I assume not in NA . Here I would spend the money to eliminate any door. A beam across that opening would be better . If not possible then you need to really think which door gets used the most now . Trying to change traffic patterns is always tricky and awkward. Is the rectangle in the center the dining table ?

Yes it is the dining table. Both doors get used because they lead to 2 different rooms, once we open them up, we will need to block up one of them.

Not a pro -but i’d remove 1, 2 and the dining room door -

if you definitely want to keep a door, I’d keep 1 so i could easily travel from the kitchen to dining room

on paper the door swing for 1 & 2 look awkward, do they feel awkward in the space?

I agree with Patricia that the best solution might be to open up both doors into a large cased opening. Unless you want to be able to close off the back of the house from the front (and upstairs). In our previous house we were able to do that and there were advantages to it. I'm still thinking about adding doors in our current house to be able to have that again. So what you do depends on what will work best for your household. If you were going to close one of the two doors, I would close 1. But I would go with Patricia's option instead if you only want one opening. You could always put solid or glass french doors on a larger opening if you want to be able to close the opening from time to time.

what is the blue rectangle? I would close door 2 and move some of the cabinetry that swings around to behind the blue rectangle over to door 2 position... not in favour of narrow passage coming from utility due to the cabinetry and nearby blue rectangle [ ?table?] the door 2 position can be your entertainment/coffee bar /extra display or storage etc...much better.

how many inches if you close door 2....you can create a spot where people can stand and do something. the area behind the blue rectangle is too tight and too much traffic for a secondary zone.

a variety of options for spot where door 2 is closed up.

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I would close up the kitchen door, but take out the middle wall to widen the doorway to the living room to be the width of the U-shaped stairs. Nice and wide and welcoming, less view into the kitchen from the front door, cozier dining space between kitchen and living, easier to get things up and down the stairs, more light into living space.

Perhaps you would still like to close off the living space; bifold doors (not on a track) are an option. They could be glass like French doors, to share light throughout the ground floor, or solid.

The old doorway can now hold a nice console with lamp (be sure to add an outlet when you close it up) with a pretty painting above. And facing the kitchen, another slim cabinet (add an outlet to that side, too) and a small lamp for when someone comes home at night through the side door, or just a little evening ambiance when most of the lights are out.

I would not add a door from dining room to living as it limits the options for arranging furniture in the living room.

Is this in the UK? Or perhaps Ontario, Canada?

Why do you have to block one at all Maybe explain this a bit more I see 2 doorways going into the same space

I would also remove both doors and have a big cased opening. I would also remove the dining door and provide access from living to dining.

After looking at your floor plan, first I would consider that many of the greatest spaces have a minimum of movement restrictions. Think about libraries, public halls, and the like. I would ask how many of those doors are needed for reasons like privacy or to conseve heat or to restrict air moving. Next question is which walls are bearing the weight of the floor(s) above? If the wall where these 2 doors are is not load-bearing, the home would feel more spacious if all of it came down.

I do hope the wall that was removed was not load-bearing, but if it was not, then that wall with the 2 doors probaby is, and to open it up, would need a support beam calculated to support the load, and improved support on either end, including maybe even more footing, since it may also be bearing weight of an additional 3rd floor plus roof rafters.

So, if all of that has already been considered and planned, and you cannot remove that wall, what about removing both doors and enlarging both doorways to the point there is essentially a column in between them bearing the load above? You could even make the openings arched so they would be similar to a colonade like medieval Italian villas had.