When designing a kitchen with the main sink in the island, it's important to resist the desire to center everything. You don't want to bump into the person cooking at the range, and you want to maximize counter space to one side of the sink. I like to put in the dishwasher first, then the sink. That way both of those utilities are ganged together at one end, leaving as much counter space as possible to the other side.
by Rebekah Zaveloff