i'd put the small sink on the other side of the island. then people using that one are out of the way of the main work area. You have a sink close enough to the range that you don't need the small sink there. I have 2 sinks close together and it's a waste of countertop space and cabinet space. I don't need 2 sinks where I can just pivot between them.

Also , is there somewhere else to where you can relocate the powder room? I wouldn't want a toilet so near my kitchen.

It would be wonderful to have room for all those features in this space (and it certainly is your home and you can choose to do so!), but I think the powder room and coat closet are impeding your desire to have a functional kitchen design. Thirty-three inch walkways between work areas are not quite enough. Also, the powder room makes that corner’s walkway even more of a bottleneck. For a more enjoyable kitchen space, I would place the refrigerator against the wall (instead of the coat closet and pantry) so that it is near the dining area and out of the main workflow of the kitchen. That way, it is accessible to the cook but near the table and/or living room for putting ice in glasses for dinner or grabbing a can of soda or juice while TV watching. I would put the pantry (as part of the cabinetry) on the south wall where the powder room is. I would center the stove on the south wall with appropriate drawers for cooking utensils and potholders, and pot storage near it. The main sink works in your #1 configuration because you can easily load dishwasher from one side and put silverware drawers on the dining side of the dishwasher for easy access to set the table, etc. Moving the island a little further to the left and reducing its size to allow 42” all the way around it would make a huge difference in the kitchen’s workflow. A bar sink might work well where you currently have it or it could be moved to the left side near the stove end. One other option would be to trade places with the main sink and stove, placing the sink in the center of the south wall (perhaps with a window over it) with the dishwasher beside it with silverware drawers and dish and glass storage nearby. In that case, your bar sink would work better on the right side of the island.

I realize all of this is radically different than your current plan to include a coat closet and powder room in this space; but, perhaps, this will give you a few fresh ways to consider some of the placements/configuration/functions of your space. It is your home, and I hope your family can enjoy this space (kitchen: “the heart of the home”) for years to come!

I don't have time to look carefully at your plan but you need to read this thread and internalize it. It revolutionized the way I think about layouts.

[Ice, Water, Stone, Fire thread by Marcolo[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/looking-for-layout-help-memorize-this-first-dsvw-vd~2699918)

There is also another thread about posting your needs and aspirations for the kitchen but I have forgotten what that is called. It used to be a sticky thread at the top, but that feature was removed when Houzz took over gardenweb. Maybe someone else can link it.

(edited to add regarding this last paragraph: Obviously I was in a hurry, a later poster corrected me that the diagram says 3 feet 3 inches not 33 inches. My apologies)

Also, your aisles are too narrow, particularly in front of the fridge if you have men/boys. For some reason they like to stand in front of the fridge looking inside for what seems like ten minutes, triggering the low temperature beeper, then asking finally where the item is that is actually right in front of their eyes at eye level, just perhaps in a different container than it was originally. That situation will completely block a 33 inch aisle. 42 inches is optimal. 36 inches from countertop to countertop is OK if you need it and your family is not large.Remember that countertops overhang generally by 1.5 inches so that would be 39 inches between cabinet fronts (not including overlay doors) to get the 36 inch aisles. That would also allow passage past an opened dishwasher, usually needed when unloading dishes.

1) guys, the diagram doesn't say 33" -- it says 3'3", which is 39-inch walkways.

2) I like the sink where drawn -- the space between sink and stove is most used prep space, so that's a good expanse, and it means that you can clean up from dinner while watching TV in the family room or chatting with people sitting there. The other proposed locations either block an aisle or put your back to the open space. (If that's a full wall rather than an opening, then that argument doesn't matter, but I still prefer sink and stove on same continuous counter.)

3) I know you're planning on a counter-depth fridge, but they're never actually 24" deep, so you won't get your full walkway there in the corner, even with the doors closed.

4) door should open into a powder room, not out -- this is even more important in a hallway like that, where traffic and other doors are obstacles.

5) I see you have some kind of pocket door to close off that whole area (laundry back there, maybe?), but I'm not convinced you'll ever use it -- the closet indicates that there might be an entry there, and if you have company, you'll want them to have access to the powder room... I don't know what the lower-left zone is all about, but I'd be tempted to look for ways to move the closet and do the fridge + pantry zone in that spot instead, as suggested above. You'd be glad to have a less crowded range and to keep people seeking drinks out of your work space.

Option #3 is a bad place for the sink. I don't see any pros and lots of cons to that location.

#1 and #2 are both good places for the sink/DW. I've had my sink in the island and on the perimeter and I much prefer it on the perimeter, but it's mostly a matter of preference. I would choose #1 for the following reasons:

1) Think about how much you use the sink and what you would prefer to be looking at while using it. I would prefer to look into the den.

2) I prefer to have an island with no appliances in it, pure prep space. My kitchen is much more functional that way, with one large prep area.

3) If you bake a lot, think about where you will likely roll out dough. The DW (or any appliance) heats up the counter above and around it, which can destroy your dough or make it stick to the counter, so you don't want the DW near your baking space.

4) I don't like having the dishes pile up on the highly visible island area. It's just unsightly. I always have a drying rack out and it eats up the whole island space, which makes it difficult to use the island.

I agree with above that the prep sink is unnecessary. You're kitchen isn't large enough to warrant one.

If you are taking recommendations on the powder room: I would keep your powder room in the same location, but pivot it so the door is on the left wall if possible. Then it's still close, but you can't see the toilet from the kitchen. It looks like you have a pocket door there so you can close off that area, but I've found (at least in my home) those are usually left open.

Option one without a doubt. Keep the island one big surface. Ours gets used for board games, buffet service, and eating.

Not option 3. Option 1 would be my vote. But above all I would move the powder room, or at least move the door opening if there aren’t other locations to move it.

Minimum work aisle widths:

• 42" for a one-person Kitchen (only one person prepping --or-- cooking --or-- cleaning up --or-- unloading the DW --or-- getting a snack, etc.)
• 48" for two or more people
• Aisle widths are measured to/from the items that stick out into the aisle the farthest -- appliance handles, counter edges, etc. They are not measured to/from cabinet boxes (24"D). Cabinet boxes are 24" deep, but they do not account for counter overhangs (1.5" beyond the face of the cabinet box), appliances, etc.

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Edited to add seating needs...

Seating space:

• Minimum 24" linear space per seat
• Minimum 15" clear leg/knee space for counter-height seating (36" off the floor) (after accounting for decorative door or finished end panel on the back of the island or peninsula cabinets)
• Minimum 12" clear leg/knee space for bar-height seating (42" off the floor). If plan to eat at the counter, need at least 18"D counterspace to fit plates + glasses without worrying about knocking them off onto the counter below. (Can be accomplished with 12" overhang + 4.5" thick wall + 1.5" overhang on opposite side.)

Aisle space:

• No work area or traffic behind seats: 36" to slip by; 44" to walk by (means dead-end, no through-traffic)
• Limited traffic but no work area behind seats: 48" to accommodate seated diners + traffic
• Work area and/or traffic behind seats: 54" or more
• Between table and island with seats on both: 60"

The width of your aisles even at 39” needs to be addressed....”42” for a one person kitchen , 48” for two cook kitchen. For island seating, even more space is needed.

#1 for sink, but I would really try to incorporate ice, water, stone, fire for best work flow If you want to eliminate the expense of a prep sink. A prep sink as you have drawn the layout makes sense for that work flow.

Really try to change the door location for the bathroom.

Probably #1. While it has disadvantages, those are less than the disadvantages with the other locations.

To preface: The overall configuration of your Kitchen does not lend itself to an island Prep Zone -

• There isn't enough counter/work space around the prep sink to be useful on the short side
• The island is a barrier b/w the refrigerator and the right side of the island
• The island is a barrier b/w the left side and the range
• If you have the Cleanup Zone on the peninsula, the aisle is much too narrow to fit both the Cleanup Zone and a Prep Zone on the right side of the island

Note: No option follows the natural Kitchen workflow; there is significant backtracking and zone-crossing. Kitchen Workflow:

Refrigerator --> Sink --> Prep Counter space --> Range

Ice --> Water --> Stone --> Fire

Option 1:

Pros:

• Partial workflow followed: Sink --> Prep Counter space --> Range
• Dish storage in island -- assuming you don't put them in drawers across from the DW since you will not be able to have both the DW open and the drawers open at the same time (45" wide aisle needed to have both open at the same time)

Cons:

• Island is a barrier b/w the sink on the peninsula and the refrigerator
• Dirty dishes front and center and on display for all to see in the Den

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Option #2:

Pros:

• Dirty dishes less visible to the Den since the counter is so far into the Kitchen
• Dish storage in peninsula drawers -- assuming you don't put them in drawers across from the DW since you will not be able to have both the DW open and the drawers open at the same time

Cons:

• Not enough room for both a Cleanup Zone and Prep Zone on the island with enough counterspace for both
• Island is a barrier b/w the sink on the island and the refrigerator
• Island is a barrier b/w the sink on the island and the range

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Option #3:

Pros:

• Dirty dishes less visible to the Den since the counter is so far into the Kitchen

Cons:

• Blocks access to refrigerator, especially with the narrow aisles
• Blocks access to the Powder Room
• Blocks access to anything else to the left
• No functional dish storage space near the DW

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Regarding the Pocket Door...I don't think you can put one there b/c the pocket cannot include the intersection of two walls. You could do a barn door (door slides on outside), but it will take a few inches off your aisle. You might be able to do an extra thick wall to accommodate both the intersection of walls and the pocket, but, again, I think it would take precious inches off your Kitchen. (Consult a Pro regarding your options here.)

Powder Room...b/c of the way the PR door swings, I don't think you'll see the toilet from the Kitchen. But, be sure your PR fan is loud enough to mask the sounds coming from the PR! :-)

You might consider an L peninsula, with the fridge toward the outside of the kitchen, easily accessed by anyone coming from the living areas.

If you must have the island, I'd make it 3' x 5', with no sink, and put the DW and sink in location #1.