Great ideas cpartist! Beachfamily, if at all possible, I think you should explore Matt E's idea of rearranging the traffic/storage, to have the entry nearer the 9' counter. That would direct traffic through the clean-up zone, but better there than cooking or baking. Then use cpartist's suggestions for the cooking appliances. With the fridge on the outside, the symmetry of the columns on each side of the entry isn't as important, so maybe the oven stack could be the center point. With this plan you've eliminated a corner, and provided a drop zone on each side of the entry. The MW could be a drawer or on a shelf next to the oven. If you don't need the oven as a center point it could be moved left, with the MW on the right (as we're looking at the plan), which would give you more counter space for baking. ETA, with this plan it would be easy to make range/cooktop the focal point by putting in the center of the wall, then moving the ovens beside the fridge. It's a few more steps from the garage, but no farther to the pantry or utility room.

I think I would put all the tomatoes into their own plot(s) instead of spreading them out. You can interplant with basil, leeks, marigolds, other herbs in the corners of those beds if you wanted to. I wouldn’t put basil in the middle of three tomato plants – it would be very difficult to get in there to harvest it when the tomatoes are 5, 6, 7 feet high! Having the tomatoes planted next to each other would allow you to take advantage of staking/supporting them together.. I was happy last year when I could tie plants to their neighbor’s cages. Similarly, you may want to plant the bean plots right next to each other instead of spaced with radishes…for similar reasons (utilizing supports and getting to the produce). As far as canning tomatoes… we had a very successful canning season last year by freezing the tomatoes whole, right off the vine, in gallon ziplocks and canning the sauce in one marathon session at the end of the season. This of course requires freezer space (last year we filled up both our kitchen freezer and our garage side by side… this year we are contemplating a deep freezer). This method has its advantage in that peeling frozen tomatoes is as simple as rinsing them under hot water for all of 3 seconds, the skin slides right off.

If I'm reading the dimensions right, your island will be 7,5', tight for 4 seats in a row. But you can have seats facing the range wall and another facing the sink wall which may be better than having 4 on one side. I also think it would be better to have a prep sink on the island. I'd move the DW to the other side of the main sink, so you'll have another prep area besides the island. If you can move the window towards the corner a little or can live with a sink not centered under the window you can have cabs next to the DW for your plates/glasses. That way one can do cleanup or set/clean the table while another is busy b/w the sink and the range.

Bathrooms could really use some work. For starters, consider that the bathroom parts that're used most are the sink and the toilet ... and in your master, although you have lots of space, yours are all crammed in the first few feet. The toilet-closet door blocks the main door, and a person at the sink will be in the way of either door opening: Meanwhile, you have all that empty space at the far end of the bathroom. You really don't want a pocket door on a bathroom. Pocket doors are ideal for doors that remain open most of the time -- mudroom, laundry -- but the bathroom door will be opened/closed multiple times a day. Humidity isn't kind to pocket doors, and when they break, you have to open up the wall to fix them. But, really, I'd give the whole thing a re-do ... it's hard to beat a simple two-sided bath layout -- this allows a bigger shower, a bigger linen closet, and ample access to everything -- and it uses slightly less square footage. If you insist upon keeping the toilet in a small, uncomfortable, and difficult to clean closet, here's a slightly different layout. Since no one ever actually closes doors on toilet closets, this would be an appropriate spot for a pocket door. For the guest bathroom, you want the "water items" to all be on the same wall. Ideally that'd be the wall shared with the master ... but the door doesn't allow that. You could steal 1-2' from the master to make this possible ... but "as is", your easiest switch is to move the toilet to the same wall ... and flip the tub's faucet to the other end. With a clear pathway through the bathroom, this also allows you to enlarge the vanity ... which will allow for a stack of much-needed storage drawers. The toilet can go under the window without any problem. This isn't the best of plans because it places the water items on an exterior wall ... this can be a problem if you're in a cold location (freezing), and if you need work on the plumbing, it can be a problem. I'd consider my first suggestion and consider stealing a bit of space from the master bath. The downstairs bathroom is wasting all its space on a big, empty walkway in the middle ... and the sink, the most used item in the room, is hidden behind the door, meaning you have to enter the room and close the door just to wash your hands. At 6x9, the downstairs bath can be a simple 3-piece (identical to the one above, actually) ... you can move the door so that you'd see the sink first /have the opened door rest against the top wall. I drew it in as a tub, but a standup shower would work just as well in this spot. you mentioned tub in guest bath is 6'6" and big. We def do NOT need a large tub. We actually considered just a shower in there, but put tub only for when we have grandkids some day and need a tub for baths. Any suggestions for that bath if we skip tub and just put shower in instead? If you're not going to use the tub yourself ... and just want it for future grandchildren, go with a standard sized tub (5') instead of something extra-big. Definitely needs to go bigger then. And maybe wider if it's only 3' wide. Take a look at just how big 3' wide is ... or, more accurately, isn't. I'm not 5' tall, and I hate using the toilet in my daughter's new house, and I can't imagine how her husband -- also a big and tall guy -- feels in that bitty space. regarding cp's comment on tubs and grandkids: there definitely ought to be another tub besides the master. When we visit my inlaws, we have to bathe our kids in the master bath and not only is it inconvenient (clear across the house from our rooms) it can be awkward and there are times that we simply can't use it, like times when everyone's getting ready to go somewhere at once. Just my experience:) I'm not saying this isn't a problem, but you have to consider how often this is going to be used for bathing small children. If you're talking about a couple times a year, I'd say put up with the trouble ... on the other hand, if the grandchildren will frequently be bathed at their grandparents' house, then I'd spend the money to get what's most convenient. That is my experience too at my parents house. They have a spa tub like I want and my arms couldn't reach into the tub from sitting outside it. My husband stayed at a certain resort numerous times for work, and he came home telling me that he wanted THAT TUB for our retirement house. Finally I got a chance to go with him, and I hated it: Oh, I loved the built-in arm rests, but the tub was 48" wide, and I could only put my arm on one at a time ... and since I like to read in the tub, that wasn't working out too well. It also held SO MUCH water that it would be expensive to use. After discussion, we've decided we want the features of that tub and the depth of that tub ... but not so long and not so wide.