LOL - I'm not sure what you are representing there. I think everything gets squashed up when you try to represent area. All I'm thinking about is the bedroom in question and the doorways. How about this. There is a rectangle which is roughly 13 feet by 10.5 feet. The Top wall is a 5 foot portion and an 8 foot portion of the nook. The Left wall is 8 feet and has a bathroom entry at the bottom. The Bottom wall is 13 feet and has the doorway at the far left side. The Right wall is 10.5 feet and has a window on it. At this point where do you put the closet? Let's say the closet is 5' x 2' - which is a nice size. -- If you put it on the Left wall it makes the doorways somewhat tunnel like. -- If you put it on the 5 foot portion of the Top wall it narrows one part of the room further to 6 feet but doesn't create a tunnel. Maybe this is better in that it creates a 5 x 6 nook with closet and two doorways, and then an 8 x 10.5 area. If you draw this out, does it make sense? And is this better than either the 8 x 13 room? or the 10 x 10 and move plumbing room? which you first wrote about. Rachel

Thanks decoenthuasiaste! I think we will follow your advice and position the desk that way. This way I'll have the window to my left and can look into the backyard if I want, and also face the large wall where we can place a nice long & short bookcase with art. I think the reading area to my right (on wall that current has guitar and standing lamp) will look great. We are going to try a rug like this one to complement the more modern bamboo desk top and dark navy walls:

We do outlets all the time in island. Usually you have a decorative side panel on the island ( 3 /4 thick plus the cabinet box is 3/4 thick = 1 1/2" ) A shallow electrical box is about 1 1/4" so no additional columns are needed. Is a shallow box not allowed anymore?? Can you do something like this?? You can also shorten the cabinets by 3" or 1 1/2" and add a base end panel to create a channel and space for the outlet. We have been able to do outlets under the seating overhang but they had to be vertical and as close to the front edge of the cabinet as possible. Do you really need 4? I do not know how that is calculated - sorry. Please post the resolve to all of this - it will be very helpful to others. I also agree with moving the prep sink - either switch it with the microwave or put it to the left of the stove. I have several customers we've done that for and they love having a totally clear island and the convenience of a sink right by the stove. Good luck! Post pics when done!

Before I retired we were shoehorned into a large open area, with rows and rows of desks. And you had to sign in every morning to get a desk at all, and at the end of the day you cleared your desk into a locker. If you arrived late you worked in the lunch room for the day. It was deliberate to have fewer desks than people, to encourage people to work from home. It's called hotelling. (I was management so I heard these discussions, not making this up.) So your plan seems very spacious to me.