Move (4) upwards some so its light isn't blocked by the top of the fridge. Maybe split (1) into two cans placed horiontally about 2 feet apart lighting the largest, most-used section of countertop - let's call these (1) and (1 1-1/2). Main thing here is to have four, not three, recessed lights for the back counter - two on the left, one between the sink and stove, and one to the right of the stove. This will illuminate evenly and reduce shadows in the crucial sink and left-of-sink workspace area. Light (6) is fine as long as it's supplimented by undercounter lights so you don't get shadows, which it will be since over-the-range microwaves have a light or two underneath to light the cooktop (but for the microwave, you would be better off with a non-range-hood over-the-countertop model that doesn't needlessly include an exhaust fan, like the Sharp R-1214: These have more room inside, yet are only 24" wide rather than 30", so the hard-to-reach cabinet above the MW can also be only 24" wide, allowing the more useful adjoining wall cabinet to the leff to be a half foot wider whilst remaining the same overall width for the right and left wall cabinets combined. And the microwave controls are easier to reach with all the buttons conveniently placed along the bottom. You'll want good general-purpose lighting fot the corridors that run between the counters/walls and island, perhaps LEDs, under-soffit LEDs or fluoescents, or some other onobtrusive edgelighting. Can the outdoor entry door near the stove be reversed in swing direction? As it appears now, someone entering the kitchen thru that door could startle someone holding a pot full of hot food in front of the stove, or at least the cook could get in the entering person's way.

We really like our second sink on end of peninsula, which is large, but then, we've got a little more space than you have I think. It's the place for large item washing, for washing garden produce, and is right there at hand when we're chopping. It allows handwashing for garage mechanic work. It also allows us to fill the dog bowl, the floorwashing bucket, etc without disturbing the double sink and its ongoing story. (My goal was that the second sink would hold a pumpkin.) You will find treatises by me on the GW regarding pull-out chopping boards/breadboards and I would of course advocate them for you, at the least one between water and range and one for baking. As for the windows I envy your all-same-size windows and would urge you to put a window above them if you can. Trapezoidal or triangular windows are hard to work with but a nice rectangular one placed horizontally is what I wanted and didn't get (long story). It's easier to put shades on a rectangular window. The high window's light would have penetrated the deep room better. We have a very dark dining room adjacent to kitchen and we're delighted to have brightened it up with our new windows but it's still dark. We don't want to own a built-in beverage cooler, on philosophical grounds as well as simply not needing it. We can cool a few beers or white wine in regular refrig. We buy or make ice and use the second sink or a bin on the desk for party beers. We store beer in garage which is cooler and we don't drink much pop and never buy bottled water. If my children lived here and were still little I would not want them to grow up thinking that cold sweet beverages are important or that plastic bottles are needed when there's a faucet nearby. (They are now adults who drink tap water for refreshment and don't have diabetes.) I wouldn't want more than a few bottles of white wine cold at any time--not good for the wine. There's more in basement in old well pit, cool and ready.

That drawing looks really nice. I suspect filling that window nook with additional cabinetry and counter would more than make up for cutting the shallow shelves short. That would also keep the deep portion from becoming too deep. The uncovered wall facing the kitchen could hold a planning board, or computer screen. It's impossible to really see things through another's eyes, but to my own, and I think I'm pretty darned refrigerator sensitive, you're overworrying it. Things people expect to see don't look funny, even if they are, like those big clunky chunky things that used to stand in the middle of every kitchen. We hated (not!) them so much we blew them up like balloons. Some now tower over their cooks and are greatly admired--by those who've priced them at least. :) People will expect to see a refrigerator in your kitchen. As long as you can keep the rest of the kitchen centered and hopefully finish enough of the fridge area in a uniform manner that doesn't pull the gaze away from the center, I suspect it'll all look absolutely fantastic. It already does.

As a buyer that one cabinet on the window wall would both bug me aesthetically and scream "not enough storage so we crammed cabinets everywhere we could" which makes the space issue super obvious. Yes, it is a small kitchen and storage is going to be a concern, but you want buyers to be thinking 'oh, what a lovey space!' rather than 'but where would I put my X?' when they are looking at it. The space issue is for them to figure out after they buy it if they don't notice before. It also visually closes in the space and makes it feel smaller. If you feel like you must have some kind of storage there I'd go with shallow open shelving - it seems like a nice place for a hot drink station (tea, coffee) potentially, so you could have shelves just deep enough for mugs and canisters of tea/sugar/etc. Somethig like that which provides storage but looks like things are just there because it's nice to have them accessible, not because there is no where else for them to go. (When I've had smaller kitchens I usually get creative with storage in adjacent rooms. Unless they snoop, no one can tell that your nice server cabinet in the dining room has less-used pots and pans or canned goods in it instead of tablecloths and placemats.)