Living & Dining Room Design
13 Open-Plan Ideas for One Shared Hall

Living and dining room design gallery: 13 concepts

Each design below is an illustrative concept render of one way to zone a shared living-dining hall: a divider, a ceiling and lighting idea, or a layout. They are grouped by style, by type of idea and by home type. Tap any image to enlarge it. Every card links to the ClickBina guide that covers the work behind that look.

StyleAllModernLayoutsWarm & naturalDividersCeiling & lightingModern classic

HomeAllCondoTerraceSemi-D

13 designs shown

These are illustrative concept designs created to show living and dining room options. They are not completed ClickBina projects. Your hall is assessed and quoted to its own layout, beams, wiring and condition.

More galleries: browse all design ideas by area of the house, from cabinets and kitchens to porches and grilles.

How to zone one open hall into living and dining

Start with the walking route. In a terrace the route runs from the front door to the kitchen at the back; in a condo it runs from the front door to the balcony door. Keep that route clear first, then give the sofa side and the table side their own identity using the tools below. You need two or three of them, not all of them.

• Ceiling. A recess, a cove or a change in ceiling shape above each zone tells the eye where one ends and the next begins.
• Lighting. A pendant low over the table and softer cove or lamp light in the sitting area give each zone its own mood at night. Separate switches matter more than fancy fittings.
• Floor. A rug under the sofa, or a change of tile at the dining end, marks the zone at foot level.
• Dividers. A sofa back, a low sideboard, a half-height cabinet, slats or a glass screen create an edge without cutting off light and air.
• Services. The TV wall, the pendant point and the air-conditioner position should suit both zones, not only the one you furnish first.

ClickBina's room dividers guide compares screens, shelves and glass in more detail, and the living room ceiling design gallery shows ceiling ideas for the sitting area on its own.

Ways to separate living and dining compared

Terrace hall and condo L-shape: two common layouts

A terrace hall is about as wide as the house and much longer than it is wide, with windows only at the front and party walls on both sides. The sofa and TV usually sit near the front door, where the light is, and the dining table sits deeper in, near the kitchen and often beside the staircase. The back half is the dark half, so it needs the stronger lighting plan, and a skylight or a light colour scheme helps. The terrace house living room gallery has more ideas for the sitting end.

Many condo units have an L-shaped living-dining room. The long leg beside the balcony door takes the sofa and TV, and the short leg near the kitchen takes the table. Because the building fixes the aircon points, power points and beams, plan the furniture around them. The condo living room gallery covers the sitting side of these units.

Quick pick: what to do first in your hall

Practical limits before you change the hall

• Beams and slab. Ceiling recesses must work around the beams; in condos the slab and beams cannot be cut.
• Wiring. A new pendant point, cove lighting and separate switches need proper new circuits, planned before the false ceiling goes up.
• Aircon. One unit for a long hall must be sized for the whole space, and the pipe route to the outdoor unit limits where it can sit.
• Strata rules. In a condo, check with management before major works, noisy hacking or changes near the balcony.
• Stairs. A nook under the stair landing needs enough headroom; measure before you plan seating there.

What zoning a living and dining hall costs

ClickBina's false ceiling cost guide puts a cove ceiling with LED lighting at RM12 – RM18 per sq ft and a pendant light point at RM150 – RM350. The living room floor tiles guide puts tiling a living and dining area of about 350 sq ft at RM4,200 – RM10,500 (indicative Klang Valley ranges for 2026).

For dividers, the room dividers guide lists a half-height bookshelf divider at RM800 – RM3,000 and a full room divider or feature backdrop at RM2,500 – RM6,000. The display cabinet cost guide puts a custom glass-door display cabinet at RM500 – RM750 per foot run, and the aircon installation guide puts labour for a standard wall-mounted install at RM300 – RM700, with the unit priced separately. Built-in benches, slat screens and glass partitions are quoted per job.

How ClickBina can help

We renovate living and dining halls as part of our renovation work: we build false ceilings with coves and recesses, install lighting points, lay new floor tiles, and build sideboards, display cabinets, benches and slat screens to suit the zoning you choose. Air-conditioners, glass and loose furniture are priced as items. WhatsApp us your job details for a quote: your home type, the rough size and shape of the hall, where the beams and staircase are, and the ideas from this page you like. ClickBina is an experienced KL & Selangor contractor, and we reply within the hour with next steps. The price we agree is a flat price with no hidden charges.

Sources & methodology

• ClickBina false ceiling cost guide — cove ceiling rate and pendant light point.
• ClickBina living room floor tiles guide — tiling budget for a living and dining area.
• ClickBina room dividers guide — half-height bookshelf divider and full room divider ranges.
• ClickBina display cabinet cost guide — glass-door display cabinet rate per foot run.
• ClickBina aircon installation cost guide — labour for a standard wall-mounted install.

About the images: every image on this page is an illustrative concept design generated to show a living and dining option. Captions describe what each render shows. RM figures are quoted unchanged from the ClickBina guides named above, indicative Klang Valley ranges for 2026.