I suggest posting the photos to photobucket or flickr or some other site that makes it easier to embed photos here. Embedded photos will get you a lot more responses.

First thought is that the island is a barrier between the fridge and (only) sink. Have you thought about a prep sink in the island?

This looks like a really nice kitchen. You have enough room to allow all your zones to be separated nicely. I'm jealous!

I would consider a prep sink on the corner of the island nearest the fridge, as it's nearly 12 ft between fridge and cleanup sink. It would definitely help during prepping meals. You also say you like to bake. You could keep all your baking materials by the MW/walloven and prep sink there would serve you very well. A prep sink there would also be a great place for drink dumpage before refilling from the fridge - much handier to the LR than the cleanup sink is.

It looks like your MW/wall oven stack is breaking up that counter into two small chunks. I would consider scooting it all the way to the end, or pushing it right next to the fridge. You do have a lot of counterspace elsewhere though, so you may wish to ignore this.

It looks like you do not plan seating at the island, correct? Your aisles should be 42" for one cook or 48" for multiple cooks, and more if you plan seating. By my math, on the 16' wide section, you can have two 46.5 aisles between sink-island-Fridge. That is workable if there is no seating. This also assumes that your fridge is truly counter-depth (25" deep) as you show. Standard fridges are around 36" deep including doors - you can see how that will jut into the aisle. I am not sure what the aisle is between range and island but it looks comparable.

Finally, make sure you have at least some counter space on both sides of the laundry room sink. My former kitchen sink was right up against the wall and it was the biggest PITA.

Good luck!

Hi Pevo. Your kitchen layout looks very similar to mine and I am also adding more space to the laundry room. I wish I had room for a landing spot by the MW/Oven wall but unfortunately my long wall is where your sink is. I also would consider adding the 2 spaces together unless you are going for cosmetic appeal. I am also thinking about adding a sink to the island just like the other posters said as it would be nice to just rinse fruit, etc. Not sure about the cost though. Good luck.

Thanks for the feed back!

Marcolo: I looked at the est. from the plumber there is a prep sink on the island, I just forgot about it in the plans.

Tracie-erin: What a great idea, moving the m/w wall oven next to the counter depth frige. That will allow for more counter space. On the other end I'm envisioning a shelves, for cookbooks, some storage and charging station. I'll play around with that area. We haven't decided about seating at the island, if we do any it would be at the end opposite the oven and just 2 stools. I don't have any counters next to my utility sink now but I'm always using the washer as a resting place. I'll have to reconfigure that in too. Thanks for the great advice.

Alzee: I'd love to see your kitchen design/layout etc. Adding the plumbing to the island isn't that much more because we are also putting in a water line for the icemaker in the fridge and a half bath on the other side of the refrigerator, microwave wall.

Thanks everyone, I'll try these suggestions and post again later.

I finally figured out how to embed the layout.
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What storage is in the island?
What kind of seating is at the island?
How do you see the island functioning?

It is a slight barrier, and also it is a large "blank" on the plan so it would be helpful to know how you are using it.

Also are you planning a true counterdepth refrigerator?

From a floorplan standpoint the ends of the cabinet runs and the island all go on a slight slant from top to bottom. Sometimes, this type of thing can only be perceived in plan, but I find it bothersome from a design perspective that there is this slightly irregular boundary to the kitchen which doesn' really line up. This is just me.