I vote for hardwood or engineered wood through the whole space, including the kitchen. Opening the wall would be nice, but I suspect your appliances are arrayed along that wall? I'd paint the wall the same pale color as the living space, and hang a really big mirror on the wall if you can't open it. Then you open the wall visually, and reflect the light from the sliders back into the space. (I know...me and mirrors. They are great manipulators of space, particularly when you commit to making them big!)

You might consider moving the sofa to be centered in front of the window and put the chair nearer the door adding a pony wall height bookshelf (with its back to the chair), with or without doors on the entry side, between the chair and the door to create an entry; perhaps something like this: http://thegamersforce.com/ikea-glass-door-bookcase/bookshelf-inspiring-low-bookcase-with-doors-bookcase-with-doors-ikea-dark-brown-bookcase-with-glass-glass-door-ikea-bookcase-singapore-ikea-glass-door-bookcase-ikea-billy-bookcase-glass-door-instruc/ A barrister style bookcase could also work. Such a room divider would give you a place to add a lamp to the room.

Anything in bold you should rethink: The best houses orient the public rooms towards the south for the best passive solar heating and cooling (What direction does your house face?) The best houses are L, U, T, H, or I shaped. The best houses are only one to two rooms deep. And covered lanai, porches, garages, etc count as rooms in this case. The best houses make sure kitchens have natural light, meaning windows so one doesn't have to have lighting 24/7 to use the kitchen. (And no, dining areas with windows 10' or more from the kitchen will not allow for natural light.) The best houses make sure all public rooms and bedrooms have windows on at least two walls. The best houses do not if possible put mechanical rooms, pantries or closets on outside walls The best houses keep public and private spaces separate. The best houses do not have you walk through the work zone of the kitchen to bring laundry to the laundry room. The best houses do not have the mudroom go through any of the work zones of the kitchen. The best houses do not use the kitchen as a hallway to any other rooms. The best houses do not put toilets or toilet rooms up against bedroom walls, public rooms or dining areas. The best houses do not have walk in closets too small to stand inside. The best houses have an organizing “spine” so it’s easy to determine how to get from room to room in the house and what makes sense.

Hi, Paul NY 5b-6a, thank you so so so very much; for visualising all the deatails without photos and writing so much in detail. Here is more deail: 1. yes , its Sagstua in Queen size in black. 2. i agree light is more needed in the sitting area. 3. The problem with putting the bed where sofa is: (a) the space is only about 170 cm upto the door. As the total width of the room is 3.25 meters. So the head cannot be against the wall where sofa is. It can be against the wall where entrance door is. In this way it will make a bit longer "passage" that you mentioned. And also wont have much space to put something alongside it ( exxpt for curtain ? along that entry passage?) 4. And now when the foot side would be towards the sitting area, can be easily hidden by inddor plants , real or fake or lamp etc. 5. Pax is all white. Maybe i can remove the handels and instaed attach Ikea leather hooks that would be less conspicuous, and then see if surface paper etc. could help. ( As that would be another consideration to coordinate the print with curtains etc. And buy together with new curtains) 6. Would love to know your suggestion for what other furniture i should have for sitting area in addition to ektorp that i already have, as i would have one wall avalable after one side taken up by pax and the other being the window. Although it would be a longer wall with first half being that "passage area" and the second half being next to window. here is , floor plan also Thank you so much again.