I've got a very similar layout planned for my kitchen, except your pantry is my fridge. Otherwise, same basic layout. I personally love the look of some open upper space. I think cabinets upon cabinets upon cabinets can start to feel overwhelming, so some visual breathing room is appreciated.

I'd suggest mapping out what will go where in each cabinet. Literally go through you current space, write down everything you have, and figure out how it will transfer to the new space. Measure cereal boxes, pots/pans, etc and be sure it will fit how you'd like it to.

Good luck!

I am only having 6 uppers 2 on the sink window wall and 2 with a microwave bridge cabinet on the stove wall. It is fine to limit the number of uppers. You can always add open shelves if you decide you need more storage. Much cheaper than the cabinets.

Thanks for the input. Unfortunately, the floor plan is not really negotiable - we're actually adding the attached island & building up a wall where a railing surrounding a stairwell (to the basement) used to be. The counter ends where it does to accommodate the remaining railing & the blank space is our eat in kitchen... Like I mentioned; we have a rather small house with no spare storage space. I don't love shelves on a wall, but I also don't love space that is wasted...(blind corners). We had the option for a diagonal cabinet, but I feel those are dated.

The "island" actually will be the prep area, as it's the longest counter & storage area, so I'm fine with the trash there.

What is the deepest drawer I'd want? All of the base drawers now are 18 - 24" wide, but the depth is a sticking point.

Note: I added a "Detailed Analysis" to my post from earlier today. See the post above.

I'd really think about your work flow. Taking things out of the fridge to the sink, then across the aisle to prep then across the aisle to cook sounds inconvenient compared to prepping between the sink and stove.

I would definitely prefer the look of no uppers on the window wall but agree with you having to figure out ahead of time if that works for your storage.

There's actually only 50" between sink and attached island, so it's not too inconvenient to move between spaces. I'm mostly concerned with aesthetics sine it's an open floor plan & you see the window wall when you walk in either front door or garage door.

Ah! Your priorities are looks first and function second! Most of us here are function first and form second or "form follows function".

Something to think about...It's easy to make a functional Kitchen look nice; it's almost impossible to make a dysfunctional but nice looking Kitchen functional without starting over.

However, if looks are still more important to you, then that's OK, it's your Kitchen after all!

Of course, if you don't cook much, then maybe function doesn't matter. Over the years we've had people ask for help here for a show Kitchen, not a working Kitchen. They admitted they rarely, if ever cook and just wanted a Kitchen to show off. We're all different, so whatever is more important to you and/or however you use your Kitchen is your choice.

Good luck!

I meant the aesthetics of the window wall. There is not much we can do with floor plan, we removed the peninsula where the pantry is now set and added the attached island. We're already sinking 10,000.+ on cabinets alone, so we don't have the luxury to move plumbing as gas lines. I appreciate all the input of function, and I thought it was good flow... Sink and dishwasher next to dishes and cutlery drawers. Knives cutting boards and trash on island within steps from fridge. Pots, pans, range , spices in cooking area. Like I mentioned, I was concerned mainly with removing uppers on how much storage I'd lose doing so, and how it would look having just a pantry on a wall and cabinets running to the wall on the other.