Doug's wife would hate my fridge location, lol. And, Lavender, I'm not so organized but was raised by a mom who would yell at you if you stood with the door to the fridge open for very long as it let "the cold out!" so I automatically think through what I need and where it's at so I don't let too much cold out. mlogin, it's great that you're striving to incorporate the 31 Rules into your design. Just know that many of us find we have to compromise on one or more of them. I chose to do so on my fridge location and it is working out just fine for me. Below is my kitchen showing the former fridge placement and the current one. Current placement is actually in the opening between the laundry/pantry room. It does impede traffic through that route once in awhile but only for a few seconds so it isn't a big deal. I would rather experience a bit of congestion there than at my sinks, range or dishwasher locations. Or at my prep space or baking area. I just strongly feel that the fridge is the appliance you are standing at doing something the least time of all the appliances. If any appliance has to be placed in a less optimal position, I would choose the fridge. Remember that you also want your fridge on the edge of your working spaces so that someone who just wants to access it for a drink or snack isn't walking back-and-forth inside your work areas. I just don't see another place in your kitchen plan where your fridge is accessible to both cook and a drinker/snacker. Of course, someone more creative than I am may suggest a layout none of us have thought of yet but I think it would require re-arranging most of the rest of your kitchen to find another good location. Again, I'm not writing to try to influence you one way or the other but just to give you as much info as possible to consider in order for you to make the best decision for you and your family.

I would probably pick option 2 if I couldn't put the main sink on the perimeter areas of the kitchen. I would want my prep sink between the fridge and stove. When I do prep I use the sink to rinse everything off. That said I would want the counter space between them to be a fair size. I use my main sink for overflow food prep but mainly for clean up. So I would want my main sink and dishwasher to be situated close to each other and out of the way of my prep area. I would advise you to do a mock up cooking scenario. It other words pretend you are cooking a meal and see where it makes sense to you. This sounds like a many butt kitchen but you want everyone to have enough room and not to cross over one another while in the kitchen. You've hit on many of the important points bottlenecking Etc. A way around not having the room you want on the Gathering Island is to have a cover for your sink so that it becomes another flat surface. There are some quite nice sinks like that nowadays. I believe there are ones where even the tap becomes quite invisible. Or at least low profile. I would cover maybe only half of the surface of the main sink that way you can slip dishes in the sink to hide. Just to note you might have better luck with more answers in the kitchen forum. This is the Home Decorating discussions forum. Although there are a lot of experts here there are even more there interested in kitchens. :)

For those of you without double ovens, what do you do when you have holidays or are cooking for a lot of guests? I used my Breville Smart Oven or/and Nesco portable 18 qt. The toaster oven is large enough for a side or keeping a dish warm. The Nesco is huge and can hold a variety of items in the buffet accessory or, cook and hold a large cut of meat. I also have a 6 qt Crockpot for holding mashed potatoes and the like. My stovetop pressure cooker can handle many items, too. Any thoughts, suggestions on the plan and my double oven issue? The fridge and wall oven(s) should swap places for better workflow. I'd want more room to the left of the cooktop. Speaking of which, a range would better serve you because it's not a huge kitchen that invites spreading the appliances out like you want. You may lose a cabinet underneath the cooktop but you gain a NICE pantry by deleting a wall oven cab. How many inches is the overhang for island seating? It looks a little chintzy.

I don't really see the advantage of the peninsula in the double L from the original post. I think the traffic flow would be much improved (especially around the refrigerator and range) without it. You could also move the sink closer to the nook, which would help the traffic flow to the DR (especially with the DW open). You'd lose a bit of storage, but corner cabinets are not ideal (were you thinking a lazy susan/super susan, or did you think you would access that cab from the other side of the peninsula?) The ideas put forth by Mama Goose and RL are great, but I wanted to throw out a less ambitious (i.e. cheaper) suggestion.