Yes, although the dining area is often part of a largely open common area that includes the kitchen and living room.
My brother recently rebuilt a house in Maine and largely went with an open floor plan with relatively modestly-sized bedrooms and bathrooms. It makes pretty efficient use of space. The downside is that if someone want to have their own space, they pretty much have to go outside or retreat to their bedroom.
My house is fairly standard 200 year old New England Cape (though some of it isn't original). I've largely opened up the downstairs to be a common space that I use heavily. Upstairs are four fairly small bedrooms and one small bathroom. It's fine for myself and guests. But even with just two people, there's really only one spare room which I tend to use for staging trips and various hobby stuff I don't want to clutter my office.
I'd add that for a lot of people, one small bathroom would be a deal-breaker although shared bathrooms were considered the norm a few decades ago.
My brother recently rebuilt a house in Maine and largely went with an open floor plan with relatively modestly-sized bedrooms and bathrooms. It makes pretty efficient use of space. The downside is that if someone want to have their own space, they pretty much have to go outside or retreat to their bedroom.
My house is fairly standard 200 year old New England Cape (though some of it isn't original). I've largely opened up the downstairs to be a common space that I use heavily. Upstairs are four fairly small bedrooms and one small bathroom. It's fine for myself and guests. But even with just two people, there's really only one spare room which I tend to use for staging trips and various hobby stuff I don't want to clutter my office.
I'd add that for a lot of people, one small bathroom would be a deal-breaker although shared bathrooms were considered the norm a few decades ago.