put the powder room and hall closet side by side off hallway....the closet would be cool as a deeper,walk in closet with some hooks/etc. place coffee station/wine fridge, etc,[are you thinking butler pantry?..]over where you had the powder room.If you want banquette where it's shown, cut a break in cabinet run where dishwasher is and make that the back passage to back door and enclose banquette with a wall opposite table-an enclosed niche....2 benches?? I don't care for the sink/fridge wall, so redoing with a cut thru would be okay for me. where it says"coffee" would be a wall-the side of powder room or closet-do the fridge/freezer set up there.....move island up to allow clearance for it. probably remove that whole run where sink/fridge/freezer is-the back door in/out is much better there....you could put 12 in deep cabinet and counter under the one window tho for drop zone coming through from back door....purse/keys/cellphones/mail/etc.. Focus on the island next-it could be broken into 2 islands-one closer and opposite large range with sink and dishwasher for the main cook's intensive "work", and a 2nd island out to the left a bit more for seating/interaction with family room. 2 island kitchen would work and be desirable with all the appliance/serious cooking it appears will happen.For keeping one rather large island-do a main sink and then smaller prep/entertainment sink at the other end somewhere. In general-the hallway powder room and closet side by side would be better for the period home you have,allowing chance for a sort of butler's pantry between dining room and kitchen. As well, enclosing the banquette would give a chance for more authenticity and linkage to the feel of such a home and be more enjoyable without the visual of the back entryway every time you sit there. the island-whether one grand, or 2 separate is personal preference but looking at what you plan for cooking intensive hours here, I'd lean to 2 separate islands.

Since it's an open plan anyway, with everyone, including guests, using a main room with full view of the kitchen, it should work nicely if you wanted to go that way. Someone at the front door, not invited in, would not see very much, and it would change that little hall from a closed, relatively cramped area into an airy, inviting transition, mainly benefiting your family as you move from place to place. That last is the only, potential problem I see--if the direct, inviting route to the left diverted most front-door visitors that way instead of straight ahead and you didn't want that. You could help head that off by, say, placing a wide sunny set of doors to the back garden where you have one now to draw people that way (we always want to head for the light), or a pretty bay window perhaps, or ???. The office would probably also feel a bit less secluded from the active areas with the open staircase, a plus or a minus? BTW, that view line from the front door is developing very nicely and where it goes should be as gorgeous as possible, arguing for something special on that wall anyway. I notice the washer/dryer wall has crept slightly left and is impinging on the main view from the front door. I personally would stack them and move the wall of the closet decidedly right, totally out of the view, before I'd let that happen. It'd be a shame to create that nice elegant enfillade just to goof up the picture by inches.

What I think is your space is a really frustrating shape with way too many doors. It has plenty of space. I'm guessing that when inspiration and aspirin failed the designer decided to just cut line and give up. 1. Is there even one door you could give up/move? 2. Do you love your laundry as is? Could you move it elsewhere? Could you shorten it back to create a vertical wall? I confess, I like the angled cabinets around the sink. Not because they're functional but because they're a special look integral to this house and tie in with all the other hypoteneuses? Hypoteni? I just looked it up--someone suggested hypoteneese. :)

Or, how about this. (See below for the Zone Map) . Laundry: I moved the Washer/Dryer to the other side of the Kitchen so it's closer to the bedrooms. To hide the laundry center when not in use, the washer/dryer is in a cabinet or closet. While it fits your current appliance, it will also fit a stacked washer/dryer if you ever want separate appliances. (I don't know your experience with your all-in-one model, but the reviews I've read about them in general aren't that great - but if you like it, great!) Above the washer/dryer are shelves or cabinets (your choice) for storing laundry detergent, dryer sheets, etc. If in the future you switch to stacked washer/dryer, you can simply remove the shelves/cabinets and put in the stacked appliances. This gives you options. . Kitchen: All perimeter counters are deeper than standard The sink/cooktop counters are 28.5" deep with 27" deep base cabinets (3" deeper than standard. The short counter run on the right is 6" deeper than standard with the upper cabinet to the counter 9" deeper than standard (at 21"D). There are two windows - a 63" one centered over the sink and a 36" on the other side of the cooktop. Both flank the range hood over the cooktop. The 36" window helps to open up the corner and adds more light. There are only two upper cabinets - the Dish Hutch next to the DW and the appliance garage (or other storage) next to the tall oven cabinet. I moved the refrigerator to the other side so it's now next to the DR and is a straight shot from the Living Room. This way, someone looking for a snack or setting the table will not get in the way of someone prepping and/or cooking. The move of the refrigerator also helps keep the workflow consistent with the normal Kitchen workflow of: Refrigerator --> Sink & Prep Zone --> Cooktop/Oven & Cooking Zone Instead of pantry cabinets, I put in a reach-in/step-in built-in pantry. This type of pantry is not only much less expensive, but it's also much more efficient, flexible, and overall useful pantry than cabinets. You can utilize the entire height (ceiling-to-floor), can see everything with one glance (no opening/closing drawers/doors looking for something), and shelves can be adjusted to fit your needs now and in the future. The oven cabinet houses the wall oven and a MW in an alcove. With an alcove rather than a built-in MW, you can easily switch out the MW if it dies; plus, a standard MW in an alcove is less expensive than a built-in MW. Another option is a MW drawer - perhaps in the 24" cabinet next to the prep sink. I was trying to save you drawer space since you want as few uppers as possible and you do not have a separate pantry elsewhere. Above the oven & MW is tray storage for cookie sheets, cooling racks, muffin tins, roasting pans, etc. Next to the oven cabinet is an upper cabinet to the counter for appliances or other storage. This helps to eliminate the "dark corner" that often results from tall cabinets near corners. The upper cabinet is 21" deep - plenty deep enough to house just about any small appliance you can think of. It will also provide you with some deeper storage for items that might require it. Other than appliances, I probably wouldn't store frequently used items, though - unless you're tall. [See the end of this thread for how it might look. I can't easily show the 3D version of the appliance garage - but the upper cabinet is shallower than the base and there's counter b/w them.] The range hood is 6" wider than the cooktop and 24" deep. It's especially important to have the wider & deep hood b/c you do not have upper cabinets flanking the hood to assist it with capturing steam/smoke/grease/odors/etc. I wasn't sure what size the cooktop was, so I put in a 36" wide cooktop. If you're putting in a 30" cooktop, then you have 6" to play with. Personally, I'd increase the space b/w the sink and cooktop those 6" to give you more space to work with either as a tertiary Prep Zone or for the Cooking Zone, but it's your call. There are several Prep Zones in case the two of you want to prep or cook together - or if you have guests who want to help out. Finally, the island. The island has the primary Prep Zone with a generously sized prep sink. You said you like to sit and visit while your DH preps - this provides ample room for that. There are 4 seats arranged in a better configuration for visiting. Sitting all in a row is not conducive to visiting - it's more like sitting with strangers at a diner. By having the seats around the corner like this, it makes it easy to converse with guests! Note that I put an 18" overhang on the end - this is in case you or your DH or guests are tall. 15" is the minimum recommended overhang depth - but it's for short-to-average height people, not tall. I wish I had done an 18-inch overhang instead of 15"! (We're all relatively tall - we range from 5'10" to 6'7".) There is plenty of workspace for your DH! There's also additional workspace if you also help out occasionally or if a guest would like to help. There is plenty of storage on both sides of the island. (I added storage wherever I could to make up for the lack of upper cabinets.) Overall, the island has an area (to the left of the prep sink) with a wonderful expanse of uninterrupted counter for large baking projects (like holiday cookie baking), crafts, wrapping gifts, etc. Here is the layout's zone map. Zone Map: . . Oven cabinet with wall oven + MW + Tray storage and a sample of what it might look like with the appliance garage next to it. . . Tray & platter storage example: