I believe square/rectangle is more spacious than round. Plus, I just prefer clean, straight lines anyway. How wide is your island on that end where you're placing the sink? In a kitchen your size, I would go as big as possible. 21-24" would be amazing. But, you don't seem to have enough room for that where you've got it placed and still have much counterspace for work. I'm sure you've thrown out this idea already, but what about moving the sink around to the long end of the island? My prep sink interior is about 15-16" wide, and I sometimes wish it was a bit bigger. I was set on Blanco's silgranit, and their sizes are limited. I would have larger if one slightly larger was available.

I have a similar layout, and I chose this sink: The Franke GNX11016 I, too, put mine on the corner of the island to access from both sides, with a corner placement of the faucet. I really wanted it symmetrical. I love this sink! The sink is symmetrical, with a corner drain placement, nice and deep, big enough for my largest stock pots and colanders, but not so large as to hog tons of counter or cabinet space. (Note, put tip out on the false drawer front for a handy place to hide a sponge, drain stopper, etc. This is really handy on the island where you don't want to put a bowl/holder with that stuff on the "back" of the sink . . . which works nicely on a perimeter sink.) I bought mine on Amazon (or somewhere like that) for about $350, but here is a link at AJ Madison since they have great spec details. (But terrible customer service. I bought one thing there, and I'll NEVER buy from them again!) http://www.ajmadison.com/cgi-bin/ajmadison/GNX11016.html Hope this helps! Also, I think your layout looks lovely! You're going to have such a great kitchen!

Interesting how people looking at the same picture see something different ... Take away the doorway and this is the classic U layout. Maybe you could call it a Broken U, but a U is uninterrupted and keeps everything within reach of a single cook -- that's the strength of a U. An L is better for shuttling traffic through /allowing multiple cooks, and that's the functional style we have here. The hood should be six inches wider than the stove below so that it really catches all the odors and grease rather than allowing them to be deposited onto your cabinets. I know this is common advice here, but I've never found a need for a wider hood /never had a problem with odors or grease -- maybe my hood is stronger than average? A related issue: When your stove is on an interior wall, you have to figure out how you're going to vent. It's certainly not an insurmountable issue, but it is one that you need to address. Like others have said, you probably want all drawers in your lowers, rather than a mix of drawers and cabinets. Yes. Inventory your current kitchenware, then assign everything a spot -- that'll allow you to accurately determine whether you have an appropriate number of drawers and cabinets. Personally, I'm planning for my base cabinets: 3 cabinets, 3 three-drawer stacks, 1 four-drawer stack, and 1 pull-out behind a cabinet drawer. I could not have predicted these specifics without having "assigned" items to specific places. The island looks very large. Will you be able to reach the middle of it to clean it? Always a concern for me. A prep sink in the island would do a lot for the layout, that's the biggest change you need if you want to keep the basic layout here intact. I'm not a big fan of repetitive items, but I agree that if the OP's going to keep this layout, a prep sink on the island would be helpful. Realistically, though, adding a prep sink is expensive and would eat prime island storage. I'd rework the plan rather than do this. Other thoughts: I agree with the idea of moving the oven(s) to the side near the sink, and I agree that this area appears to be a potential clutter magnet -- perhaps go with a tall cabinet here instead of countertop? You need to flip the pantry door. Imagine you bring in groceries, set them on the island to organize them ... you have to walk around the pantry door. Best would be a pocket door, but I'm not sure you have the space. You're going to serve beverages from the area near the refrigerator ... but the dishwasher is on the far side of the room /with the island in between. Since you wash so many glasses, it'd be better if the dishwasher and beverage area could be closer. The dining room looks fairly far away from the kitchen; plus everything's going to have to be carried around the island. Any possibility the family room could go into this area (if you rework the mudroom, it could have windows on two sides) and place the kitchen directly in front of the dining room? Overall, it'll be a pretty kitchen, but it could massively improve in terms of function, work zones, placing things in convenient places. "Walk through" mentally and imagine yourself doing everyday chores: Putting away groceries, making your favorite casserole, fixing coffee or a soda, cleaning up after dinner, etc.

I'm surprised we don't see more sinks on peninsulas facing living areas, worktops under windows, and cooktops on the right angle exterior wall from the window I know - since I essentially designed my own kitchen in my current house (some help from this site), I put the cleanup sink on peninsula facing the dining area, and my workspace under the window. I figure when I am prepping food, it's always daylight out, and sometimes prepping takes longer than cleanup. So, I wanna look out. At the cleanup station - that often happens (in winter) at deep dark night. Plus I can talk to any guests more easily. My arrangement: Fridge (west wall), small prep sink - NOT in front of the window!, prep station range (from right to left on south wall), recyclables and general trash, sink, dishwasher (from right to left on peninsula). Most-used dishes stored an easy reach from DW on north wall. Pots and pans under range or in drawers just to the right of range. Absolutely NO complaints from me in my kitchen arrangement. But my kitchen is semi[open rather than full scale open. You can't see the dirty dishes from the living room, although from the dining area you'd still see them - no matter where they are. Here, code precludes putting a range in front of a window - which I didn't want to do, anyway. I would also never voluntarily put a range on an island or peninsula. There are those who say that putting a DW to the right of the sink is the thing to do for right-handed people. I'd spent the past 30 plus years of my life with preexisting kitchens with one to the left - totally adapted to that, (just as I trained myself to mouse left-handed on computers from the get go of the invention of mouse-operated computers... - leaves my right hand free to scribble notes...) Due to the overall functionality of the house, and that I wanted the dining area to the east - more importantly my master bedroom on the west - (seriously, I thought with retirement I'd be sleeping in a lot more than I do! HAAH!) my cooktop / range is to the LEFT of the prep area / window. And my view / back of the house is to the south.