Living room / diner - awkward space

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Moving into my new house and not sure what to do with the dining area circled. Seems a bit silly to have 2 dining areas in the house, we're a family of 4.
Living room is South facing and sun room has patio and window so is very light Right through. Would it be silly to put like a slatted wooden wall up floor to ceiling half way across towards the kitchen maybe to separate it off? Still dont know what I'd use it for though. Very awkward space.
Any suggestions, wise ladies of mumsnet?

I'd probably set it up as a study/office.

Is there no access to the kitchen from the hall? That makes the living room/dining area awkward as it's kind of a corridor

We had a ‘library’ in a similar space: ,bookcases, two armchairs, reading lights , book tables. It felt separate even though it wasn’t, and very useful for keeping document/ reading clutter in one area( well, ish). You could probably have a writing desk or smart computer type table as you don’t have a study area, useful for crafts etc as well.

Agree, could you put a door through from hall then make dining area a study/office/storage place?

What age are the kids? Will there be toys that need to go somewhere?

How old are the kids? With the view to the kitchen it's perfect as a play/study/art area for the kids. Get some mini desks, toy boxes and protecting mats for the floor. Zone it with furniture, tall book case or a folding screen. Maybe get some IKEA cube storage.

Like pp I think if it were me a office would be good too. You need the visually screen it. You could do this with a small sofa that faces onto the main living room space for extra seat
ting then put a desk or storage against the sofa on the other side. I would put any desk facing either up or down per that drawing. Not the wall. Bad feng Shui!!

If it was me (and if you can afford it), I'd get rid of the cupboard in the hall and then have a door from the hall going straight into the kitchen. Then put a proper wall between the living room and the dining area. Knock the wall down between kitchen and dining area to open up into one big kitchen diner.

OR keep the wall and put a door in from kitchen to make it a separate study area/playroom/games room.

It definitely needs a door from hall to kitchen though.

Sorry I see there's already a kitchen - dining room door

could you use it as the dining area and then use the one in the kitchen as an extra seating area or play area for the kids?

Floorplan is not massively to scale, no access to the kitchen from the hallway, no. The stairs bend around 90° to the right and the cupboard is under the stairs.
Children are teens so no toys. I don't work from home so no office needed.

I thought this myself but thought it might be a bit weird and better to keep all the food in the kitchen? Haha don't know why

I'm intrigued! What makes the desk against the wall bad feng shui? Is any desk against a wall (without a window?) bad? Or is it the orientation?

(Wondering whether my desk is in the wrong place... This might explain a lot!)

Sorry, cultural appropriation!

I believe it's not considered good not have a view/be tucked into a dark corner and also the idea that people can sneak up behind you so it effects the feeling of safety and security and therefore effect your work.

I follow an 'expert' on YouTube called dearmodern. Basically lots of it is rearranging furniture to be more pleasing, zone effectively, take advantage of your rooms best parts etc. I recommend it.

Ah cool, thanks!

Dear modern is amazing!!! Love his videos, could watch them all day. Deffo check that out op

There's no utility to the kitchen might feel crowded

How do you get into the sun room!?

I'd keep the informal dining area in the kitchen and the extend the formal dining area in the living dining sun room.

Although I think moving and seeing how it goes is the best solution!

Don't you ever entertain?

Would you rather eat in the kitchen or the living room? And how do you get to the sun room - through the living room dining area? Because that might affect the size of table you put there, it would be awkward walking around it.
I've had 2 dining areas before and I liked it - a small kitchen table for breakfast/coffee and a bigger one for formal dining/dinner. Works well.

You get to the sun room through the living room diner.
We don't know anybody in this area, we are moving quite far away from our home town so not sure on entertaining.
We are hoping people will come and visit so are going to do the sun room with a sofa bed for guests so it can be used as a second living room 99%of the time

There are no doors on the plan to the sun room

I'd have double doors to the sun room and a lovely big table in there and

If you entertain and four of you stuffed int the kitchen becomes tiresome

The kitchen can be a breakfast area

The dining table in the living /dining/ sun room can be an everything table - not just for dining.