The front door is in the dining room. I know it's a weird configuration. That front room seems a lot bigger in a drawing than it really is because of the walkways required for the doors. The layout if the whole house is really funky. Any help with the kitchen would be greatly appreciated!

One thing the OP probably didn't think to mention is that houses in South Asia are usually constructed out of brick, not wood. Don't know if that would impact the advice that anyone might want to give, but I thought I would mention it.

Not a pro - there are others here that are way better at kitchen design, but I think making your kitchen L shaped would be the best way to go. (Looking @ option 1, which I think is the better of the two). I see that you have a support beam which is why you have some odd walls. I think you can just incorporate that support into the leg of your L. You have a lot of counter space, but you're using it double duty now (your island is huge but it serves as both your wash space and your prep space). You could easily arrange it so you separate all of your work zones. I would eliminate the door into the office and the dry bar. Move the door to the pantry to be behind the kitchen wall. You can make the pantry really big (full width of the kitchen) or add a closet/bar in the office. Add landing space next to your fridge and wall ovens. I can't tell if you have a cooktop or range, but if you have a cooktop, consider making it a range and only having one oven (maybe under counter) to provide more counter space. If you go with L shaped, you could move your wash sink to the corner (obviously requires plumbing which maybe isn't possible) and do a prep sink on the island instead of a wash sink (off centered is best). That would give you a separate prep zone and wash zone. If adding a sink isn't an option, consider off-centering your wash sink so you have a little more counter on one side of it in case dishes tend to pile up at the sink (as they do at my house).

Hello again, and thanks again so much to both of you for your help. If you don’t mind I still have a handful of questions and would be so appreciative of any more advice. In terms of putting down pea gravel and not mulch it’s because the area is kind of on a slight side hill and I didn’t want the mulch washing away during heavy rains into my neighbor’s yard, plus the area is close to my house and my soil is very clayish and holds moisture the way it is and didn’t really want to encourage anymore moisture near the foundation. However the more I’ve read about this idea, it sounds like I should possibly use something a bit bigger than pea gravel so it doesn’t get suck in my pup’s paws, etc. So is there something that encourages the Tall Fescue and Oxalis to grow as I’m fairly certain the tall fescue is growing in areas that I “repaired” from dog pee and the seed shouldn’t have had any tall fescue in it. I’m still a paranoid that I’m pulling more areas that I think are tall fescue that possibly aren’t so here are some more pictures to hopefully confirm that what I’m seeing is indeed tall fescue. In terms of other areas that I recently repaired and if I see some of the seedlings/grass growing taller than the others what does that mean? Are those weeds, tall fescue? Am I better off trying to pull them now then dealing with them later? I’m mainly just trying to figure out what is the best use of my time and resources at this point since I’m in the Midwest and summer is almost over anyway ☹ I’ve attached some pics which hopefully helps explain my questions. So is is Tall fescue mixed in right? Is this more tall fescue mixed in and then see the few sprouts of brighter green grass, which is from new seed as this is an area I reseeded this year. Are those brighter tall sprouts weeds or... another example of an area that I reseeded....the brighter thicker strands that are kind of curled over are what? In general what type of grass is in this photo and is the thicker bladed stuff tall fescue near the bottom of the photo or something else? I get confused cause it doesn't seem real "clumpy" Is this a weed or a type of grass? I'm assuming this is a weed or type of bad grass here mixed in, notice the whiteish/reddish blades Well again, thanks so much for all your help, it's so greatly appreciated!!