One possibility would be to swap the living room and the dining room. Since the current living room is larger than the current dining room you could still keep some comfortable seating (couch and upholstered chairs?) against the front wall for a keeping room/dining concept. Then your new dining areas (kitchen and dining room) and living areas (living and drawing room) would have good flow between them, which would work well both for family and entertaining. You could also add some builtin bookshelves in the drawing room or new living room to create a library area to add another fun element to the living areas. These bookshelves could be against the long walls in the drawing room, around the window with a window seat in the living room (former dining room), or built to create some separation in the open area between the drawing room and living room/stair area. Your plan seems to show some sort of builtin there, but I'm not sure what it is.

The privacy issue is enhanced by the use of courtyards that were in many cases encourage in the Middle East and in countries that were influenced by Islam. The idea is that all rooms have an inward view to this private courtyard and it provides a high level of privacy for the occupants. A direct way to gain privacy was to build a wall however having rooms provide the "wall" instead allowed for more daylight in all the rooms in such a plan. This is an image I just grabbed to demonstrate the general idea.

Hey! There are so many possibilities our heads are exploding. Based on your requirements, We would suggest that you leave the wall with the two insets and perhaps block those insets to create a solid wall. This will provide you with the opportunity to create a classic farmhouse entryway. If you would like to avoid a very open plan, you can pick either of the two walls (We suggest both) and break them down, the electrical for the rest can go through the front facing wall and into the floor/ceiling. We hope this helps. In case you need more help turning this house into a home, please do connect with us. We undertake design projects the world over! All the best!! Cheers, CUBSpaces Team +91-9923893771

Hi Nandini, White would be an apt option for your space but you can do one thing, Accentuate some walls with one of the fine dark grey's while some wall can be muted to white. In that way your purpose of letting the space being minimal and open at the same time will be fulfilled. You can also try agate or antwerp blue for accentuating. regards