You didn't say why you need a fifth bedroom. If you don't need one then it really doesn't make sense to make a change like this. If it's for resale, how do you know a prospective buyer wouldn't walk away because there isn't a separate dining room? In any case, it doesn't work with your floorplan. If you need a home office that is a real possibility. Put French doors on both openings and then the next person can use it as a dining room again if they want to.
Agree. Keep it flexible. Put in the wall with doors to the living room and a door to the kitchen. Furnish the room as a den with a pullout sofa and a bookshelf. Then, the room can be a bedroom when needed, a study, an office, a library or just a great place to take a nap.
You didn't say why you need a fifth bedroom. If you don't need one then it really doesn't make sense to make a change like this. If it's for resale, how do you know a prospective buyer wouldn't walk away because there isn't a separate dining room? In any case, it doesn't work with your floorplan. If you need a home office that is a real possibility. Put French doors on both openings and then the next person can use it as a dining room again if they want to.
Agree. Keep it flexible. Put in the wall with doors to the living room and a door to the kitchen. Furnish the room as a den with a pullout sofa and a bookshelf. Then, the room can be a bedroom when needed, a study, an office, a library or just a great place to take a nap.