For the shaded area, on the wall, I would plant Alba Semi Plena, and Felicite Parmentier, from vintagegardens.com or Hortico.com (mail order in September) with six hours of full sun you have a wide choice of roses in our latitude, From roguevalleyroses.com and a.r.e. on the wall with trellising support Crepescule on the wall Marachel Niel on the wall, Spray Cecille Brunner, on the wall Mme. Alfred Carriere Reve d'Or or grown with lower canes removed as a self supporting bush. from pickeringnurseries.com in septermber Celine Forestier grown as a bush or climber M.A.C. Alistair Stlella Gray for a climbing rose or stripped of lower canes and grown as a 6' tall shrub. pickeringnurseries.com For deep and rich fragrance. vintagegardens.com Mme. Boll Musk scent. Reverend Seidel R. moschata I'd plant several of these in a row where the breeze with carry the sweet musk scent for several yards away from the bush. Horico.com Arrilaga , huge spiral centered silvery pink cabbage shaped roses, good rebloom, needs full sun for those large blooms and gets some p.m. nearer the coast. Baronne Prevost very fragrant and disease resistant, here. Autumn Damask' roguevalleyroses.com fragrant and very pretty. Grandmothers Hat, a great reliable rose, Morcom park in Oakland has several of these planted in a row, grown 5' tall, as well as a climbing rose. fragrant and disease resistant. annies annuals may have some if rogue valley has sold out. vintagegardens has already sold out of all the Tea roses, but you could buy these from roguevalley roses.com or a.r.e.: Mrs. B.R. Cant , pink, fragrant and long blooming season, it blooms from March through early December in my garden. Westside Road Cream Tea' white and scented, 4' by 4' 1/2' tall, very resistant to p.m. a row of these with Grandmothers Hat in back would be my idea of fragrant beauty. , i Cornelia' from hortico.com they sell it as a Musk rose, it is my favorite rose bred by Pemberton, small blossoms in profusion, scented of musk and rose. Blush Noisette' Mermaid (hortico.com a climbing rose that I've espaliered on my back fence to keep it in line, spicy fragrant lemon yellow rose with beautiful red filiments. Red and fragrant Hybrid Tea rosebushes, disease resistant in my no spray gardens: Souvenir du Claudius DeNoyal Crimson Glory Papa Meilland , not floriferous but the cupped roses are huge goblets filled with perfume, when fed well. In our latitude all the China, Old Garden Tea and Noisette rose are shade tolerant, for roses this means they still need 6 hours of full sun, or 4 hours of full sun and 4 hours of filtered sun the most fragrant Tea I've ever smelled is 'Anna Olivier' it is very disease resistant even on the coast by the highway near Monteray. alba class roses need fewer hours of sun: 4 to 5 will serve in this latitude, all Alba roses bloom for 3 to 4 weeks in one bloom season each year, but they are very pretty plants even when out of bloom. I have grown all the roses listed above except for Reverend Seidel' in my no spray gardens in Oakland, and Richmond, Califonria. Roses to avoid in no-spray gardens in or near San Francisco, Ca or wherever conditoins favor the spread of powdery mildew: Georgetown Tea Ducher' both defoliated in my garden from p.m. and this greatly lessened bloom production. Feed the soil first before you think of fertilzing. I love Orchard Hardwares "Rose Soil" I used to have to mix c. 10 different items and micronutriets with alfalfa meal and bone meal etc. but its all in the rose soil. I use 1/2 bag for each hole for a regular sized rosebush (4 to 5' tall) to a full bag for climbers, and large Tea rosebushes, be sure and mix native soil in with it, or you will get the bathtub effect. 50% to 60% rose soil depending on if you have the heavy California clay that I do. a shovel full of well rotted manure, horse is very good, organic steer manure is also fine 25% to 33% of native soil, the soil from the hole you dug. well rotted compost to bring it up to 100% just f.y.i. I'd do a ph test before you begin, roses like slightly acid soil, do another test after you mix the soil blend and plant the first rosebush. Good luck, Luxrosa

Hi Live wire Oak, thanks for weighing in. That is a 4 foot spread where the 2 seats are (33inches plus 12inch overhang )isn't that enough? Actually, my drawing doesn't do it justice because there will also be a 4-5" deep half wall between the back of the cab and the edge - 52"). Although I think there is room to expand where you moved the tray cab.... We had originally considered the fridge over there but it felt too far away... Also, we than ended up with a vast unbroken expanse of countertop from corner to edge of peninsula. We thought of putting a shelf on the peninsula side of the fridge cabinet and having a little coffee/espresso area there..... BTW, how did you edit that drawing?

Just because a client wants something they sometimes need some guidance as to what works. I have no idea here without seeing the whole floor plan . As for the electrical I usually put outlets in filler strips as most codes require an outlet every 4 feet and why on earth would you design this with no drawers in base cabinets. I like the idea in the first pic from wilson853 if you don’t want fillers. I honestly would like to see the plan for this space what you have there really makes no sense right now., how does this relate to the rest of the kitchen for instance.

I want to thank everyone for their inputs so far! I reached out to some granite fabricators today and already got back estimates from one, with potential options for just the island, or replacing ALL countertops in the kitchen. Apparently the stones I like are a lot cheaper than I thought - just based on that one estimate, we're likely going to change all the countertops, not just the island. This actually solves a LOT of my problems, especially with regards to the flooring. The New Venetian Gold (?) granite I currently have is BUSY looking and a very eye-catching/dominant color. I searched high and low, including on Houzz, for that specific top and other brown granite tops with white cabinets. Every single decent example had "wood" flooring. I refuse to bring hardwood to the kitchen, which really only left me with the tile and I would have been ok with the "fakeness" of the wood look tile next to the hardwood - I wasn't trying to match the hardwood, just complement it. I feel like I have more tile options now, by going with a white/grey stone that is less busy. Waiting to get other estimates this week, but we're likely going to go with something like Himalaya White granite!