I think you have that wrong Lee, someone once asked the guy where he came from, here you have the answer: ma. Besides that, another facet of his character was asking about islands so we must assume he already has the pond so what you do is dig a hole and use the soil from that hole to make an island in the pond and then you make the hole where the soil came from into a pond you then dig a hole and use the soil from that hole to make an island in the pond and then you make the hole where the soil came from into a pond you then dig a hole and use the soil from that hole to make an island in the pond and then you make the hole where the soil came from into a pond you then dig a hole and use the soil from that hole to make an island in the pond and then you make the hole where the soil came from into a pond you then dig a hole and use the soil from that hole to make an island in the pond. With any luck by that time you will have one pond with an island in it for each of you. Please let us know how it goes and goes and goes.

It looks like you have thought of most things. What I do not see: Where do the pots and pans go? (under the cook top, I guess) Where do the large bowls, ie huge SS bowls for cleaning fruit/etc go? Do they go in the island too? Do you have storage for formal china and silver, if you have any? In the dining room? For a family of 6, the pantry seems tight to me. Do you buy bulk items: boxes of beer and drinks, 20 lb bag of rice (as I do), I have 5 to 10 boxes of cereal at any one time etc. Only you know how much pantry you need.... FWIW: I have tried to split snack food from non-snack etc. and it didn't work for me. I prefer having everything in one place. Where do you store raisins and nuts, for example? Are they snacks or general pantry items? Do you buy little boxes of raisins to give to kids and large bag of raisins to cook with? I try not to buy things that have a lot of packaging... I am just bringing up things that you may not have. If it was my kitchen, I would make sure that at least one of three sinks are big enough to completely soak the biggest roasting pan/cookie sheet that I own. This is really important to me. This is probably WAY too late: but if your view is out the dining through a large window, I may have tried to turn the kitchen 90 degrees so that the length of the island looks out to the window. Another option is to put a sitting peninsula so that you look out; but the sitters will not face out to the view. I really believe that the design of any room/house has to encorporate the best features of the room (view, light, height etc) in the best way possible. As an example: With our view, we chose to have the sitters face the view because we eat all our breakfast there AND we have a Eastern view. This allows us to really enjoy our breastfasts with beautiful sun rises.

AnnKH, thank you for sharing how you set things up. This gives me a great starting place. Like you, and others I've read on various posts, I'm wondering about that lost corner. I need to invent something that can pop up from thecorner - like a raised shelf that hides beneath the counter - a hidden compartment that can use that no mans land corner space. In our previous house we had a super susan at about a 45 degree angle in a sort of corner. It worked really well. We kept things like strainers, vegetable steamer basket, cheesecake pans etc. there but I liked my drawers so much that, like you, I'm really considering the drawers instead. In my head I have a plan for drawers and stand up dividers for things like baking dishes, muffin tins, etc. This is sort of scary and yet SO exciting at the same time. Mama Goose - Ohhh I'm drooling once again. I often think of chalk board back door and that sign, too. That was SO cool. I have photos of her kitchen saved on my phone I like it so much. I also like 2 fishies kitchen! Those are my 2 favs! I've seen other kitchens with baskets but I've never stopped thinking about HER baskets in the island. So, that's on my want list! I'm off to make tarter sauce for blackened catfish. Who wants to join us for dinner? Sunny

Your Kitchen Designer should be doing the design for this, in conjunction with installer’s skills and preferences. Some cabinet lines can’t do anything close to that, because they don’t carry the right parts and pieces. Or their limitations in construction prohibit the custom design response needed. For instance, that has a integral door finished side, which limits how the island can be designed, and the attachment points. You really have to know the cabinet line and it’s limitations. And have someone skilled in steel and wood fabrication and design both. Some cabinet lines have predesigned components for islands. It all comes down to the cabinet line that you are using and the skill of your team. Start with, what cabinets are you using? Do they even have the parts available? That’s a conversation with your KD. Who should be designing this for you.