogs are relaxed or easily trainable. For the dog, it can mean a long stressful life if he (like ours) sticks to the door or doesn’t take his eyes off it when a pack member is not around. Or the Labby immediately jumps onto the furniture or food in the kitchen when coming home. Therefore, for example, I would prefer a door for separation. It could be a loft door that is closed at the bottom but has windows at the top. It makes many things more relaxed. For everyone, including visitors. Regarding the toilet close to the entrance: I agree with whoever said, and with you, that it is practical to be able to relieve oneself right after coming home. But is it sensible to consider two toilets for one person now? Of course, you also have the option of positioning the bathroom towards the entrance. Then you either have to cross the open-plan area again between bedroom and bathroom, or you also place the bedroom near the entrance. The question then arises again: do you want this zoning, that the resting area is at the entrance? I think there are worse things, since you live alone. For me, the front door also has a window, either in the door leaf or beside it. If this door was in the east, the feeling of discomfort might be unfounded. But if the entrance faces the street, it is very likely that you would be reluctant to take this path from bedroom and bathroom back in your birthday suit. It’s the same feeling as having floor-to-ceiling windows in bedrooms upstairs: nobody has to be able to look in, but the resident still doesn’t feel comfortable in their own four walls and acts accordingly defensively.

I’m posting a plan extract here.

I knew we’d read you here again, Walter! However, the original poster has different needs than you. Has the room on the ground floor now become a bedroom? Originally it was planned upstairs with you. Because of the different needs, I don’t necessarily see your ground floor, especially since there is also an upper floor involved, as a design for the original poster. And it’s not my ground floor, Silke’s ground floor, or Nida’s ground floor either, because the conditions, plot orientation, and wishes are different everywhere.

that a desk situation can be created centrally in front of the middle window, for example behind a half-height wall/barrier/divider system, so that you don’t look at the office worker’s back but instead, for example, at a half-high plant/decor strip there inside the house.

Whether it’s a half-high wall or just plants: it will distract from exactly what you actually like: the direct view into the garden.

Would it be worth it for you if I implement the last one once more in a flipped way, i.e., kitchen and living more or less separated as in the last one?

The question referred to the fact that the open-plan area is more or less zoned or quasi divided. In your initial drafts, you had a long open-plan space. Which do you prefer? Divided or in one?

Well, I actually wanted to plan again, but now I have to search through the forum of ’s old account.

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I would perhaps rather put up a half-height wall with a wooden top or even a half-height, double-sided usable, nice shelf as a room divider instead of the wall to the open space; not least because otherwise it would be dark there.

Do you mean the wall behind the couch or the one with the door to the open space? Hmm, I’m not really into shelves, they’re a hassle to keep clean and I’m not much of a decoration queen either, I just don’t have a knack for it, it somehow always looks messy rather than pretty... I also see the wall with the door as optional, I could also imagine a half-height wall there, you could nicely place a little plant on it.

For me, it’s like I have to use things myself first to realize if they really suit me

Yeah, that’s how it is for me too, I always had real glass shower walls and wiping them down is just annoying. And even if you do it carefully after every shower, sometimes you still have to “really” clean them, and until I get them streak-free, I’m on the verge of despair every time. That’s why I don’t want them anymore. The windows are enough for me... I really don’t need a guest bathroom. I have one now and haven’t used it for about three quarters of a year. I’m also not sure about the bathtub yet, it fits quite well here, but I would rather put the wall that separates the shower by the door, then there would be daylight from the window in the shower, but then I can no longer nicely fit the tub, see attachment.

You really should think about the “whether.”

You’re hitting a sore spot there, I really have no direction regarding the heating system yet. I’m also torn about the fireplace. I don’t have easy or cheap access to wood, I’d basically have to buy it regularly. Logistically, that’s not so simple either, I don’t have a trailer for the car. On the other hand, a fireplace is a nice thing and creates a great atmosphere and warmth on cold days. Against that are the acquisition costs and costs for the chimney sweep and the wood. Yeah, difficult.

so that no one from the street can directly look at our dining table.

Yes, that depends on the property. We look directly into the wilderness to the sheep, that looks good. But I wouldn’t want it on the other side.

But is it sensible to think about two toilets for one person now?

I would absolutely rate that as an individual preference and by no means as a must-have. With the WC topic, it’s more of a personal pleasure, everyone can choose that for themselves and a life. Decide one way or another and done.

do you want this zoning, that the quiet room is at the entrance?

Exactly. You can want that one way or another and it has just as many advantages as disadvantages, like everything. Also here, empathize for yourself and decide. That’s it.
I can also understand the Eva problem and there, too, the property or the own feeling is important. In your current design, that is rather concealed or calming, I can appreciate that just as much, also the direct access to the bathroom there.
Ultimately, you can live either way, I just wanted to show the OP the idea, because I am sitting in this myself right now and can feel it live how it is.
I also knew about the learned nose. These dull, gray days with a lot of winter blues and Wetten Dass don’t exist anymore either... instead of an online casino or a dirty website, age-related, just that, Gisela.

Has the room on the ground floor now become a bedroom?

Multifunction: guest/snoring/home trainer/extra TV room or mostly empty.

because simply everywhere there are different conditions, property with orientation and wishes exist.

Yep, that’s why there are different contributions in the lottery drum and the OP can choose what fits. But I could also live differently, it just has to suit me. Currently, I keep getting pictures of tiny houses where a staircase goes to the upper floor and there’s an open bedroom or living room there. We had that on vacation in Greece, also super nice.

Whether half-high wall or just plants: It will distract exactly from what you actually like: the direct view into the garden.

Yes, that was rather thought with my rough ideas, if there should be a workspace in the middle there. Although, if the separation is not too high. But that was more just a shot in the dark, because we once framed a bed in the bedroom like that in our home. That makes no claim to special cleverness.

So, actually I wanted to plan again, but now I have to search the forum from old account.

We know each other from a previous life, Heidrun? Then that would be much easier and more direct than before in the castle park next to the Hercules column.