eagledzines This is not enough information to properly address your question. Can you provide a sketch?

sarajke Here's a sketch

Jayme Hobbs Personally, I would go for one island, not two, because your room does not seem large enough for 2. Also, it seems inefficient.

Dytecture Another issue is there are very minimal upper cabinet spaces in this layout.

Main Line Kitchen Design There are some issues with this design:

1)The cooktop needs ventilation and a hood will block the view, and a downdraft really doesn't work.
2)The cooktop needs either a raised wall in back of it, or 12 inches of countertop, otherwise it is dangerous on the back side for passersby or people sitting at the table migrating backwards.
3) Because both islands are so narrow they are forced to be boring in design. Such a small two level island will look even worse.
4)The design itself is uninspired. Get a good kitchen designer to help you.

I would rather see a big possibly two level Island with seating in the middle of the room going in the other direction, with the sink in it, and the cooktop where the sink is. Or move walls etc to make a better designable space.

This is too involved for getting good advice on this forum, other than the most obvious advice of working with a good kitchen designer.

Best of luck,
Paul

Jayme Hobbs I agree there are major issues with the posted design and I agree that seeking out a pro would be beneficial to you. They are experienced in pointing out things u may not notice/realize and may help u avoid costly mistakes! Best of luck on your new home!

eagledzines It appears you may have around 50 sq. ft. +/- of counter. It's difficult to tell without actual measurements.

60 would be nice but 50 is okay. Without the upper cabinets especially, I would definitely keep the second island. If you think you need more space you could move the wall to the right of the refrigerator (with consent of the architect) and move the refrigerator over into the closet space giving you more cabinets to the left and less closet space.

On the stove island: You don't necessarily need a wall there if you leave sufficient room behind it.You should have 9" from the back of the stove to the edge of the counter if you decide not to put a wall there. That would give you 34 1/2" deep counter on that island. That works fine.

If you do put a wall there it will be 4" and with counter material on top will be 6 1/2" with a 1" overhang on the stove side and a 1 1/2" inch on the other. That would give you 30 1/2" of counter space upper and lower counters. That works fine too but personally I like the first option. I think it would look much better.

The biggest drawback I see is that traffic will be constantly walking through the workspace to get to the dining room.