Thanks -- I have never thought out or planned what went under a sink so much as in this remodel. Never had any choice other than making the best of what came with the house. It's easy to use and to keep when you plan a spot for what you need and have an extra couple of spots for overflow (that extra bottle of Dawn that seems will be there forever and some extra sponges under the disposal as well as some on the right). Having everything that needs to go into the cabinet and telling the plumber where he can put the pipes rather than letting them run all over the place makes a big difference. They'll eat up the whole thing if no one tells them otherwise because it's easier to work out front -- even with that rear drain. My sink drain is center rear. We found that nearly everything that large other than the Shaw's Original fireclay farmhouse sink had center or center rear drains. The side drains was one vote for the Shaw's, but we weren't convinced we wanted a farmhouse for the long haul. As it turned out, it works well, both in the sink and below. In the sink, I can put a half sheet pan laying flat front to back on either side and still have the center open for the drain. Having it to the rear does give me more height for cleaning supplies toward the front. My corner pantry didn't work in large part because of the shelving -- it wasn't right for the space or our needs. It wasted anything above 5 or 6 feet and we had 10 feet ceilings. The shelves were also on 2 sides only They were deep on one side, and that meant you had deep, dark corners that were near impossible to use, even with turntables, for half the space. The third wall was wasted (could have had shallow shelving -- great for cans -- if it had been better planned)and the fourth was the door and the depth of the narrower shelves. The only good thing was the spice rack DH built and installed on the back of that door, but I like my spice drawer better. I think that we could have possibly redone all the shelving and made the pantry work much better. We started toying with the notion of taking the pantry out altogether when I was questioning whether the ovens I wanted would fit in the cabinet we had right next to the pantry. Sliding the ovens over gave me a more workable space for baking, and creating a wall of tall storage evolved from that -- fridge is flanked by pantry rollouts and pantry tower as well as as 12" utility and 24" cabinets above all of that. My small appliances go in 13" deep cabinets on the back of the island and are very handy -- but I don't have any island seating. Either system can work, but you need to be able to make it work for all your needs. You should have some flexibility in your system too (I'd want adjustable shelving rather than fixed). I'd be careful about having deep shelves. What you have planned isn't wrong and many people would love to have something just like it. Mine didn't work -- in large part because the fixed shelves were thrown in (on 2 sides only) by the builder who didn't care how it functioned and so much was lost to deep corners. It was a big space so it should be good, right? Wrong. Plan it an make sure you get what you want and that anything you are uncertain about has flexibility so you have options. I do like having my corner more open and the space feeling larger. I also paid more for my cabinets to get it. Lots of things to think about.

My Vita-Mix is no picnic. I can't imagine it's better than your Blendtec. Recently, I solved the problem of my grain mill and blender with these shooter muff/headphone style silencers: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N2U6FDH/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1  They're much better than plugs, amazingly light and comfortable, adjustable (will take big heads) and really do the trick, leaving some ability to hear, but muffling everything. That doesn't solve the family problem. Especially if you have open concept, where I prefer (and have) walls. Have you thought about getting an acrylic cover box like they have in juice stores? Basically, the issue is that the pro units don't waste margin on silencing. But I doubt you'd be happy with a relatively quiet little home blender after having the Blendtec. Is there another room you can use it in? Maybe the laundry?

My goals with this layout were to 1) Make the range hood a focal point from the living room, centering the hood on the pillars 2) Order the fixtures for Ice-water-Stone-Fire 3) Tuck the fridge out of the way of sight lines as much as possible 3) open up traffic flow to the french doors outside as to not crowd the living room arrangement. I think you'll need gaps in your island cabinetry to run electrical outlets. Microwave drawer in the island. Aisle at range is 42", but aisle at fridge/microwave/dishwasher/sink is 48" because there will be a lot more traffic on that side. It's a bit of a hike from the fridge to the range (less than 9 feet from center-front to center-front is recommended) but for the sake of centering on those posts, I put it beyond the 9 feet in this drawing. A 36" range with a 42" hood might look really nice on that back wall. IMO, when your fixtures are ordered Ice-water-stone-fire or fridge-sink-range, a prep sink is less necessary. If this were my kitchen I would not have a sink in the island. Any cooking I'd do that needed a water source would be done on the perimeter between sink and range. The way I work, the stuff I'd do on the island wouldn't need an immediate water source, but would definitely need a trash pullout to easily wipe the counter into.

On build.com there is an Elkay Avado bar faucet. Not an exact match with the coils around the neck, but it is called an Elkay avado. Model # is LKAV3032CR. There is also a pot filler on build.com that is an Elkay Avado. Model # is LKAV4091CR. You can search the entire collection on that website.