To get useful feedback we need 2D plans with dimensions. Based on the illustrations swap all your base cabinets for drawers and get rid of the angled corner upper cabinet. I also wonder why cooktop versus range.

I'd line up the left side of cooktop with left side of island...or skooch cooking surface a bit more to the right . Put in some glass doors in the uppers......no windows .....you need display or feature of seeded glass or something for interest at eye level. If you had a range the extra counter could handle your coffee pot/toaster/ stuff like that......you dont have a side "area" for a coffee bar or small countertop appliances of that sort. So everything is along that long stretch......be sure and install cabs out for extra deep counters.....you can push back and pull forward those kinds of things that sit out. Single bowl sink and base drawers is kind of standard now.

Agree to change the angled upper corner cabinet with perpendicular. the angles are so hard to put thing in and adjust shelves.

Our sink doesn't line up with the cooktop and I'm not quite sure if that's a good thing.

People sometimes say, "Don't place them back to back because two cooks will bump butts." As for me, I don't like to have anyone else in my kitchen while I'm cooking, so I'd like to see these things closer together. I'd like to have them closer together /just a turn away. The question is, Where do you fall on this scale?

Based on the illustrations swap all your base cabinets for drawers and get rid of the angled corner upper cabinet. I also wonder why cooktop versus range.

Okay, so we're talking about the cabinetry:

- Agree on the angled upper corner. You could add Lazy Susans, but it's still going to be hard to reach things at the back of those upper shelves. Regardless of what you do, corners are just hard. At least you only have this one.

- You have drawers on the edges but mostly plain cabinets on the island. Because you'll prep at the sink, I'd definitely like to see more drawers near the sink -- for your knives and other prep gadgets.

- How big is the island? You have two cabinets flanking the bar stools -- this limits their space and will make it tricky for people to get in /out of the space.

- You have a table literally within reach of the bar seating -- do you need two types of seating that close together? The table looks like a breakfast table, leading me to suspect you have a dining room elsewhere.

- You're incorporating more tall pantry cabinets than most kitchens -- do you have a real pantry through that door on the right, or are these your food storage?

- Agree on, Why a cooktop instead of a range? And will you really use those two ovens? They're taking up a lot of counterspace.

- I don't love the rather prominent range hood off-center.

- Where is your trash can? In a kitchen this large, I'd like to see it rather centrally located.

- Where is your fire extinguisher?

- Where is your microwave?

.....you need display or feature of seeded glass or something for interest at eye level.

Agree. The uppers are a lot of same, same, same. However, it's better to go too dull than to incorporate "too much" -- plain will age better than "out there".

......you dont have a side "area" for a coffee bar or small countertop appliances of that sort.

Agree. I'd like to see a spot for the "always outs" -- coffee pot, cookie jar, bowl of fruit, cake under a dome, electric can opener, whatever else. If you don't plan for these things, they'll become countertop clutter /clutter up your main cooking area.

So everything is along that long stretch......be sure and install cabs out for extra deep counters.....you can push back and pull forward those kinds of things that sit out.

Depends. I am very short, and I would despise extra-deep counters -- they'd be uncomfortable for me to reach to the back.

Single bowl sink

I was going to bring this up. The sink is the most heavily used item in the kitchen, and I think you've positioned it properly -- but I'd definitely want a large single bowl sink. Other thoughts about the sink:

- Because a sink on a flat island is quite visible, I'd want a built-in soap dispenser. And a Never MT contraption underneath.

- Choose a sink with an offset drain. This will give you more storage under the sink. It will also mean that the garbage disposal is on the only drain /no one can ever dump food "in the wrong side".

I have to agree with the earlier comment about a single bowl sink with trash storage below. At least for me, nothing is more frustrating than seeing homes with cheap double bowl sinks being used. I just saw a video of a 50 million dollar home, with amazing appliances, and a $500 cheap double bowl stainless sinks with ridiculous grids over the bottom of the bowls. The sink is, by far, the most important appliance in the kitchen. Please do some investigating.

As suggested, please post a 2-D plan with measurements for best feedback.

Whether you want the cooktop and island sink back-to-back is a matter of preference and adequate aisle space. I have a 48” aisle (counter edge to counter-appliance edge) and like my back-to-back setup (along with a Wolf rangetop/double ovens and bottom pullouts on either side of the range top) but that may be a minority opinion in the forum.

Where is your trash located? I have two - one next to the large single-bowl island sink and another at the island end across from refrigerator and prep sink so co-chefs and others aren’t crossing into my cook zone to dispose of trash.

Do you have at least 8’ between the inside of the island end panels to fit 4 stools? If you will use the island for daily eating, backless stools aren’t comfortable and 4 people in a line isn’t conducive to conversation.

Consider eliminating the end panel (you may need a leg for support) so you can put one seat on the side facing the doorway. I like swivel island chairs so people can swivel during parties to face the table/seating areas.

I also like an area next to the refrigerator for a prep sink, undercounter beverage fridge, drink glasses, coffee, breakfast/snack prep, etc. which helps keep a lot of the kitchen traffic outside of my main cooking zone.

I think the trash pullout is on the island, to the right of the sink.

I agree with the others about the angled corner cabinet - one of the best things about my kitchen remodel was getting rid of two of those!

I wonder about the narrow cabinet next to the range - is that a pullout of some kind?

Since you have tall upper cabinets, make sure to order extra shelves for all of them.

The very best thing you can do at this point is develop a storage plan for EVERYTHING in your kitchen - it will help you decide the right kind of storage in the right place. Pots and pans, spices and oils, potholders, cooking utensils near the stove; knives, colanders, cutting boards near the sink; dish storage near the dishwasher; convenient spot for leftover containers, small appliances, baking sheets, towels, bags and wraps. How much food do you have on hand?

To perform this task, it's useful to measure everything you have. I marked out drawer sizes with masking tape on the counter, and placed everything I wanted in a single drawer in that area (remember that drawers are smaller inside than the cabinet width).

Ideally your prep will be to the right of your sink. How much counter is to the right of the sink?

What is the purpose of the narrow drawers to the left of the dishwasher? They're not wide enough to put in silverware and dishes.

Drawers even on the island are so much more efficient and wider drawers are better than narrow drawers.

What is the purpose of 2 pantry cabinets?

Agree about the angled cabinet.

If a properly designed workstation sink was used, prep would be on the sink and the countertop would never be used for prep. Trash can be stored behind the left door (dual full size) if the user is right handed.

Hi all. Thanks for all you suggestions I really appreciate it!

Just to answer a few questions.

Island

The island is 9.5ft or so. The idea is to use the right side of the sink as prep zone and the left as the cleaning zone. Right of the sink is an 18" trash pull out. I agree to update the cabinets on that side to drawers. Makes sense! Each side of the sink is about 40".

Sink

The sink in this layout is just a placeholder. We will be using a single bowl workstation.

Cooktop

So we're planning to do an induction cook top and a double wall oven. We currently have this setup and really like it. This was our initial preference and we decided to keep it as we would be having a decent amount of counterspace anyways. We also do utilize it during the holidays and it helps.

Cabinets

Left of dishwasher was added to fill the space and center the sink. I figured we'd use it as space for random things..(junk drawers). I'm not very convinced we need it, but wasn't sure what to add.

Thanks for the suggestions in the corner cabinets. The base corner will have a lazy Susan.

There is a 12" rev a shelf pullout to the right of the cooktop. This will be used to store oils/cookware/larger spice containers.

The 2 tall pantries will be our main food storage since we don't have a separate pantry space.

Microwave is to the right of the fridge. There will be a shelf cutout for it so that it's not on the counter.

Thanks again for all your advice!

Adding a 2d with some measurements

15" drawers (on the island) aren't especially useful. As you develop your storage plan and find things that can utilize those small drawers - great! Otherwise I would either make them bigger (my trash pullout was plenty big at 15"), or change it to a cabinet for cookie sheets and cutting boards.

The aisle space on either side of the island is narrow at 41”-42” especially on the refrigerator side. Consider making your island smaller to accomodate 48” aisles.

A small voice: I love an angled corner cabinet with a lazy susan in it -- that's where we keep all our spices (one side) and baking supplies and cooking oils (other) and I can't imagine any other way to effectively store as much stuff in a way that's easy to get to! Everything in the cabinet is in the front couple rows!

Your aisle space as mentioned is too narrow. 42" from counter to counter is minimum in a 1 cook kitchen. If more than one person helps in the kitchen 48" is better. It's especially tight were your fridge is.

If it was me, I'd move DW to left so it's on the end of the island and get rid of the 15" cabinet so you have enough aisle spac. Then I'd make one wide 42" cabinet to the right of the sink that is 3 drawers.

Additionally between your cooktop and ovens you have 66". Those 3 cabinets mean less storage than two 33" cabinets. Easy to divide a larger cabinet, but not as easy to make a smaller one larger. Also remember that you then have dividers, drawers that make the 27" cabinets even smaller.

A few thoughts….yup, make aisles 48” wide. Allow 30” for each seat at island for elbow room and 36” behind each seat. Your drawer inside space will be narrower than the outside measurement of the drawer face, so wider drawers store more. Consider a convection microwave/wall oven combo instead of a double wall oven. Vent hood should be wider than the cooktop, not same width. For a sink in the island, consider how it will align with the island width and the island pendants, it doesn’t have to be aligned with cooktop.

I am not sure why the island sides jut out? Seems it would make island seating feel cramped.