Just a caution if you decide to go with the non-corner sink arrangement - make sure you have a filler between your trash pullout and the adjacent cabinets. It looks like it won't be a problem on paper, but in reality the cabinet pulls on the adjacent run of cabinets could be an issue for the trash pullout (and vice versa - you might not be able to open the drawer/door on the adjacent wall without hitting the pulls on the trash pullout).

Is your dish storage in the first layout in the island like it is in the second layout?

Patti

Thanks for the advice about the filler Patti. I will have to look into that.

Dish storage will depend somewhat on where we ultimately decide to put the sink, but likely will have plates, etc in the island & glassware in upper cabinets to right of cooktop.

Any thoughts on whether to have prep sink in island or is it overkill in this small kitchen?

Thanks!

I think I prefer the corner sink. For one thing, the other plan offers seating into a 3 ft aisle, where the corner sink has almost 5 ft for the seating. Also, it looks like you could fit more seating at the rectangular section.

I think I like the corner sink because it feels like you have more elbow room while working, and if there is a person at the stove and a person at the sink, they are more side by side, rather than side to back.

As to whether you need a prep sink, that matters less on kitchen size than on how many people you have working at once, and what kind of tasks you want to happen simultaneously. If you want someone to do dishes while someone else cooks and/or someone scrubs veggies/makes salad, 2 sinks could come in handy. It will take a good portion of that island, so be sure and draw it in to see if you have the space remaining you might want for bigger baking projects, etc.

Thanks for the input. I also was concerned about only 3 ft isle where there could be seating in the 2nd option.

Does the fact that having the sink in the corner seems to cause a lot of wasted space next to the sink bother you? Would that space be accessible from inside the sink cabinet or is it just dead space?

Do you think I can lessen the space between cooktop & island in order to make island bigger? Somehow option 2 gave me a 5' long island whereas corner sink option 1 gives barely 4'.

Thanks again for great advice.

i like the corner sink better also. what you're calling 'wasted space' feels like room to move, stack up dirty dishes, or prep next to the cooktop to me.

there's less space, due to the corner placement, but what's there feels more usable.

i'd move your trash pullout to the island, so that it's more accessable to someone prepping dinner and easier for people entering the kitchen to access.

I didn't notice aisle widths and island sizes before. I also didn't notice the dish drawers opening into the backside of the cook in option 2. I wouldn't go for that.

In option 1, the island, if used for prep, is farther from the cooktop than I'd like. I prefer the cooktop to island distance in option 2 (if those drawers face another way). I'm not sure how close you could move the island to a corner sink without having the island corner be a hip-bumping hazard. The island might be able to move a couple inches closer to the cooktop, but not sure. Could you try to mock up something to get a better judge of distance?

Part of the difference in your island lengths must be how far each extends toward the hallway, because in option 1, the island + aisle is 94 11/16", and in option 2, the island + aisle totals 99"...So you've been robbed of about 4 1/2" of island in option 2, even if your aisle wasn't that large.

I'm not sure how corner sink cabs are built, so also not sure what space you'd lose or not, with that configuration. How were you going to access the blind corner in option 2?

I've got a corner sink which is angled pretty much like you have it. It's a PITA, truly. There's wasted space in the cabinets (a triangle on each side) and you don't really get decent work space on either side of the sink. Things (like the dish drainer) have to be angled as well which wastes counter space.

It's one of the builder's decisions that I wonder at frequently. The sink is on an outside wall and if they'd just squared things there would be so much more space (and workable space at that). I know many people who have our model (it's a cookie cutter suburban tract home) who have gone ahead and done precisely that.

I notice that in acountryfarm's kitchen plan, she has a corner prep sink and a rectangular island. You might ask her how wide her aisles are and how she determined the distance from corner sink to pointy island corner.

Here is a link that might be useful: acountryfarm's plan

I'm not wild about the corner sink. I think it wastes space (although you could access the space from inside the cab if they built it that way, it's a good place to lose things also!) and feels cramped. Mom has one and it crowds the range more than if they'd squared it up. Can you put the trash pullout at 90 degrees to it's current location, along the range run? (Or do you plan a corner unit there? Is there access to the back side for more drawers there?)

Maybe some of us have leaned toward the corner sink plan, just because it's cleaner and more straight forward. Maybe, instead, option 2 needs more work. It is really hard to see what all is going on there. The seating needs to be pulled back, as we already discussed, and I don't think there's enough room for a sink and a trash unit in the space you have. You'd need a small spacer between the corner and the trash unit, which is already a minimum size, and the sink cabinet is only 31", which isn't all that big either.

I think if that whole area was designed more simply like the corner sink version, and the trash was moved to where there's room for it, you could probably have room for a supersusan in the corner, instead of something blind, and it wouldn't feel so tight at the sink.

Hope that makes sense, and hope it helps.

In option 2, I think the the 1" noted next to the sink is the architect's shorthand to indicate the 12 inches required on either side of corner to allow for the 36" cabinet required for corner cabinet to accommodate a 3 bin rotary trash recycle. (I will try to post link to it)
http://www.specialtysupplies.com/rotary-corner-recycling-center-p-3601.html

I agree with edlakin & others that we could certainly put trash in island. My thought is to have a small trash under sink for the somewhat messy stuff that doesn't go in disposal & to have bigger trash+recycle in the outer corner of island- that way kids & guests don't have to come into main work area of kitchen just to throw something in trash.

DH woke up this am saying he thinks corner sink will be a pain b/c when standing at sink w/dishwasher open you will have to turn a bit behind yourself to load dishwasher. So now he wants to lean towards option 2. Quick discussion w/architect last night, he said we could steal some from the pantry desk area to widen aisle to better accommodate dining/seating area but not so sure I want o go there.

No way to have it all huh?

Thanks again for the advice so far & any else you have to offer before we meet w/architect at noon!