IMO you are not out of time . You never start this type of project until every part is planned. As for what you are planning who did the plan/ You need an independant KD not a cabinet salesperson and unless you have designed kitchens before that were perfect you are not the designer either . If you want help here you need to name all the spaces and provide drawings where we can read all the meaurements and the drawing can be enlarged .

Thanks, added more info.

What are you out of time for?

push the seating section over to come off window wall and make a U kitchen. Table is so close...its always a gamble whether seats get used that much when table and chairs are so close.. The U kitchen can have dedicated stools but if they dont get used all that much they can be pushed under overhang. I'd clear the hall wall on kitchen side and place art/ paint it a nice color/ consider various options for widening opening or both of them.....and how this opens the space instead of the rectangular section pushed between your passages. I'd be ready with this nice U kitchen ..stools included with overhang and just work best options for the openings on hall then. Simplifying issues makes going forward easier.

Get a designer and wait until this is all ready to go before doing anything. I agree any contractor who is not busy right now is not who i would want in my house. Aslo the wait time for even simple things is long .

Even if you have a "contractor" available, who's doing the electrical or plumbing work? We've had the same plumber for over 10 years. He's done everything in our whole house remodel. The longest we've ever had to wait for him was maybe 2 weeks.

We called him at the beginning of April to install a new water softener, and had to wait 2 1/2 months!

You're better off with your current kitchen than a "hurry up and wait" game, with no kitchen.

Please don't feel like you are "out of time" and rush decisions that haven't been properly made. It's much easier to rework and develop things BEFORE you start construction than when you have a crew working already.

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I am going to assume when you said you were out of time that you didn't mean the contractor was showing up next week. In that spirit, here is another option. And if you do stay with your original plan, seriously consider the banquette idea as mentioned previously by herbflavor. You can just swag the existing light over to the new position of the table. It will free up space for stools at the peninsula. also, I wouldn't open up the wall by the bathroom - nothing to gain there.

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