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I also like your 11/17 plan best, Mabel, although I haven't fallen in love with anything yet. You have a good size space, but because of the doorways all layouts have the kitchen scrunched up a bit. It'd be nice to unscrunch it somehow. Certainly no or minimal upper cabinets will help. In any case, I feel pretty sure that I would choose to keep the workspace opened up to the sitting room and breakfast nook so we could just get up and stroll into the kitchen and back. Regarding storage, I did my kitchen without uppers and would do it all over again. FWIW, it seems to me your initial layouts have pretty decent storage space, especially with the pantry there, and a basement or other closet for whatever only gets pulled out 2 or 3 times a year. Just musing. It sounds as if you like your pantry, but, if it's not a shed with a low ceiling, have you considered running the counter right on back into that space, gaining another more than 3 feet for...ovens, refrigerator...? That would definitely unscrunch that side of the room as it would simply keep going back there. I like that most of that corner would still not be on sight. A little mystery is good. Shallow storage could cover the opposite pantry wall. I have had 12" deep wall storage in 2 houses now and really like it. From this side of the screen, I'm liking having the refrigerator in the pantry more and more as I think about it. :). It would create a good work flow clockwise down the counter, with the island no longer a barrier. A negative, of course, would be having it that far from the dining room, but the breakfast area would have a straight line to it without crossing the stove area. Visually, getting the "elephant" out of the room would also be a very nice plus, furthering the open feeling of no uppers. That corner by the sitting room doorway could instead by occupied by a charming built in cabinet, bookcase, antique chest, extra dining chair... The ovens, of course, could go there, with the island to set on. Have you considered setting an extra oven into the island, itself, though, or? My one oven is set under the counter to the left of my stovetop, so the counter above is its landing spot. (Also, this isn't Maine. It's Georgia, and never having to work in front of it is a very good thing.) From another messy cook, talking about a sink on view in a peninsula or wherever, our sink was going just to the right of the main view line down the house. So I chose a single bowl sink 29" long and 9-1/2" deep after verifying that everything from a normal meal can disappear right into it, pots and pans included, with room to spare.

upstairs is just a bonus room with walk out attic access. thank you for your advice. I really really tried hard to make my dreams come true. I almost wish I would have extended the house on the kid's side a foot to match the bath instead of doing a bump out but my foundation is done now so it is what it is. that's why I need to use the space wisely everywhere else. and yes I agree with kitchen layout. I figure I would tackle that design next as it's not my favorite but do-able. I just need to know how what to tell my framer since he starts in 2 days. again, thank you for the constructive feedback.

"...I don't want any bump outs from the rectangle, so all the rooms would need to fit inside a clean, simple rectangle..." This is the sort of illogical preconception which handicaps any architect or experienced designer, since there is little reason for it. What your preconception does is to compromise and limit any sort of design response so that it fits into your preconception. Preconceptions are seldom the way to achieve strong architectural designs. Good luck on your project.