I think the angle is cute and that pointy bit would leave its mark on me! I would consider putting the sink elsewhere, in spite of the nice view. Can you do that or are you constrained by plumbing and stuff?

I bet you can do better by moving everything (and keeping the angled peninsula, and maybe making it all one height). Got a sketch with measurements?

one level with handsome edges and rounded but designed corners to your counter material..keep the angle and make it a focal point. But switch the dishwasher and sink placement....nudge the wall cabs up a few inches and with good task lighting you will appreciate the sink there..Think single bowl, deeper sink .

Here's a floorplan sketch I did with dimensions.

Yes, one way or another, concussion corner has to go. Even if we keep the breakfast bar height, the edge will be cut back and the granite top will be rounded for sure. Plus, right now, there is only 27" between that corner and the wall at the stair, so appliances have trouble getting in and out of the room (fridge doors have to come off).

I'm not sure I want to move plumbing around a whole lot. We're already a bit over budget. My husband and I did try moving it down the wall under the cabinets and switching it with the DW, but it really seems odd to me when I draw it out. I don't know...

Let me know what you think.

Here are two elevation sketches, with it either way. I feel like that corner is tight for a sink, but maybe it's just because I'm not used to it.

Other Elevation

So now I'm kind of warming up to the idea. I spent some time standing in that corner considering doing dishes there and seems okay after all. I widened the opening in the uppers and didn't lift it as high, and it seems like it works well. Looks clean.

I don't know how much will be involved in switching the sink and dw, though. Need to talk with my contractor about it...

I went from a raised bar to one level and it does feel very open. I would not keep the angle with three growing boys. I would straighten out the peninsula with just enough room for a sink base, DW, and possibly a trash pullout if it will give you a wider walkway. Eliminate the extra drawer/door cab that you show in both layouts. You have plenty of upper dish storage on the sink run if you keep the DW in the corner. You have lots of cabinet space between the fridge and stove, so you shouldn't miss one peninsula cab. You have room for a pullout pantry to the right of the fridge too.

Oh, and the answer to Drawback #2 is called "time-out". ;)

I think I would also do away with the angle and extend the peninsula just far enough to house the sink (and trash if there is enough room without closing it off too much). It looks like the item on the left in the first picture is a piece of furniture? If so, I'd probably move it out of the kitchen. I'm a big fan of one-level islands and peninsulas. I'd rather look at a little clutter/mess than close off the room that way (we had a bi-level island and a bi-level peninsula in our previous home and ripped out both)
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I also like the idea of straightening out the sink run, but shorter. The angle is wasted space that yo won't miss.

If you put the DW on the end, then the sink, you get DW out of the prep zone. What's in the room next to the dinette? If you moved the sink toward the range wall, could you cut a "window" in that wall? Looks like you'd be able to see outside from there.

Do you have an elevation of the range wall? Your overhead layout shows something on the walls on each side, but also upper cabinets. And I notice diagonal upper corner cabinets. I had two of those in my old kitchen, and hated them. Unless you put in lazy susans, they end up being big black holes. I replaced mine with easy-reach uppers, and I love them. What do you plan for the lower corners?

How high are your ceilings? How high do you plan to take the cabinets?

Swapping sink and DW is cheap and easy. Don't think about that. And depending on your foundation (mainly, is it or isn't it a slab), even moving those things halfway across the house may not be a big deal--if it gets you a better layout, it's worth going cheap on something else that can be upgraded later.

The angle sort of mirrors the window angle, but you only have it on the one side so flattening it out wouldn't hurt.

Fori, we're on a slab.

My contractor said we could look into it, but there might be concern about not having enough rise for the drain pipes... ? I don't know anything about plumbing. He seemed hesitant, but then again, he's not a plumber. I've tried googling, and it sounds much more complicated to move a sink (even the 3' we're looking at here) than you make it sound... But again, I know nothing about plumbing.

Sjhockeyfan and Annkh, I can't tell you how many times I've tries to figure out a way to straighten that arm out. It just doesn't really work. Either it gets too short to accommodate a sink and DW with appropriate landing space for dishes, or it ends up poking into the dinette area too much.

Mayflowers, we already have a walk-in pantry.

I currently have the slanted uppers in corners, but I actually like them. They hold an awful lot of stuff. But I have been considering doing away with them because I think it will look cleaner. I go back and forth.

I really don't think cutting a new window or moving the sink to the other side of the kitchen are in the budget. Also, I like it on the wall it's on - it works well for me.

One way or another, I think I'm leaning towards taking out the breakfast bar.

Julia, for a minute there I thought we lived in the same subdivision, your cabinet layout is nearly identical to my old one. We not only took out our pony wall but extended the cabinet to the left and added shallow cabinets behind the sink (there is a family room to the left of the kitchen). We ended up with a much larger countertop and love how it turned out. We were going to move the dishwasher to the left of the sink but realized no one could walk into the kitchen with the door down. Straightening out the angle was not a good option for us.

View from family room if you are interested.

Meek95, thank you thank you thank you for posting those photos! That's exactly what I needed to see! I wouldn't be able to extend the length like you did (which I think looks beautiful, by the way), but I think your picture confirms for me that dropping the breakfast bar would be the way to go.

So funny to see another kitchen the same shape as mine...