The kitchen is opposite the living area in a large open space that automatically lends itself to entertaining and family living.
Kitchen bar open to dining room.
You can create open concept kitchen living room and dining room layouts with less than 300 square feet albeit that would be pretty much a micro apartment but it can be done.
Open concept trend chart as you can see from the chart below the open concept floor plan concept has grown tremendously in popularity over the last 15 years.
A lower countertop areas gives prep surface for baking and use of small appliances.
The living room the kitchen are not often placed adjacent to each other as the dining area is usually the one placed adjacent to the kitchen.
Although this open concept kitchen and dining area is in a loft in a converted bag factory in nashville the principles designer jason arnold followed will work in any setting.
Open plan layouts are often applied on common areas such as the living room dining room kitchen for residential properties.
If the kitchen living room or other areas that are clearly seen from your open dining space are perpetually unorganized and messy a traditional enclosed dining room might better suit your lifestyle.
Opens up the space with no walls to separate the rooms you get one big multi function room and are not limited to a small kitchen or a small dining room makes entertaining easier a kitchen and dining room combo allows the cook to still be a host to guests and for guests to help in preparing food a great way to connect.