Dianelouise, LOVE your "work triangle"! :O I'm at the stage where I feel like I am camping out in my own house, sure feels like "roughing it!" We are now without a kitchen sink and have resorted to paper/plastic/doing dishes in my new pedestal bathroom sink. Cabinet install/trim/beadboard/painting is almost done. First floor ceilings have all been painted, what a difference! Cherry butcher block island top was installed yesterday; the granite perimeter was templated today (we are getting honed Absolute Black) and should be ready for install during school vacation week! (At least it will be cool for the kids to see!) Stove is in living room, dishwasher in garage, small kitchen appliances and other kitchen stuff is in boxes anywhere it will fit. Kitchen lighting (from Rejuvenation, yay!) due in next week, hope to get our electrician here next weekend, since we are still using a floor lamp in the newly-reno'd bathroom. Flooring for the entire main floor has been ordered and should be arriving @ the end of the month; we're putting in variable-width wide plank pine flooring. Shooting for this weekend to start painting walls, already started on the trim. Cararra marble subway tiles have been ordered for backsplash, due in 2 weeks or so. WHEW! Now will SOMEBODY please pass the chardonnay (which I fully intend to drink straight from the bottle, since I can't find a wine glass...) !!!

I have labelled more areas of the surrounding rooms on the plan with the rough in of cabinets because I thought it would be clearer than writing the labels on the diagram with lines of the measurements. I hope it helps to give you a feel for the house. The kitchen is located at the front of a side by side split level house to the right of a good sized foyer. Two knee walls with columns (they look like shovels on the drawing) define the opening to the kitchen. The garage is to the right of the kitchen. The living room and the dining room flow from on to the other left to right across the back of the house. There is a 4-5 foot opening between living room and dining room. The dining room is kind of formal. ilucy, thank you for bumping this post this morning. Atmoscat, the aisles will be at least 4 feet all around with an island measuring base 39in and 41in countertop. Mama goose, you are awesome to draw up 2 alternatives. Initially we thought that we would alter the dining room wall in some way, but have decided not to impact the dining room. We want to preserve the wallpaper and the mouldings , so keeping the opening to the dining room as is works. We also enjoy the look of the French doors and view of backyard and deck from kitchen. It also provides great cross ventilation. Having a sink under a window is lovely, but not in this house. I would be too visible from the street. Even though the houses are on big lots, my across the street neighbors and I can wave to each other from our kitchens as it is. I understand the rationale for the work triangle, but I don't mind spreading out and walking a bit as I work in the kitchen. I have never had a kitchen with work space at right angles. Not sure how comfortable I would be with that arrangement. Despite my own biases, the layouts that mama goose proposed create very attractive kitchens. I have inserted a more detailed diagram and some photos of the existing space. Here is diagram with more labels The galley kitchen with island at foreground. Dining room in background. The wall on right will be removed to open to former dinette. view from entry foyer. The wall straight head with painting will not be as wide, so space is more open to new area. entry hall with stairs on left; living room straight ahead

And does your homeowner's insurance know that you've demolished a great portion of the house into an attractive nuisance? Does your mortgage company know that you've hacked into their asset that they let you live in? Does your municipality have folks that notice dumpsters and construction materials and just lives to fine folks for remodeling without permits?

Felipe, LOL, I was waiting for that one! We violated the Houzz rules that are often repeated (42” for a single cook and 48” for two) and the spacing is 36”. So far, I have not noticed that it needs to be larger. It is nice to be doing prep on the island and to do a quick turn to work at the stove or oven. There is also plenty of room for both of us to be working, and if we bump butts, that is a bonus ;-) Also, if you look at the drone shot of the roof, you can appreciate how all of these dimensions are interrelated. The new roof and the cricket over to the old roof were limited in height by the 2nd floor windows. The width of the addition was limited by the pitch of the roof and desire to tuck the addition between the guest bedroom and the patio. The nominal ceiling of 9’ with a 10’ tray/coffered ceiling centered over the 156”x48” island set the location of the island, and the width of the island and depth of the cabinets set the spacing of the work space between them... and of course every additional sq-ft was limited by budget. Bottom line; spacing is 36”. It might have been nice to have an extra foot, but we made design decisions for architectural and financial reasons, and we haven’t found ourselves cursing those decisions.