The original 2nd master bath layout makes the best use of the space and allows the most privacy for the toilet area of all the layouts you've posted. The view from outside the bathroom is also nice of the vanity. Like others have said that shower would be awesome. With the size of that shower, you could even make it curbless and doorless if you squared off the angled side. On the other bathroom--moving the doorway should be no problem if the sheetrock isn't up yet. I think you could use the 3rd layout, shift the door over toward the W/D as far as possible and then I think you could just fit in a vanity to the right of the window & toilet to the left of the window. The door swing would flip for it opens toward the W/D. My aunt & uncle have that setup in their kids bath and it works great for them. I would definitely go with a 36" wide vanity in the 11x9 bath that will be used by your son/guests. Even a boy has toothbrush, toothpaste, hairbrush, hair gel, cologne, razor, shave cream, etc to store, not to mention the items overnight guests bring along. Plus there is a little more counter space. We have 2 boys (each have their own bathroom). That's how I know just how much stuff a boy has. We opted for 36" vanity with the sink centered to allow for 2 drawers on either side (perfect size for hairbrush, hair gel, toothbrush, tooth paste & razor) with a double door cabinet underneath--plenty of room for extra towels/washcloths, extra toilet paper, soap, shampoo, etc. A 24" vanity doesn't allow for drawers, has only a skinny cabinet underneath and there isn't a decent amount of counterspace to speak of. Hope this helps!

lavender_lass - yes, we are going with stainless appliances. My mom is a retired Sears employee and she has gifted us, so nice to have an employee discount...it limited our choices a bit for appliances, but to tell you the truth, it also made things a little easier when there are SO MANY decisions to be made! As for the rolled linoleum - I'm going to miss it terribly. Somehow though, I'll manage to muddle through. To be honest, there is part of me that feels bad disliking the current kitchen so much - we bought it out of the estate of the original owners...there's a certain amount of bittersweetness any time that we change things around as it means that it becomes less and less "the home that Dave and Ginny built" and becomes our home. palipsest - thank you for the suggestions. Do you think that a narrower island will look TOO narrow? That's something that my husband is very concerned with and it might be a hard sell for that one - we started with an island that was 36" total and my husband seems to have a mild case of heart failure every time I shave an inch off the narrow side! I very well might kill him if I take if from 31" to 26" or 27"!!! haha DH, being a man, believes that "bigger is ALWAYS better" and wants the largest trash pullout we can get, which puts us at needing an 18" cabinet for it. I'm trying to maintain a bit of symmetry in the island by using an 18" for my KA mixer so I'm slightly reluctant to change one and not the other. Might be able to go to a 30" drawer base and shorten the length by 3" to gain a little additional walkway between the table and the island...will try that in the layout and see how it goes.

What...my measurements are off? I believe that. :) These mockups are great! Thanks, Pevo & Geo! I've got to fiddle around with them a bit. Geokid, I was actually thinking of sticking the fridge there, hidden in plain sight, hanging over the end with something behind it (like the little wraparound cabinet that is there now). Pevo, that is not what I was thinking at all, so it's very good to see. So maybe it CAN be done! Interesting.... The kitchen location wasn't that weird when the house was built--there are about 1600 of the in this subdivision, all very similar, with kitchens in the front, including the house I just vacated (and redid the kitchen in). The living room and family room (assessor's terms) were divided by a wall where the odd peninsula is now and the "family" room probably served as a combo dining/family room. And of course there was a wall between the kitchen and living room. My last house did not have a little bumpout for the nook so I had no problem turning the whole room into kitchen (there was a dedicated dining room). I think I may have become spoiled! I've considered putting in an addition and putting the kitchen there. Once some walls are put in, the "family" room could be a combo dining/family room again and the current kitchen could get some walls back and be a...? That's the problem. I have to convince the spouse that the current kitchen space can serve as the room we were planning on putting in the addition. The kitchen would work better back there because there would be a good view of the backyard without requiring an obvious lack of walls.

Dojey - don't be embarrassed, I think sometimes that we can become so accustomed to having our homes in a state of disruption and dysfunction that we forget how we used to cook and have real food in the house. I think that happened to us last time. We still have not reverted back to getting into cooking everyday, and it has been two and a half years since we got the kitchen back functioning. Sometimes renovation just sits and we do other things instead. I still have one kitchen cabinet door to sand and stain. Out of 30 doors and 20 drawer fronts, I missed one. Turns out it was sitting at my carpenter's shop. Two summers I have not gotten it done. THIS summer, I am going to do it. And I will sand and re-stain old trim and install it, too. I used a re-used kitchen in my remodel. I like your plan. The work area is big enough to not feel cramped. You have the island to "defend" your space from interlopers, you have extra space on the right side of the stove, and you have LOTS of storage. The horizontal upper cabs are nice and modern. In my first kitchen remodel, in 2003, I had 6 running feet of 8 ft. tall pantry cabinets. They were just cabinets with shelves, no pull-outs. We only had room for 12 inch deep cabs, and they worked fine. I did have room at the end for a utility cab, and it was 2 ft deep. It held the vacuum cleaner and other cleaning supplies. In my experience, a 2 ft deep cabinet that is just shelving is TOO deep for storing foodstuffs. Cans and boxes will get lost. Your cabs by the garage look like they might be that deep, so I wanted to warn you. If you use pull-outs for food, that deep is good. Deep cabs are good for appliances, but not for food. My current home had a horrendous 40" deep by 30" wide pantry cab. I had to stack foodstuffs on stair-step shelves along the sidewalls, put anything in the middle in baskets, and use a grabber to pull baskets to the front to get things. It was one of the reasons we remodeled. They should make the builders who create such stupid designs live in them before they sell them to an unsuspecting public! Welcome back. Are you feeling excited to get working on your new kitchen?