Can a living/dining room work?

[bluemoons3]

Firstly excuse my awful attempt at a room planning app, but I've had a thought and I need to know if I'm crazy or if this works? And if anyone has done it what are the pros/cons?

Currently our living room has an extra 2 seater sofa where the dining table is in the pic which barely gets used, we've got a small round table in the kitchen which also rarely gets used because it's too small but it also makes the kitchen feel cramped and just gets in my way. I've randomly had a thought this evening about getting a dining table for the lounge, does this look unusual? I know there's no decor in the picture so imagine artwork, a rug infront of sofa etc.

What's the verdict guys, is this awful or could it work well?

Yes of course it can work. Living/dining is a fairly normal set up.

We use to gave a living and dining room open plan house. Hated it. As everyone was living in the same room. However, , if there’s room for a small table in the kitchen, where you could sit and have breakfast, then it may work.

Look at the Dear Modern videos on youtube - he is clever and good at explaining how to organise joint-use spaces.

How organised/tidy are you? I think the layout looks OK but would go for a shorter table that is not so long and thin and place it closer to the long cabinet, and further away from the wall. I think you need space to get behind it and sit in the seats on the wall side without feeling cramped.

If you aren't disciplined the table will end up as a dumping ground for all kinds of stuff and you'll never be able to use it as a table. That's what happened to me in every house I tried to do it in We do now have a living/dining room which works and I think it's because the table isn't shoved against a wall so it doesn't accumulate stuff. Every surface which is against a wall still accumulates stuff, drives me mad. Working on it. But the table doesn't and it is usable as a table. DC love it as they can eat while seeing the TV 🙄😆 which we do let them if we're not eating all together.