Hi Beth, re the spice cab- See the Pacific Heights home posted by Lisa and reposted later. Then focus on the upper glass cabinet closest to the window. Add a full height narrow, say 8 inches wide cabinet and put the cab door opening next to the window. Perpendicular to the rest of the cabs on that run. Many shelves-i have 7. So you end up having room for spice bottles two deep and several shelves high, opening with a cab door that is 12 inches by the height of the cab. hth. Also, I had that 'to the counter' cab on the peninsula made. Mine has a garage with a pull up door and I keep many things there-cutting boards, coffee paraphanalia, small appliances, all handy with no steps to walk. I also had cab doors made on all three sides, so that I can open that cab from the seating side, front facing side and sink facing side. One more thing--I put an undercounter fridge drawer unit in the blind corner on the seating side. Guests can get a drink, soda and kids get yogurt. It keeps traffic out of the working area, sinkside. Also, produce overload. It was a 2k splurge for me. We love it sooo.

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I like this plan a lot. I had sketched it out this way but wasn't sure it was really enough space. Thanks for taking the time to show the dimensions. My one concern about the refrigerator placement is whether of not it will make the kitchen feel "boxed" in when I am working in it. Maybe just when I am at the sink?. Question- could I put the DW next to the refrigerator without struggling with the DW door when it is open? I would most likely house my dishes and silver ware in drawers at that end of the island. It's nice to be able to move things straight from the DW into their storage spots without having to first put them on the island and close the DW door. I like the idea of the pantry. Do you have the space next to the pantry as a coat closet or the W/D? Thank you so much for responding and taking the time to sketch and upload. I am very, very appreciative.

Oh yes, it is amazing how we can adapt to whatever kitchen we have, even if it is not very functional! I never had a kitchen with a good layout until now. I owe so much thanks to the info I learned on gardenweb (or what is now this kitchen forum). Boy do I appreciate how functional my kitchen is now. I never knew how much more enjoyable cooking could be! Just wait until you have space to spread out for prep and more then one person can be helping you. It will be glorious! So as far as the peninsula design I drew, it would look very similar to smalloldhouse’s kitchen posted up thread. I have seen this galley/peninsula style kitchen many times, and it doesn’t look like an odd dead end at all. You just want to make sure you have enough space behind the bar seats to the wall. There is info on seating clearences in the New to Kitchens link I posted for you upthread. Now if you prefer the other layout where it is a U shape ending with a shorter peninsula, I might have an idea, but it really depends on what your goals for the kitchen are. Like do you want several countertops spaces for multiple cooks to prep simultaneously? Do you entertain frequently? Do you have large gatherings? How do you envision using the ”U” part of the kitchen? Are you open to a second smaller prep sink in the U part? I think a prep sink would be absolutely key to it functioning as an ”entertaining” side. I also am very concern about what the actual isle space measurement is. What is the measurement from the sink wall over to the staircase wall? I saw the one drawing showed the banquette bench at 5’7”. The isle looked only a couple inches bigger. Yikes! If my math is correct and you minus 25.5 for the perimeter countertop, that leaves you less the 42”. Is that right??? If so that is the bare minimum for a one butt kitchen. Imagine the traffic in and out of the fridge on the stair case wall with it being right behind the main sink prep and cooking zone. That is going to be super tight. It would need to need to be no less the 48”, but I think it would be best even a little wider. You could move the fridge to the left of the sink and DW and then do shallow pantries on the stair wall to get the extra isle space if needed. Here is a thread that explains how to ask for layout help and how to narrow down your goals for the space. Please us know if you would like more detailed layout help. We would need you kitchen goals and a measured, to scale (if possible) drawing. Graph paper is great! https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5500789/faq-how-do-i-ask-for-layout-help-what-information-should-i-include