Mine nook will be U shaped because I wanted bay windows. Here is a quick sketch of that section of my floor-plan. . I don't recall exact dimensions except for the ones I've shown and I only remember these because I insisted that all aisle-ways to be plenty wide enough for a wheelchair to pass through. I too wanted a 'country kitchen' and figured there was nothing more country than a built-in corner bench-seating under the windows in the nook. Besides DH and I always choose booth seating whenever we go out to eat so I figured we might as well have a 'booth' in the house. The linked picture is sort of what the bench will look like. Regular chairs on the other two sides will give people who don't like booth seating other options. Note that I decided on a peninsula for my kitchen instead of an island because, much as I enjoy chatting with guests while I cook, I would really rather NOT have them underfoot. Always afraid I'll burn someone moving a hot pot or something! I'm hoping the peninsula with the raised bar will tend to be a natural barrier so guests will gather in the fairly expansive nook area and stay OUT of the business end of the kitchen which I made fairly compact to minimize steps while working and also to discourage other people from standing around in that space. The two long sections of the raised bar are almost 5 ft each and the short section is about 30" long so that's plenty of space for 5 bar-stools for kibitzers to sit at. BTW, our Great Room will be large enough for a formal dining area but the jury is still out on whether we will actually buy a dining set to go there or just use the space in other ways. Between the nook and the bar seating we should have plenty of dining spaces and we're not exactly big on formal dinners either. Here is a link that might be useful:

I usually go for the bigger breakfast and little or nothing in the evening for supper. This morning I had an over easy egg with buttered toast, a piece of blueberry pie and iced tea. I have eggs quite often, but do like other things for breakfast. Sue

I love a big breakfast but it doesn't happen very often for me unless we go out on a weekend day. I had my overnight oatmeal with fruit. And when I got to work one guy had brought Election Victory Brownies (his wife makes THE BEST brownies!). So of course I had to have one of those with my coffee.

DH and I just finished eating. I don't usually "cook" breakfast but did this morning. Coffee, turkey bacon (which he is not crazy about, I want "real" bacon lol) dippy eggs and toast.