Well, I am an enthusiastic baker and a terrible, reluctant cook, so mine are a bit skewed.

I have all my silverware/utensils, everyday dishes (bowls, plates), and frying pans/sauce pans in a single 30" drawer stack with one shallow top drawer (the silverware drawer) and two deep drawers underneath (one with the bowls/plates, and one with the pots) .

I am soon to be the proud owner of a very large soup pot and maybe also a dutch oven, and those I will keep in the pantry.

I also have another 30" drawer (also one shallow drawer and two deep) that is entirely devoted to baking supplies and small lidded glass containers we use instead of tupperware.

We don't have a junk drawer because getting rid of stuff is my jam.

My drawers are all triples - top one 6" high and bottoms are each 12" high (full overlay). Pots drawers are 36" wide. Silverware/dish drawers are 28" wide. I have 2 junk drawers (his & hers) one is 21 and one is 27 but shares space with coffee filters, spoons, meds. Under the 27 inch one are microwave dishes & baking pans, under the 21 inch one is snack food & tea. I also have 18" wide banks on either side of my cooktop for cooking utensils, food wrap and food storage bags, dish towels, and more cooking equip. And a bank across from my cooktop that is 19" wide which holds spices (top drawer), cutting boards, colinders below. I wish the spice drawer was a little wider and the silverware drawer could be smaller.

- Pots and pans drawer: I'm reusing some of my current lowers so I will be using a cabinet instead of drawers for them. The top 30" shelf is big enough for all my pots. The most frequently used sit in the front and are easy to reach without being in a drawer. Pans go in a separate cabinet with an after-market vertical tray storage unit that is big enough for 3 fry pans and a griddle all I own and need Easy to reach in and grab the handles. The storage unit is roughly 16-18" wide. Lids go in the drawer in the bottom of the range. The bottom drawer, below the pots, are two home-built boxes attached to the pull-out shelves which houses all my plastic Tupperware-type items. There is a slot in the back of one of these just big enough where I can toss all the smaller plastic containers.

- Dish drawer: 21" wide, 4-drawer stack. Cutlery in the top drawer. One set of dishes in the 2nd drawer, another in the 3rd drawer. Each set of 8 dishes include plates, salad plates, and bowls. Bottom, taller drawer for glasses. Serving pieces stored in a separate drawer in another 21" drawer stack. Good china stored in a separate buffet along with some of my other nicer serving pieces.

- Silverware drawer: See above, top drawer. This drawer also holds all my most commonly used serving pieces. Good silver-plate stored in a silverware box in the buffet with the good china. My less commonly used serving pieces are in this box.

- Junk drawer: Don't have one. All junk is in the basement. I do have some tools, flashlights, batteries and such in a drawer in my pantry but I don't consider this junk.

- Any other interesting drawer you may have: In my narrow, 9" cabinet, the top drawer is used for pens, notepads, twist-ties, clamps for closing things like chip bags, and such. Bottom cabinet part holds my cutting boards, stored vertically.

- Favorite double cabinet doors: N/A. I have no upper cabinets.

That may all be more than you needed to know. Hope it helps.

My pots and pans are in a 37" wide, 3 drawer stack, top drawer is 6" deep and holds all my cooking utensils, middle drawer is pots, bottom drawer is skillets. All my bakeware is stored in a 28" 3 drawer stack, top drawer is 6" deep and holds all my spices, middle drawer holds all my stoneware baking dishes and the bottom drawer hold all my glass bakeware. I also have 2 4-drawer stacks, one 21", one 27" that hold regular silverware, dish towels/rags, aluminum foil/plastic wrap/baggies, a junk drawer for my hubby, metal pie pans/cake pans, miscellaneous cooking gadgets (can opener, spatulas, citrus squeezer, zester, etc). The only 2 door cabinet we have is the sink cabinet, the few uppers we have are 1 door.

I have a smaller kitchen (9.5'x11'), so I have to do with what I have, although I would like more space. Think of my measurements as "minimums", not ideals. I would ideally have twice the room :-) All lowers are drawers

-Pots and pans drawer - 36" wide 9" deep

- Dish drawer - dishes in cupboard upper 18 wide 30 high

- Silverware drawer - 12 wide (plus 36"wide shallow cooking utensil/baking drawer which we both adore)

- Junk drawer - got rid of it :-)

- Any other interesting drawer you may have - Tupperware drawer, 24 wide 9 deep. Appliance drawer fits my crockpot and is lifechanging, 36 wide and 8 deep. Three drawers dedicated to recycling/waste sorting: 24", 15" and 36" undersink. These saved my marriage as we were drowning in recyclables before in this small house.

- Favorite double cabinet doors - n/a on the lowers. I have one set on the uppers for coffee/tea/medicine cupboard. I have an upper drawer which is a tea pullout. It's weird but I like it.

I also have an adjacent set of drawers in my "dining room" (nook) that keep my life organized, such as a Boot drawer (I am serious we have no mud room) 15 wide 20 high. Purse drawer cause it's always on the counter. Battery drawer. Party drawer for napkins and candles. Office drawer with files and supplies. Garden drawer for gloves and tools. Pet drawer for dog food. All of that is where my junk drawer went!

Be honest? I'm not gonna waste a lie on this kind of question. Doubt anyone else is, either.

Bigger = more space = better.
Stick your stuff in a current drawer somewhere in your house and measure how much bigger it should be. Or shouldn't be.

Pots and pans 37 inch x2 plus bigger pans in Super Susan.

Dish drawer- 2 level 42 inch drawer. Remember the drawer counts as part of the total weight.

Silverware drawer 22 inch

Knife drawer 22 inch

Junk drawer- I think we each have a 27 inch drawer.

My upper baking double door cabinet. 30 inches. I think I have about a dozen different flours in it. I am hoping to decrease the number by using my vitamix to make some flours in smaller batches.

Of course our caves are my favorite cabinets. They are technically in the sun room.

OK! So I looked at all your measurements and comments. Based on your comments, I redesigned the lower cabinets. Please see my other post. I would love to hear what you think. The new pictures are now down somewhere in the comments, not on the opening post. Thank you!

http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/3172026/picture-heavy-thoughts-please-kitchen-and-laundry-elevations