Thank you for the comments. Let's see if I can cover them. 1. It seems that no matter where I put the DW, it's not going to be optimal. If I put it to the left of the sink, the door sticks out into the doorway a bit. I looked up the product manual for a frigidaire we had looked at and its listed dimensions have it sticking out about 5 inches beyond the door frame. If I put it to the right of the sink, it ends up sitting right next to the refrigerator generating heat. My best guess for locating the dishes in this kitchen (plates and glasses anyway) would be up and to the right of the sink when I get that cabinet installed. I hadn't put much time into storage locations yet though. 2. I rotated the diagram some to display my problem area better: the bay window storage. In the most recent image, the bottom right is an existing pantry and the bottom left is the bathroom. I'm not attached to the pantry at all, I just didn't want to go to the effort / expense of removing it unless it bought me a better layout. 3. I agree, I'm all about more storage there. I modeled all three options at one point. The version I posted was just the most recent one I was looking at. If we do put a counter in there, its primary goal in life would indeed be a stuff / junk collector to keep it off the rest of the counters. I'd never expect any actual functional use as a counter out of it. I think I looked at all of their different options, but the closest thing I found with less than 24" depth was a utility cabinet that didn't appear to have any shelves. I'll check again though. If I can't find one, is it feasible to "stack" one or two wall cabinets on top of the 12" base unit? The studs would be carrying the actual weight anyway and not the base unit, so the stacking would be purely cosmetic. 3a. I did model the kitchen with the island in another version as well. The distance on that side was less problematic than the distance between the island and the windows by quite a bit. I'm still playing with the numbers on that one, but best guess at this point is moving the island out another 2-4 inches from my original location in order to better accommodate seating around it. I'm going by the house today with some painters tape to outline the options on the floor and see how it all fits together in person. 3b. I hadn't even considered moving the drywall pantry to there. Good idea if I can make it work. 4. Thanks for the info, I hadn't priced the details on any of these cabinets yet, so the exact details of what type of cabinet goes where may still change. I'm hoping to go do that this weekend. Those do indeed sound expensive, so I'll check out the third party ones. 5. I honestly hadn't given a lot of priority to the sink yet either. I'll have to ask the wife if she has a preference. I've always had a double basin sink, so I just drew what I knew without giving it much thought.

Try a home center store like Home Depot. They will sell curtain finials as well as finials for stairways and outdoor railings, too. As long as you are going to paint them, it doesn't much matter the material from which they are made. You could also go to a large craft store and check out the wood craft department. They will have various wooden balls, eggs, ect which could be used. Pumpkins for finials would be cute, but I think I would try to get something that you can use year 'round. The other thing you could do, if you don't care about having the large finials, is cut off most of the screw and just put on lamp finials.

Ah, I get what you mean Becky about the "transitional condo" because now that's all I see! I love being able to post here for opinions because you guys really are so helpful!! I'm currently on a mission to find that chandelier you posted. We have to buy all our light fixtures at a certain place so I hope they have something similar! Worst case, we might go with something cheap and then change later! @damiarain thank you for kind words! funny that you mentioned that about the laundry room because the original floor plan had a door between the laundry room and our master closet. I didn't like the door because I felt like it was too much easy access to my closet which I feel like is a very private place. We host quite a bit for family and friends! However, we are adding a little shoot/basket that I can access dirty laundry in the closet from the laundry room! It'll be similar to the photo below but a lot larger. Super excited about it!

Grout is the least of your issues. Green board is not waterproofing. It hasn’t been allowed since 2006, and there are a lot of rotten showers from when it was used. You need a waterproofing system. You get to remove all of that and start over. Your shower will leak. Buy the industry bible if you are going to DIY tile. It has diagrams of multiple correct scenarios. https://www.tcnatile.com/products-and-services/publications/218-english-publications/188-handbook.html