I finally was able to upload the image from our Architect. This is a first drawing, so forgive the roughness! I'm going to give a brief description bc there is a lot going on!! Let's start with the "left' wall, with the range. The freezer is going to be at the end across from the peninsula, not where it is in the drawing. This gives about 30' of counter space on either side of the cook top. The back wall is going to have a furniture looking hutch about 4'wide. The curved wall is actually going to be a opening to the back hall. The previous desk/recipe area is going to become a pantry. We are going to see if it is possible to bump that wall out to become even with the outside staircase, so we could have a step in pantry. If we can't, it will still be a pantry but the specifics are yet to be determined! The right wall now has the sink, dw, and trash pullouts! The Arch moved the doorway down so that the above items could be accommodated. There will be a large window or windows about this area. The bottom 'wall' aka peninsula will now only have storage and the dinning room side will be raised to bar height. The island will no longer have seating. Disregard the curved end, that part was the Architects doing, and I was not a fan. I was really looking forward to having seating at the island, but we can no longer have seating on the right side of the island, bc of the new sink area. I should really start a new thread bc this is a far cry from my original post!!

I think a 30" would be fine because not everyone wants the same things. Unless you are flipping and trying for a luxury buyer, you will be selling a 20 year old kitchen which someone may keep for 5 - 10 years and then re-do their way.... You never know who the future buyer will be. We once set up and apartment kitchen to rent out on the lower level of our first house. I went to great trouble to get a large bar sink and specialty faucet because the one there was tight and awkward. I had an island made and took out the bar fridge to put in a small normal fridge and then added a small stove in its empty spot. We then rented to several guys who never cooked! We'd see them come home with takeout every day.... The 2nd guy asked if we could move the island to storage because he had a big couch and then next guy did not want it either. We basically wasted time and money on things that did not get used by who they were intended for. OTOH, the eventual buyer of the house had a mom with her who seemed to appreciate having her own kitchen setup. I don't know if they kept it as we made it, but I hope they did, lol.... I had done the apartment kitchen like I would have appreciated it. I had no clue that the guys we'd get would not even care.... We have a separate fridge and freezer placed next to each other (like a jumbo s x s) in our new kitchen and I think that works well rather than to have them so far apart. I'd also want at least one work space on the side of the stove to be more than 24", so I'd do a 30" on one side and 18" on the other. If you completely ignore symmetry, you can get more function out of your particular layout.

Thanks so much, Anthony! By the way, I have seen your appliance videos on Youtube and they are great! The kitchen will be about 26 feet by about 16 feet. Do you think that size kitchen supports such a large fridge and freezer? As far as getting it in stainless, any concern with smudges/fingerprints? We would get it in stainless with professional handles or could get it paneled, but I actually prefer the stainless, but am still worried about it always looking messy. It would be nice to have an internal dispenser at least like in the integrated subzero, but the built-in 36 inch columns do not have that now - at least as far as I know, but I could be wrong. And the 36 inch freezer is really big. Wish we could get the built-in in 30 or 24 inches in Subzero (I realize we could do the integrated freezers in that size, but kind of like the look of the built-in in stainless with grilles above). The Miele is nice that it comes in the clean-touch stainless (SF version) but not the same "professional" look and more expensive, even with their current 10% promotion, and not as much capacity. Any thoughts/suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks so much!!!

I would just leave it where it is and have a little less counter. We are doing built in beverage station next to ours. Definitely take the micro off the wall and do a drawer or under counter. It will be an eyesore in all of your beautiful blue cabinetry.