My dishwasher manufacturer says one need not rinse dishes, just scrape them, so that might solve the problem of dripping dishes from the sink to dishwasher. I think you've done a good job of doing a lot in a small space while maintaining the charm of the space. That's a big range for the space, will you use six burners at any time?

Have you considered moving the Kitchen to where you have the banquette seating and putting in a table in the bay area. Then, you could create a Snack/Coffee Center and include some shallow pantry storage on the far right and bottom right.

Honestly? I don't think this is a good use of space nor do I think it's very functional. There's too little counterspace where you need it most (b/w the sink and range) and too much where it's not particularly useful b/c it's too far from key components in the Kitchen.

If you'd like other ideas, please post a fully-measured layout of the space under consideration and a sketch of the entire floor. The layout you posted is missing too many key measurements.

By "fully-measured", we mean a layout with the widths of each wall/window/door/doorway and the distances between each wall/window/door/doorway labeled. See a sample below. If something cannot be moved or changed, label it precisely on your layout (see post in sample) and tell us why it cannot be moved/changed -- we may have some ideas for you.

The sketch of the entire floor lets us see how the Kitchen relates to the rest of the home. It doesn't have to be to-scale, but it should accurately show how the rooms relate to each other and should include all interior & exterior doors. In addition, it will help us see how traffic flows in, around, and through the Kitchen. Label the front entry and family entry. The family entry is usually a garage or side entry, but it might not be. It's helpful to know which door you use to bring in groceries.

Regardless of how you draw it up (by hand, computer, etc.), please be sure all measurements are labeled. (Note: Computer generated layouts often lack key measurements and, sometimes, measure to/from things like the middle of a wall or the middle of a window. Neither are useful. Measure each item and the distances between each item.)

Other questions...

• Tell us about you and your family and how you plan to use your Kitchen. All-adults? Empty Nesters? Children (now or in the future)?
• What appliances (& their sizes) do you plan to have?
• Where are you flexible? Can walls/windows/doors/doorways change (move, change size, add, delete)?
• Do you have a basement under the Kitchen or are you on a slab?

This might interest you...

• Ice.Water.Stone.Fire, a humorous discussion of Kitchen design: https://www.houzz.com/discussions/2699918/looking-for-layout-help-memorize-this-first

Taken from the "New to Kitchens? Read Me First!" thread regarding asking for layout help.

Oh and as an FYI, if that bay window well is too deep, you will not be able to get to the windows for cleaning or opening without climbing onto your counters and crawling in to the space.

We have a similar setup (with much more width) and have an 18" deep well. I am 5'10" with long arms and can barely reach the far side of the side windows to open the locks when I want to crank open the windows. I cannot reach the back windows at all for cleaning and worry every time I have to get on the counters to get to them. I'm afraid of breaking the stone. (I can just barely touch the windows with my finger tips, but I cannot reach far enough to clean.)

I strongly recommend no more than a window well 9" to 12" deep.

Just re-read your post and realized that looks are more important to you than function. Most of us here are function first. It's easy to make a functional Kitchen look nice but it's next to impossible to make a nice looking but dysfunctional Kitchen functional without tearing it out and starting over.

Is it possible you don't cook so you don't need a functional Kitchen? If so, then I guess whatever you want will work. BTW...I'm asking if you cook b/c we have had people come here in the past telling us they don't cook and all they want is a show Kitchen. If that's you, we need to know so we stop making suggestions or commenting on function. (Although, we probably will still comment on function since to most of us function is very important and it's tough to let something dysfunctional go uncommented on!)

Hi there!

Thanks for your reply! I have attached a fully measured first floor plan below. To answer sone of your questions:

• The kitchen will be used by my husband and I, and our two kids (currently 3 and 1). We do cook a few times a week and cook breakfast every day.
• We have a raised foundation w crawl space under the home.
• We would like a 36” Hallman stove, but would be willing to go to a 30” if it helps. We also want a 36 inch or larger counter depth refrigerator.
• We like the original design of the home, which originally had a breakfast nook on the side of the kitchen where we currently have our banquette, and the sink in the bay window, facing the back yard. There used to be two doors from the dining area into the kitchen — one near the left wall that led into the breakfast nook, and one near the right wall, that into the cooking area, and dividing wall where the left edge of our peninsula currently is. We are open to seeing any designs, but we are 100 percent certain we don’t want to fully remove the wall dividing the kitchen and dining room. We prefer this separation to maintain a formal dining room area. Also, we are certain we want the sink in the bay window so we can look into back yard while standing at it, but we are open to seeing designs that may change our minds about that! As you can see, the guest bedroom and downstairs bathroom have entrances off the laundry, so we cannot remove the wall dividing the laundry and kitchen either.

Thanks so much for your thoughts and input! We value every insight!

Was hoping to get some feedback, as we have to make final decisions by tomorrow! Thanks so much!