You must be excited to build this and have things just the way you want! Are there stairs going down under the stairs that go up? How do you feel about refrigerator drawers? Will you be here forever or do you need a resale in 10 years or less? As a start, I would do the sink on the view wall, the stove on the left wall, close enough to the main sink to utilize it for prepping/draining pasta etc if you aren't going to have a prep sink. I'd use fridge drawers near your prep area and have the big fridge on either the stove wall or the back wall. (Trying to avoid putting it along the view wall next to the great room so you don't lose any of the view and so it doesn't hulk in the doorway and close the kitchen in, but functionally that's otherwise where I'd put it. You should know that I had a fridge hulking in my doorway for years and moving it was one of the best things we did!) If you can utilize the storage under the stairs, I'd put cute cabinets stair-stepping down, for less-used stuff. The back wall, by the entry, would be nice to have open so you can see what's happening out there. For that reason I'd put the fridge on the stove wall, perhaps with a pullout pantry next to the wall side of it, or a hutch/coffee area (something so that the fridge doesn't sit in the corner, far away and unable to be opened all the way. I'm having trouble balancing the bulk of the fridge in that area with the rest of the room, but someone else can tackle that if needed! And I think I'd do an island. I think a peninsula would block your entry into the kitchen even without folks perching, unless it is small and on the view wall with seating on the end of it (maybe rounded like a "J" so you have a little more room for a couple of stools). The seats probably ought to face the view. With an island you'd have a second prep zone if the space between the sink and stove isn't enough or the other side of the stove isn't working for you. You could have an overhang on the "south" side of the island, so folks could look out upon the view. You probably have room enough for a third seat (in a 42-48" wide island,maybe 5 feet long depending on how much clearance you want/need on the top and bottom aisles) on the aisle side so people can look at each other. (We have a similar situation in our house, with the main aisle along that side of the island, and that aisle seat is everyone's first choice!) Ok, that's all I have for now. Some of the really clever space designer's will sign in and help out soon, I'm sure!

If you give up the wall oven and use a range, you can easily move the fridge into the new section. Then make the area where the fridge was drawn into a snack/coffee center with the MW, and a small sink. It would be perfect for making a quick breakfast or a sandwich. If you don't want to look at the MW from the DR, you could hide it with doors, which is what I did in my vintage style kitchen. Deep drawers below could store small appliances. You could also put a wall oven beside the fridge in the following drawing (as in sena's illustration), with dish drawers below. You would have landing space for both the oven and fridge. I realized that the sink in your inspiration pic is off-center, so I increased the sink to 33", and decreased the trash pull-out to 12". The faucet can be centered with the window, to help disguise the fact that the sink is a few inches off. I have a 33" apron sink and 12" trash. Love both! The sink hides a lot of dirty dishes, and the trash pull-out is sufficient for our family of 5. I keep a large metal trash can in the mudroom, where I empty the kitchen trash as needed, and we compost, so YMMV. The corner by the DW could be voided, or you could have one of the pull-out storage units. You can check deedles' and arlosmom's kitchens for their corner cabinet solutions. Both are vintage style kitchens in older homes, and are two of my favorites. arlosmom's kitchen reveal and link--still makes my heart skip a beat :) deedles' kitchen reveal images--hidden MWs images--corner cabinet pull-outs

When we bought our carpeting I asked the owner about bamboo flooring since that seemed like an eco-friendly and fairly economic way to go. He didn't have anything very positive to say, something about it swelling and shrinking, and being difficult to install and maintain. You might want to check into that. You might want to determine a price range and then go to a flooring place and find out what options are within your budget, and have a look at samples and see what colors appeal to you. Darker colors will show dirt much more easily, and may not be what you want with a "beachy" theme anyway. Figuring out what colors you really love (have a look in your closet) and looking at lots of rooms on-line of different types should help. Houzz has a section on decor where you can see rooms according to what style you like which should be helpful.

Brutal but honest. Get your deposit back and run! Was in this position and learned the hard way. Don’t build with big box; build custom custom with a local builder who will accommodate all your needs and build a one story only. Two story’s don’t work when “aging in place”. Big box force you into compromised and design choices that don’t work. Skip the paint and lipstick and focus on layout and flow. When building a “forever home” you need quality over quantity. Our one story has larger hallways to accommodate wheel chairs and walkers. We designed around how you move through a space with ease. We have a big shower and no tub cause as you age, tubs are hard to use. Even the front door has literally one step that can accommodate a ramp as to when or if we get there it can be done. Every bathroom has storage and storage is essential. Bonus space is useless. Only put rooms in the house you will use. Formal anything is garbage and waste to heat and cool. These are all subject to preference but these are lessons learned.