I love the idea of the yellow, and beadboard either in wainscoting or cabinet door inserts would be cute.

One issue I had with my plan is the conflicting concepts of putting the sink under a window, the dishwasher next to it, but the dishes go in upper cabinets, and if those cabinets aren't very close to the dishwasher, no one will empty the dishwasher, and the beautiful sink will eternally be full of dirties. The odd thing is that it doesn't take much cabinet space for the bulk of daily dishes - plates bowls glasses and silverware.

So maybe there's dish storage by the stove that you can reach from the dishwasher? If not, I might think about moving the trash, and using larger drawers to make room for at least daily dishes.

Or maybe it's less of an issue for you.

Thanks lyvia. Glad you like the yellow. It makes me smile thinking about it. I like beadboard and have seen how nice that looks too but I am not very good at cleaning - so I might think about some beadboard elsewhere in this room.

And thanks for your discussion about the dish storage -I will have that close to the DW. As currently planned the glasses, cups and mugs will be in upper cabinets , maybe to the right of the stove, closer to refrig and coffee maker. Bowls, small plates etc will be in uppers to left of stove. We aren't ordering those yet so it could change. We also have a 2-tiered "plate server" (not sure correct name) that holds about 20 dinner plates. We use that now, take plates out of DW and store them there - it sits on the counter and then serve/set the table from that. That will/may sit on the left side of the counter on this 9 ft sink wall.

Maybe still a reason to convert the 4-drawer to a 3-drawer base? That way the middle drawer could hold bowls, small plates, etc. But where to put napkins, placemats, etc?

I definitely agree with you on thinking about the trash. That 18" seems to be such a luxurious use of that space. I wish I could put the trash under the sink but that cabinet will be too short and shallower than a standard cabinet. Or is it? What is the minimum (height and width)for a trash pullout? Again, it will be a single bin, and I will store some things behind it like dish soaps, etc. I will have a small trash bin under the prep sink on the island as well as 2 recycle bins.

Would love some more input. Buehl, plllog, rhome? Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Just throwing out an idea to address your concern that the cabinets are "too straight and shaker". What if you separated the left drawers from the trash pullout and made them into separate cabinets with feet? That might help break up the look a little bit. Also, where will you be storing your dish-washing linens (towels, dish rags, etc)? I love your plan so far.

are you ordering custom cabinets? if not, then all cabinets need to be in 3" increments. your 20" cabinets would need to be either 18" or 21" and yor 40" pantry would need to be 30" or 42". of course if you're going custom then you can do any size you wish. I love yor idea of the yellow and I personally am a big fan of shaker. to me they can go with any style.

Thanks pricklypearcactus, I do already have a piece of furniture that will be to the left of the drawer end. I'll use that for extra dish storage,etc. Good point on the linen storage. I will probably use one of the drawers, maybe the one over the trash (the trash pullout will be a separate unit so hopefully no smelly towels!. I also will have cabinetry on the stove wall - that will be at later date, but this is good to think about all of it now.

Could the trash pullout get shorter? That might make it too low and we would need to bend over to pull it out?

Still thinking about the drawer depth. I found a couple of old posts about drawer depth:

How deep are your shallow drawers? http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg0816443610715.html

What height for a kitchen cabinet drawer?
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg090057494158.html

cpartist, I am ordering custom cabinets for this 9 ft sink cabinetry. I already have the island cabinets and pantry cabinets and am reworking them. They are shown in the link in my first post. So the 40'' pantry is actually 2- 20'' cabinets that I will place side by side. They are tall - 90'' by about 13'' deep. How do you think this shaker style cabinet that I am planning for the sink will go with those island cabinets, remember I'll be painting those too.

Here is a link that might be useful: GW post How deep are your shallow drawers?

Trash pullout and sink run...If the trash pullout in the Cleanup Zone run (i.e., the main sink & DW run) will only hold one bin, I would consider making it 12" or 15" and adding the "extra" 3" to 6" to the cabinet on the left. Depending on how much cutlery you have, 20" may not be wide enough. Ours is 24" wide and that's the minimum I would go to be able to separate out the dinner forks, salad forks, soup spoons, teaspoons, knives, serving spoons, serving forks, and small ladles (as an example). Besides, the more space you have in your other cabinets, the more and more varied items you can store in them! Here is ours:

The back holds the things we didn't have room for...butter knives, iced tea spoons, seafood forks, pie server, non-wood handled steak knives, etc.

Our drawer height is 3-1/4" and is plenty tall/deep enough.

Range cabinets...I'm assuming you already have those? If not, consider making the cabinet to the left of the range 24" instead of 18"...it not only will give you more work and landing space, but it will also give the Cooking Zone a little more protection from casual kitchen traffic and people in the Cleanup Zone.

Just as an fyi...here is my 4-drawer stack. It holds, top to bottom, flatware/cutlery, plastic bags & wraps, extensions cords & misc electrical-related items, and bread. (The dimensions of the drawers are listed above.)

Note: Not all semi-custom cabinets require you to use 3" increments...my semi-custom line had a 31.5" tall oven cabinet...at least there was no upcharge for the size, so I'm assuming it was an available cabinet size.

Thanks buehl! I think you are right about the pull out and about increasing space for the drawers. It is only one bin for trash - and we'll store a few cleaners, soaps behind it. We have a double recycle on the island (already have the cabs)and also will put a trash bin under the prep sink on island (on the door, and not as a pull-out - we have trash under our sink now and it works fine for us). Thanks for the photos and dimensions - your other posts that I referenced above were very helpful too! Thanks :)

So, I will change the trash pull-out to a 14'' and the 4D's to 24''. Much better use of the space - those 4Ds initially started less than 10'' and have grown!

I don't have the range cabinets yet. Those will get ordered later so I will plan for those cabs to left of range so that the countertop is wide enough.

Now to decide on cabinet style - foot, furniture-style, toe-kick, panel.... :)