So without knowing more about you, your family and your cooking style I'm just guessing, and I'm certainly not a pro. But if it were my house I'd just knock that whole pantry/wine room thing back to counter depth and do reach-in pantries. They hold a surprising amount of food. Then you've just got a wall of pantry along your dining room which can give you tons of flexibility in how you design that, and how it looks cosmetically.

Do you really have an elevator in your house? If that is because someone in the house has a mobility issue, then making the pantry shallower gives you better clearance around that dining room table. On the same note, if you truly need seating for 4 at the island, and seating for 8 in the dining room, check and make sure there is enough clearance between island and table for folks to move through the area.

I would change the layout of the entire kitchen and make it more practical...The current layout looks unserviceable and having an island with a sink and sitting arrangement is the worst combination.

How would you change the layout of the entire kitchen to make it more practical?

Well again we need to know more about your needs...but for example, I see you are putting in a 48 inch range and refrigerator. Which implies that you cook seriously and for many people. So, do you really want the coffee station back in that corner, where everyone needs to move past you (or whomever in your household does the cooking) to get a beverage?

Also it just seems sort of far between the fridge and the sink/range. And even farther to the pantry. Someone who is cooking a lot will (I would think) get tired of all that walking.

And there are seven (I think) feet of countertop to the left of your fridge. To do...what? Most prepping takes place between sink and cooktop, so that area by the fridge seems sort of like dead space. In short, to my eye (and I am not a pro, just temporarily kitchen-obsessed as I deal with my own remodel) it all seems sort of spread out.

Is that a window over that expanse of counter? If so, I might consider moving the sink there, so that one has a reason to be over there enjoying the view...getting the coffee station out of the corner and maybe scooting the range a little to the left for a more efficient layout.

My 2 cents, and it's probably not even worth that....

This is just an example - I think everything wrong with the kitchen revolves around the corner with the dishwasher and the placement of the coffee station. The back-to-back of someone cooking and someone in search of water isn't great either.

We cook quire often for a family of 3. We are obsessed with coffee and need a coffee station, its location is wherever- no real preferences.. I agree with what has been said about the kitchen - it is not what we like but we have hard time formulating what should be done to correct the design

Then, with only three of you, you might consider scaling down the whole kitchen project, which would open up much more of the rest of the ground floor living space. 48 inches is a huge range - 8 burners, or a combo of things that adds up to the same amount. "Cooking often" can be done exceedingly well on a 30 or 36 incher. That will mean less venting/makeup air cost, and more counter space. Same with the fridge - do the three of you really need a fridge that size? I can see wanting fridge space if you are big gardeners or live far from grocery stores and need to stock up though. But for that, you can maybe put a spare in the garage and again, free up space in the house.

For example, move the coffee station to about where the range currently is and make that the "terminal" point of that leg of the "L". Range would go roughly where the coffee station is, maybe a foot or two from the corner. Then sink at the window, fridge where it is but not so huge. Then you can get the sink off the island, scale down and scoot the island over (three chairs will seat you all, and you have the dining table if you have guests anyway). You will have sooo much more "house" to do your living in! And as I posted on your other thread, knock back that pantry/wine area to counter depth as well. You will have all sorts of space! I would draw this out but have no idea how these wizards on the fora do that...

If that elevator wasn't there you could make that area the entry from the garage and facilitate the unloading of groceries. But that may be non-negotiable, I've never really seen many houses with elevators.

reversing elevator w mudroom could be wise. come through garage to mudroom and instead of passing thru foyer turn and come into that end of kitchen range wall. work the coffee station into that end of the long wall. shove the range closer in to the corner of the L. eliminate the wine room and pantry and move the dining table over into that area. You should be able to square out the island and move it over a bit . When you reverse elevator and mudroom and no longer have to enter into foyer every time...why dont you make a better mudroom and put laundry there? Your sketched mudroom shows a bench/ a window...the closet and bath are off the foyer. Fix this.

Honestly we did not ask for a large kitchen. The only constraint we had is the total square footage. Also we are concerned with the separation of spaces and that is why we asked to move the dining room behind the kitchen. If the dining room is placed to the right of the kitchen (in between kitchen and living ) then to get to the kitchen from the stairs and foyer we need to walk through the dining room. May be it is OK. The mudroom is placed close to the foyer because we live in a walkable neighborhood and the front door will be used as often as the door from the garage to enter the house, Even though we are currently 3 we are hoping to scale to 4 in a future