Is there space on the interior wall for the fridge, wall oven and cooktop? Or, you could use a range, rather than separate ovens and cooktop.

Here's a quick idea--if space permits, you could add a shallow, side-loading pantry beside the fridge, and have an island for landing space. The bottom corner of the island (red semi-circle) could be rounded, to continue the theme.

I put dish storage in the island, across from the DW. Of course, without actual measurements, we won't know if everything will fit.

Thank you Mumma Goose, it's such a strange house but on a beautiful block of land.

If I owned this home I would find a kitchen planner who also was an interior designer. The walls and such: it is unique and needs attention to detail and approach to enhance features. are four bedrooms the best use of the space?

You need an architect and an interior designer and a kitchen designer. Is this a bit of Mid cen you have? Get the pro's a plan a budget. This is more involved than removing "squiggled" walls.

I agree this is not something to decide one a room at a time, the best is as Jan mentioned the help of all those pros. Of course you know that all the flooring will probably need replacing too. Moving or removing walls is like opening a can of worms and you will need help.

Do you have photos of how it looks on the inside now? Are you only doing the kitchen?

Thank you all. The plan as it is, isn't quite how they built the house.. In the kitchen we have a corner sink, it's horrible, break your back each time it's used and water goes everywhere. The stove top is along the the internal wall near suken lounge. There is no aquarium. The storeroom holds the hot water system (that was a shock when we moved in), we are moving the hot water outside.
Our budget isn't huge and as much as I would like to put the kitchen in the dining area we would have to play with the external structure as there are full windows there. The kitchen currently feels very enclosed, it's mismatched - when the house was built the builder sourced materials from other jobs, so nothing looks quite right, we are the first owner occupier, love being here on land with no close neighbours. We've added a huge covered outdoor area - pool, that look down to our dam, forested area and horses work area, squared off the laundry (it was tiny before and the linen cupboard in the hallway is too narrow to even hold paperback books). We run a business from home so must keep the office, spare room is used weekly. We plan on retiling the whole house when we sort the kitchen area.... I do HATE the curved walls. We're an active family who always have extras staying, the kids use the family space more than us as we hide in the lounge. The curves near the kitchen waste a large amount of space - where they join straight walls there are odd angles that can't be used. I really appreciate your feedback and ideas. Thank you - feel free to keep them coming

So I have no idea what moving hot water to the outside gains.I don’t know why the removal of the wall in the DR it gives you seperation from the entry now. I think a good KD coulld be your best friend in this process. I honestly have no idea about the space without pictures as it is

I repeat:

This ( yours ) is not a forum /online toss it out there question.

Sit down, figure a two year timetable max, and a budget to go with it

Start an idea book on Houzz

Make a list of daily needs, functions, and how you live, work and entertain

Call an architect. He/she will have a team. That may include a KD, an interior designer, a contractor etc. Or an Interior designer can have those same folks at his or her finger tips.

This isn't the planning place for an endeavor this size. It is not. : )

You will end with a thread exceeding hundreds of posts depending the attention spans of summer and vacations et al. You will still be NOWHERE. Do your homework, and a sharp pencil will come in handy. Good things take time and are worth waiting for. There is no magic in remodel/build and any design endeavor. It only appears that there is when well done, and finished.

Sorry Jan, I thought the forum was for sharing and developing ideas - my mistake. I have fully renovated in the past but was stuck with our current home, we've been playing with ideas for 3 years and this is the last area. I appreciate your reply.

It IS for that ! But not for every single question. Not for every single circumstance. An Architect, a KD..........they are for ideas that work IN your space. Within your budget. That Is advice as well. The suggestion to get those folks into your home.

It won't take three years , to get concrete concepts of what is doable. It is simply an on site endeavor for you and a good local team you put together.

your home is wonderful and unique. Find a designer that understands your timeline and budget and have them help you with the layout. This will take a few revisions but I can envision a gorgeous and functional finished space.

Aaron -- you are correct. Do not let some people (especially the Pros we've inherited from Houzz) discourage you from thinking about/working out ideas and tentative designs here. Eventually you will need to work with a Pro, but initially, you can use us as a sounding board and reality checker!

In my experience, most of the KDs you see at various shops/stores usually want to make the most money with the least amount of effort, so they throw out cabinet-intensive layouts (many, if not most, get a commission on cabinet sales) and the fastest/easiest design possible. If you have ideas to present -- not as "finished products" -- it can often get the creative juices flowing (or at least put your KD on notice that you're not going to be satisfied with a quick builder-grade Kitchen design).

"Sorry Jan, I thought the forum was for sharing and developing ideas - my mistake."

"Aaron -- you are correct. Do not let some people (especially the Pros we've inherited from Houzz).................."

I am now on a project that began nine months ago. A small but very complicated cape. At first look/meeting we batted renovation ideas around. Chatted on site for a couple hours. I got the plans and quickly re worked the second floor layout to much improvement, especially the master bath.

THEN...with some resistance from my clients i said, we NEED an architect. I do not want to waste time and effort, or your money. Stairs, changes in elevations involving carrying beams , and many more more challenges required an ARCHITECT for the first floor and a new kitchen.

The absolutely ridiculous idea that any pro is here to ruin your fun is just that.Ridiculous. Go ahead!! The only difference? The pro knows when its a total waste of time and effort. The Architect is the "short" route. The ideas happen on that site as the arch explores with you, all the ways you'd like the house to work for you. Whether the ideas may be possible is a combination of budget and site and many things none of us can even see.

So. Unless you are prone to asking your hairdresser how to surgically remove a very scary spot on your face.............you'd be far better off in the waiting room at the dermatologist, and right away. "Inherit" some common sense as to when you're out of your depth. Most pro's ego's are not so fragile - that they can not recognize when to call for the artillery.Know too, that architects routinely call interior designers. For the same reason.