I'm less concerned about walking in and seeing the shower right off than I am about how crowded the 2nd sink is next to the tub. The way you've drawn it, it looks as if anyone standing at the sink would be smack up against the tub surround. Where do you envision placing the shower door? At the left end where there's empty space? Or next to the sink? The former would not crowd the sink; the latter would mean that you'd have to reach a long way in to turn on the water, getting wet in the process. You've drawn an L island before and it's not the shape I have an issue with, it's the oodles of empty space it leaves in the middle of your kitchen in this latest version. Unless you intend to get an integrated, built-in fridge, you'll have less than a 48" aisle between seating area and fridge. I don't think I'd like to sit with my back to the fridge, getting a blast of cold air each time it is opened. Would you consider this type of kitchen seating instead? [[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/amy-birdsong-traditional-kitchen-phvw-vp~66441) [Traditional Kitchen[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2107) by Suffolk Kitchen & Bath Designers Amy Birdsong [[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/hokanson-siller-traditional-kitchen-houston-phvw-vp~4261671) [Traditional Kitchen[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2107) by Bellaire Home Builders Hann Builders [[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/white-kitchen-with-walnut-table-and-banquette-for-family-of-four-eclectic-kitchen-newark-phvw-vp~133967) [Eclectic Kitchen[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/eclectic-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2104) by Morristown Interior Designers & Decorators Marlene Wangenheim AKBD, CAPS, Allied Member ASID [[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/loft-condo-renovation-industrial-kitchen-chicago-phvw-vp~10913310) [Industrial Kitchen[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/industrial-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2113) by Chicago Architects & Building Designers Besch Design, Ltd. [[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/alamo-ca-farmhouse-full-service-design-firm-kitchen-farmhouse-kitchen-san-francisco-phvw-vp~14919678) [Farmhouse Kitchen[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/farmhouse-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2114) by Lafayette Interior Designers & Decorators LMK Interiors If your heart is set on a L island, flip it so that seating is against the lower wall of the kitchen not the upper working part of the kitchen. Here's one L- island worth considering: [[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/easton-maryland-traditional-kitchen-with-lake-view-traditional-kitchen-baltimore-phvw-vp~6447773) [Traditional Kitchen[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2107) by Chevy Chase Kitchen & Bath Designers Jennifer Gilmer Kitchen & Bath This one is dramatic: [[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/contemporary-kitchen-contemporary-kitchen-essex-phvw-vp~15778135) [Contemporary Kitchen[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/contemporary-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2103) by East Anglia Kitchen Designers & Remodelers Nicholas Anthony Why have you drawn narrow cabs on each side of the DW? I'd move the DW next to the sink, combine these 2 narrow cabs for a decently sized cab between DW and fridge. Also, it looks like you've allocated too much space for wall ovens. A 30" - 32" wide cab is generally enough for 30" wall ovens. How do you foresee using the pantry, counter and shelving at the bottom end of the kitchen?

I started serious running in the 70's and did it for years until I switched to speed walking to save my knees. I walk the dogs three miles a day and go on the treadmill two more miles at 4.3 mph. So I thought I'd try a yoga class early last year when I belonged to a different gym. I went in cold turkey thinking how hard could it be since I do all this other stuff. Well, it was very difficult, and I ended up exhausted. I did find out I wasn't in the beginners class but in an advanced one. I think I'd like to do it at home maybe. My new gym doesn't have lessons. My doctor swears by it.

I'm in the midwest, and I added lots of flowering shrubs, evergreen shrubs, and semi-evergreen plants so that my mostly partial-shady lot looks good when everything else is brown in the late fall, non-snow-covered days in winter, and early spring. Unlike the previous two winters, this one has been light on snow. I love coming and going to the house from the mailbox by the street and seeing a variety of evergreen shrubs and trees of various types and sizes - yews (Capitata, emerald spreader, "traditional"), Canadian hemlocks, Siberian cypresses, azaleas & rhodies, and where I have more sun various lower mugo pines, spruces, arborvitaes and junipers. Actually, right now, the (confined) periwinkle, low azaleas, and hellebore leaves going up my front walk look almost as fresh as in the spring. In the spring I love watching the flowering shrubs come out, and in the fall those with leaves that turn are gorgeous. Once in a while we get deer here, so I do have roses, hostas and daylilies that sometimes get nibbled on in passing, but so far not destroyed. And interspersed among everything are peonies, coral bells, foamy bells, astilbes, wildflowers, dozens of clematis vines, and some other perennials. But I would never be without the beautiful shrubs! To choose the right plant for the right place, one year I did hourly sun charts once a month for lots of locations from spring to fall, so I'd know where to put what, and researched the plants I liked before buying any. Anne

@Maureen Moreno, I believe you misunderstood Patricia. IMO, which is what she was saying, means "in my opinion". She's asking for more information on what your work requires in the way of equipment, etc. Do you work with a laptop only or do you use a monitor, keyboard, hard drive, etc. Does your work require a landline phone or do you not use a phone in your job? Do you need a lot of desk space for large amounts of paperwork in front of you? Do you need storage for papers, etc. in the desk? Will you be meeting with other people in your office? Are you comfortable in a regular chair or do you need an office chair on wheels? Do you need close access to other types of materials that won't fit on a desk? Answering those questions will help you get suggestions as to the best type of furniture for the space.