Big Kitchen or second Reception 🤪

[Curlielou]

I need some mum opinions!!
At home we have a lounge, dining room, kitchen and playroom/craftroom/useful dumping ground. I have been planning on turning this 'multi purpose room' into a second lounge/snug for the childrens (age 9&12) future use. I thought it could also be used for friends to hang out, games consols, TV disagreements and maybe even a sofa bed as we don't have a spare room.
However, my kitchen is very small and in no way a sociable space. It's standing room only and can be a lonely place!
Someone has planted a seed recently that I should/could knock through to the 'multi purpose room' to make a bigger, more sociable kitchen, which could house a breakfast bar, TV and a couple of chairs. I immediately dismissed this because having a second reception room is useful and a good selling tool. Now I'm thinking 'what if'.
It's a first world problem but, what would you do and why? What are your experiences?
There is no room for movement with any of the other rooms due to the layout of the house.

So the lounge has a window to the side, you have patio doors to the front garden, but no hall; you walk straight into the dining room and then through to get to the kitchen?

@BaronessBomburst there are 2 gardens, a set of patio doors leads to each garden. And yes, from the porch into the dining room then into kitchen. It sounds weirder than it is IRL but it's a funny layout!

Relocate the kitchen to the front of the house to create an open space kitchen/diner / lounge area, create an additional snug/playroom at the back

I'd do this.

Yep, my drawing skills are amazing.

Move kitchen/diner/sofa to othersude of house. Sociable space with access to outdoor via patio doors.

Put a lounge and teen room to back. Teens often hang out in the kitchen too.