Great layout! I only have a few comments: * Undercounter MW: Is this a MW Drawer or a MW on a shelf? I ask b/c I think an undercounter MW on a shelf will be more difficult to access or see into from the front than a MW drawer from the top. This is especially true if anyone in your family is tall (or will be!) * You might want to consider a couple more 3-drawer drawer bases. Deep ones are great, but sometimes the shallower ones are better for things like --- cooking utensils --- silver/flatware --- kitchen linens & table linens --- pot holders --- wraps, foils, plastics, bags --- prep utensils & tools --- junk (yes...don't forget to allocate a junk drawer since most people end up w/one whether they plan to or not...if you plan for it you can at least control it's location!) Even Tupperware, measuring cups, etc. often fit better in "medium" depth drawers than deep ones. With deep drawers you have to stack/nest more and things aren't quite as easy to see/get to as in the shallower drawers. * Where is your tray storage? While it's not ideally located, I would recommend the 12" cabinet on the far end of the island. Yes, 12" drawers can be somewhat useful, especially when you have no choice, but I wonder if it might be better used as tray storage. I think the 24" cabinets under the island overhang would be too difficult to access trays, cutting boards, pans, etc on a regular basis. (I assume those cabinets are for little-used items.) HTH!

Oh, so glad you've moved DW left and range right. Good point on how you can just switch furniture back. Isn't it nice to have that kind of flexibility? I think it's coming along nicely. I notice you have mostly cabinets on your lowers. Please consider doing all drawers except sink base. A quick search will yield many discussions here at GW about lower drawers. It's one of the only things we all agree on. Drawers are so much more accessible, you can quickly find things even in the back, and they actually hold more than shelves. If you need to stack things, the draw sides hold them together and it's easier to lift up the things on top to get to the item you want lower down than digging through a cabinet. Also it saves a step over opening a cabinet door and then digging, or opening a cabinet door and then pulling out a roll-out shelf, because you just open the drawer. Simple. Easy. To determine your storage, you will need to do some work but it will be worth it. Determine where you want to store things. Items used in a certain location should be stored in that location. Use-in-place storage. Example: at your prep counter, you should have all your bowls, colanders, knives, and any other gadgets you might use during prep like can opener, shredder/grater, spoons, whisks, whatever you normally use. This way you can stand and prep and never have to walk across the room for something. It makes prep quicker and easier. If there are things you sometimes use when prepping but not often, you can store those things farther away. Stuff you very rarely use, can be stored even farther away. Once you have grouped together your items by where you want to store them, put them together on the counter and figure out what you want, for example, in a top drawer. Group them together and then measure how much space they need. You will need to know the draw depth of the cabinet line you're considering and then measure for drawer width and height. Then do this for second drawer, third drawer, etc. From this exercise you will know exactly how wide of a drawer stack you need, how tall the drawers, and whether you need 2, 3 or 4-drawer stacks. It's better to err on the side of a wider drawer than you need than a narrower one as you can always section off a wider drawer but you can't widen a narrower one. People who have taken the time to do this usually find that their kitchen is ultra-organized and easy to work in. It takes time but it's time well spent.

hi thanks for the suggestions. There isn't enough room to install an under cabinet microwave - there's only a few inches of clearance now with the microwave sitting under the cabinets. practigal- what do you mean 'buy a popup' ? We normally drink coffee where ever. We don't actually make coffee that often. The microwave gets used daily. Toaster is probably every other day or so. Coffee maker even less frequently. And mixer less still - although i think that will go up a bit shortly. also just to clarify, on the left side window, at what is the bottom in the layout picture, there isn't enough counterspace to store any of the items without blocking the window, other then maybe the coffee maker. also, there's no outlets over there. The closest outlets are on the top of that window under the cabinets. Otherwise I think i would have probably gotten a little corner stand/cart and put most of those items on that cart.

I adore your cabinets! Absolutely adore them. Are they in good shape? Are you at all interested in retrofitting your kitchen so you can keep at least some of them and then just add complimentary cabinets for any new ones you need? If not, if you live in the PNW, I might be interested in buying them off of you if they can be torn out without harming them. The most functional plan is the first one that you threw out because somebody didn't like the fridge blocking the window. What is behind that wall where the fridge is? If it's your art room, you can easily recess that fridge and make that wall of cabinets a bit shallower. If it's the outside, it can still be done but it's more complicated and a bit more expensive. Although I don't see what window it's blocking. Are you putting one in on the current sink's wall? I have to admit that I don't like windows being blocked either. Recessing the fridge should help with that issue. One reason why that plan is more functional is that it gives you the ice-water-stone-fire layout recommended for efficient food prep. But, also, because the fridge is where people can access it from other parts of the house, for a drink or snack, while someone is cooking without them having to cross through the prep/cook ones. For those reasons, I'd pick that plan. However, if the window crowding would bother you, Mama G's suggestion to put the sink on the right-side wall is a good one.