hi, i'm kind of wondering whether you've thought about how big a sink you need or want, first. you mentioned that it's a good size kitchen, so maybe you'd want at least a "standard" size of 33". there are a lot more choices, too. single bowl vs. double is a whole other debate! i'm getting a 24" sink, but i have a small kitchen. also two other thoughts: many people seem to center their sinks with regard to where the panes are in the window so they aren't looking right into one. sometimes they even place the sink faucet centered on the window, but off-center from the sink to make it look symmetrical. there are a lot of threads on this subject too. i'll look for the one i'm thinking of with good photos. or you can google "gardenweb kitchen window sink centered", or something like that. the other is the 33" lazy susan. i was considering one of these, but someone mentioned the door is pretty small. if i understand your layout correctly, your corner cabinet is open on the back to a walkway. garenweb member buehl turned a regular cabinet backward to be accessed from the walkway side so you have full access to the cabinet. that's pretty hard for me to explain, so i will link the thread. anyway, it's seems more useful than a corner susan if you can do it. then you will also have 9" extra to distribute to a sink base or the the far drawers. good luck! Here is a link that might be useful: How to gain a full-use cabinet instead of corner cabinet

Thanks to malhgolds urging, I tried this layout again. Here is my layout in very precise measurement. (While DD was napping, play-time today w/ DS was to have him hold the measuring tape. He got tired of this game after a while. Heeeheheee). I like this one so much more than the next one below. PROS: - Moving the wall (behind the range) by 2feet gives me more room in my tiny bathroom. - I have my wall of windows (using Colleenmills kitchen as my inspiration) - For big dinner parties, I can add another table to the right of the island to meet up w/ the Dining table. So I wouldnt be stuck in a corner (like in the layout below). - I get 2 dishwashers: yay! CONS: - Yes, one of the front windows will be into the mudroom. But: -- Ill have shades or curtains for both windows. -- Were about 200ft back from the road -- Guests arrive to the house via the front door; regular-friends come via the porch door. Most people just come to the porch door, and maybe look into the 1st window, but no one (not even us) look into the 2nd window. - Im not loving how the range starts right at the corner. Note: the mudroom is actually about 8inches less wide than shown; the software doesnt let me control angled walls well. DRright: DRLeft: Malhgold: thank you so much for your feedback and those example pictures. I had nixed this "DR on the Right" layout, because of my concern w/ the distance between the range and the fireplace. I am re-using my cabinets, so I had tried to squeeze in my lazy susan in there, which pushed the range out too close to the fireplace. But once I put in a ?blind-corner? Cabinet, I got that distance to be about 38inches and thats good enough. Plllog: Thank you for the lesson in footings. Yes, there is a 2nd floor to the main house, and were thinking of adding a 2nd floor to the current Familyroom (where the DR will be) to connect to the 2nd floor of the garage. So I am certain that I need an architect or a structural engineer. So its never too early to apply for permits? Very good to know. I believe this town requires a permit for everything beyond changing the lightbulb. Familyroom furniture: we dont have any right now. Its basically a playroom, so we have lots of play-kitchen, play-construction-table, train table, buckets and buckets of books and toys, but nothing for the adults. Once we settle on which room will be the familyroom, we will purchase items to fit the room. (Funny thing: we had purchase a new livingroom set back in the previous house. While we thought the set looked great there, the set looks so perfect in this house that they look like we had purchased them for this house.) Again, thank you for sticking with me. Really appreciate it.

I have the same sink and faucet placement as you do. My granite is centered like the whole sink, not at the sink divider. Looks better than if the seam was off center from the window.

So, I ended up decided to build out the wall and re-doing the soffit work up to the ceiling so it was even and flush. I left a cutout for the fridge (I didn't have the extra room there) but with the build out the oven now runs even to the counters (pipes don't make it stick out) and the pipes do not go through any cabinets. The decision added about $2k extra to my job since I also had to have the electrical ruff in work redone once I had the new wall built.. But, I feel like this was the best option. The kitchen cabinet design plan had enough wiggle room to account for the extra 3 inches on the bottom cabinets. Luckily, I hd enough room so the upper cabinets had the extra 3 inches without covering the window, so it worked with the new wall. However, since I didn't account for the bump out in the upper cabinets in the original design (and they were already ordered), when I centered the cabinets around my kitchen windows, my uppers fell short on the right of the window and do not match up, in line, with my lowers (they are a few inches short at the end). It doesn't bother me and all in all, the look was good, and it could have been much worse! I will look for photos and post some here, Let me know if you have other questions!