We are buying a house that currently has the ground floor plan in the first picture. We want to open up the back of the house to make an open plan kitchen/living/dining space. Not sure what will be required structurally yet but assume for the purposes of this post that it can be done. I’m just not sure about having the 3 zones arranged adjacent to each other in a straight row (see second pic). Can’t quite put my finger on why, I just don’t like it.