I hope you're planning on having a vent hood over your cooktop!

What will the cabinets to the left of the fridge be used for?

I would personally move the fridge over to the left, move the sink over so it's not under the window, but to the left of the window, and make it a Kohler stages sink with two faucets. That will allow you to keep your island free, and give you more prep space between sink and cooktop. Most of your time is not spent at the sink but spent prepping, and by moving the sink over, you'll then be able to look out the window while you prep.

Can you post a 2D plan?

Thanks for the food for thought, cpartist! Yes, ventilation is coming. Zephyr Luxe (so as not to block the window) powder coated to exactly match the off-white ceiling colour and fit perfectly into ceiling woodwork. I'm done with typical range hoods and love trying new things so I'm very excited about this! The upper cabinets to the left of the fridge will hold the nicer china set which goes directly into the dining room further to the left for about 30% of our dinners so it needs to be handy. (Open shelves hold the every day dishes). No place in the dining room for a hutch or cabinet to hold the good stuff as it is all windows and fireplace. Am hesitant to move the fridge any further to the left because we need that counter as landing space for charging phones and dropping mail, etc - our front door is close by and I hate when papers end up on the island, also the weird angled wall (can't be changed) makes it impossible to move the freezer drawers any more than a few inches to the left. After agonizing over the fridge/freezer decision, I'm confident in my decision and don't want to open that can of worms again and I'm happy that the open shelves are equal widths. Anyhoo, I dislike doing prep on the current sink run because then I have my back to the family room (in front of the island) where all the action is. I don't think more space on that wall would change my habits, though that is a really cool sink! I've had an architect, my mom :), and two kitchen designers help out and I'm very happy with the layout and appliance choices, it's really just the prep sink decision I'm stuck on now.

I do have a 2D but it is almost illegible now as it is so covered in layered measurements and notes for the fabricator. I can try to clean it up tomorrow.

(For fun: we considered getting rid of the stove/oven cabinet run so that we could make that window floor to ceiling as it is in full view from the front door, and instead having a much longer island with cook top in it and wall ovens in the right corner. The window would be gorgeous but less practical for my personal cooking habits.)

Thanks for your time!

If your ceiling is higher than 8' the Zephyr Luxe will not help much at all and even at 8' or lower, it is still inferior to a regular vent hood. There's lots of discussions on the appliance forum why vent hoods are so important and how to determine what size you need and how high from the cooking surface.

I'd definitely get rid of that cab to the counter. Right next to the cooktop that would drive me absolutely batty. You need to have at least minimal landing space there. Besides it would get dirty quickly. I'm assuming you are doing induction otherwise I can't imagine it would be to code for gas. Anyway, to answer the question that was asked I think a prep sink would be lovely on the island if that is where you want to prep. It's certainly not needed with this layout but it also sounds like you know a second sink would be used so I'd go for it.

Im in the pro dumping ground camp - I know I need a space like that (why I love having a kitchen table in addition to the dr). And now I see the angle too so it makes more sense.

Having a cooktop in front of a window is not allowed in my localities. If allowed, the window must be non operable and tempered glass so that if it gets too hot and shatters, it will shatter in small pieces. I agree with coartist about moving the fridge to the left. It also keeps people getting items from the fridge out of your work area. A functional hood would be more effective than a design feature like the Zephyr that is not performance based.

Good luck!

If you cook a lot that spatters or use spray on vegetable oils you are setting yourself up for misery with the window. I would move the fridge to the right of the double ovens (losing that cabinet and put the stove where the fridge is. That would work better with a sink on the island. I like the idea of the island sink provided you get one big enough to be usable. You can get a cutting board to cover it-to look flush when not in use. (There is even a push down faucet if you really want everything flush but you have to devote more space to the sink area, not woth it in my opinion.) Are there two cooks or just one? If two a corner sink would give both a landing area, if one, then there should be a landing area on both sides. How big is the island? Are there other cabinets in this room on another wall?

Glass shards in your cooking. Yay!

This is not a layout that I would consider close to being'' done'.

use the long wall: eliminate the short side of your perimeter. Make a longer island then. Or even break up a long island run for two separate islands. You have separated fridge/freezer and double ovens, separate cooktop...this is not insignificant, as sq. footage is eaten up with appliances . The longer wall and longer island would allow oven, perhaps freezer in the island. Place fridge at one end of long wall...cooktop and good hood at other end of long wall. You have a bend in short wall....and gorgeous window as you state which you are blocking off......clear the short wall and grow your island.

Hmm a simple question about a prep sink has led to a lot to think about and a lot of doubt on my part. I've already worked with so many experts on this, including HVAC and a permits inspector, and made careful decisions based on personal factors too numerous to list here, that it is hard to be made to feel like I should open up the can of worms all over again. However, you have all raised a lot of great points and I do want to explore every option so I'm going to put more thought to it all. How about I start a new thread with the most current measurements and floor plan and a list of all my factors and reasoning and you guys can have at it. Let me shore up my confidence a bit first though! :)

Hmm a simple question about a prep sink has led to a lot to think about and a lot of doubt on my part

It happens a lot here. It happened to me in the building a home forum and because of all the excellent advice my house is now 100x better than when I started. And I got some excellent advice here in the kitchen forum too.

I also understand how frustrating it is when you felt you had a "good" plan.

Jess, you can start a new thread, or just add to this one with the measurements. Make sure you show not only the kitchen but the rooms adjoining the kitchen too so we can see the house flow in and out of the kitchen.

Just make sure to let us know what is non-negotiable. Such as if walls can or can't be moved. I promise you won't be sorry

In fact there's a very long thread here where the OP was ready to order the cabinets the next day and we all stopped her. We all gave her lots of options and ideas and because of that, she's now almost finished with her spectacular kitchen.

"Hmm a simple question about a prep sink has led to a lot to think about and a lot of doubt on my part. I've already worked with so many experts on this..."

Yes, it does happen a lot! It happened to me too! I'm soooo glad it did! My Kitchen would not be the wonderful layout it is now if it weren't for folks here stopping me form placing my cabinet order! Yes, it delayed our order by a couple of months, but that's nothing compared to the years spent working in the Kitchen every day!

Friedajune has a good point in your thread on the Appliances Forum...how do you plan to clean it?

http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/4276321/zephyr-lux-island-ventilation-that-is-flush-with-ceiling

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