Definitely keep the prep sink. I'd move the island toward the fridge a few inches, to make the island more convenient as a landing space.

If you make the tall cabinet on the clean-up sink wall a hutch, dishes could be stored there. I'd also suggest putting a DW on each side of the clean-up sink, rather than splitting up the DW's. It will be easier to keep track of what's dirty/clean, and easier to unload to dish storage.

I'd like to see clean-up and dish storage closer to the DR, but I don't think that can happen, since the fridge and freezer can't be switched with clean-up sink and DW, and in the current location, the fridge is convenient to the DR.

I agree with the suggestion to make the island extend closer to the fridge. If you can't or don't want to do that, move the prep sink farther from the fridge so you have more landing space for stuff coming out of the fridge.

So basically you guys think I should leave it as drawn except improving the drop zone space closer to the existing location of the fridge freezer? No one thinks I should flip the island?

Sms-- we did consider it, --so pretty and functional--but they are really expensive. The door that is to the left of that section of windows is one of those accordion doors (ours is La Cantina Brand) that we are reusing. I would love to have those windows open like that but preliminary price checking put it at around $15K, that just seems out of reach right now.

Mamagoose- thanks for your thoughts. My thinking on splitting with DW was so that one could be loaded while watching TV, as my husband likes to do. HAHA. You are probably right that it would be harder to keep track of. My thinking with the tall cabinet to the left of the clean up sink was for coffee and sparkling water. If I don't move the fridge to the left of the cooktop, then that tower was going to be for dishes.

Marci, to move the fridge between the only sink and cooktop (as I think you proposed), is not functional. Ice-water-stone-fire = fridge - sink- counter - cooktop.

The advice I’ve seen here about 2 dishwashers is to keep them both by the cleanup sink. However, I put lots of bowls, pots, etc in the dishwasher. What if the DW by the prep sink was mainly for prep dishes and the other mainly for regular dishes? I don’t have 2 sinks or 2 DWs, so I don’t know.

Thanks for your input emilyam819. Would you mind expanding on why you don't think moving the fridge next to the range and flipping the island is a workable solution? I was thinking go to the fridge, turn around and prep at the island, turn around and be at the range. This would keep the seats completely out of that triangle. The clean up zone would be further from the seats, but not unmanageable.

With a prep sink in island? Yes, that would work. I thought you were trying to have only one sink in that layout.

Then what would be where the fridge was?

Well, I could put the freezer column and the oven stack there. Or I could move the freezer to the other side of the range and put the microoven stack and a countertop/ appliance garage there. Not sure what is best...

I wouldn't move the fridge or freezer to the stove wall. For such a large kitchen, you don't actually have a lot of long, uninterrupted counter space, and moving the fridge over reduces that further.

I doubt that the counter on each side of the range will be used much, since the water source is on the island. Here's a plan with the island seating flipped, and the fridge on the long wall. Now, not just the clean-up sink and dishes are far away from the DR, but so is the fridge. Dishes could be stored in drawers to the left of the clean-up sink, to put them a couple of steps closer to the seating.

Thanks for doing that mamagoose- it’s so helpful.

So do you prefer the original option? Are we just st a point where both options are viable, it’s just personal preference with the trade offs?