Advice on floorplan - should we extend

[poppy1425]

Hi
I’m going back and forth on whether we should extend our house or just knock a wall down and make use of the space as it is. We currently have a large load bearing wall that separates our lounge and dining area. The floorplan attached is how the area might look if we were to remove this wall and make it open plan. Do you think the shape will work? Or should we extend and square off the plan and potentially convert the dining room to a closed off space and use as a playroom?

Sorry correction to the above the loading bearing wall runs between the kitchen and dining/living room

can you post a floorplan of the existing layout? are those the only rooms downstairs or is there a hall / snug / utility etc?