reading nook in the passage? well,whatever-you could convert it to storage later if you want. We have a rental and there is one closet that is locked for owner access only-critical.supplies and extras are kept there/etc. If you have family using this space in between corporate rental,or situations in the future that you are just not sure how they will evolve,think about secure storage. Do you really need a 36 in fridge for a rental? I'd get the standard 18 cfoot at most. You could reverse the couch so the walk in the door and to the left to bedroom suite is thru a zone with back of couch along there and people seated face the better placed table and sufficient kitchen. Don't think you need the full 2 c ft microwave over the range. A decent countertop unit will work also in a rental....let an electrician provide you with any problems about venting a hood. I can't imagine- a good hood will be a good investment[doesn't have to be the top o the line] and they have lites for the evening to help out illumination. don't get too large of a sink...is there nothing else to use the pantry space for...[it's so excessively large]...maybe a locked section in there/or partition a closet somehow for broom/mop/vacuum cleaner/etc-or are you using help?

Help with galley kitchen layout #1

You already have an exterior door to the back patio? With the radiator gone, do put the sink centered beneath the window left of the fridge and as wide a countertop / base cabinet as possible there -- with the either dishwasher to the left or right of the sink if it would fit there. If not, put the dishwasher across from the window/sink to the right of where the window is shown in the pic -- not ideal, but close enough unless you want to wash dishes by hand. (Some of us that have downsized do.) With the pic yo posted it makes no sense to me that the dishwasher, if to the right of the sink and the refrigerator against the far end wall would bump each other. On graph paper, draw the room to scale showing any/all doors and windows. That will better enable you to get Houzz pro help.

Yes, I have thought about that.. Ikea only has one depth wall cabinets which are the same depth as their shallow base.. (Previously that wall had the same thing (wall same depth as base.. But the previous cabinets were built in place.. 13" depth instead of 14 3/4.. ) That's why I designed it with the top 21" shorter than base so that the counter will be useable.. Also thinking of mounting the cabinets a bit higher than normal (19"-20") above counter so counter is more useable. If you have a suggestion of where I could get 12" wall frameless quickly w/o doors?? and maybe use ikea doors with them?