I should add a few details here. We just decided that we're going to move the whole house fan (NOISY) from the kitchen ceiling to our laundry room, which is beyond the door at the far end. The hole from the fan will be converted into a skylight since I have no windows in the kitchen.

The kitchen planner suggested doing a recessed cabinet above the sink and we're going to put shorter doors on that cabinet, probably in glass, so that I can use the bottom shelf as my produce storage with baskets.

Since my estimate came in so low (under 5k with my countertops), we may invest in a new fridge. My current fridge is dying a slow, agonizing death. The flooring is not accurate. I currently have a wood-look commercial laminate on the floor, which is one of the reasons I'm leaning towards a brown for the countertops.

Yes, the fridge area will be deeper than the other kitchen cabs, but I'm okay with that. I plan to use that cabinet for tray storage. My pantry is in the laundry room beyond the door, which is actually a normal door width. We'll probably add a louver type door in that space so that the whole house fan can still draw air. It's cheaper to run and as efficient as our a/c except for 2 months of the year.

I love the efficiency of a galley layout, but it's hard to see what's going on in the pic. Do you have an overhead layout?

From what I can tell, it looks like you are going to really maximize the space. You have a good amount of drawers, too. Should be nice!

Sorry, but the perspective is "off" and it's difficult to tell much w/o actually measurements and an overall layout...preferably w/the entire first floor so we can see how the kitchen "fits" with the rest of the house (traffic flow, family/guest entrances, etc.)

One suggestion that I do have is to build in the refrigerator by flanking it w/finished end panels and filling the gap b/w the upper cabinet and the top of the refrigerator w/matching filler.

Have you had a chance to read the "Read Me" thread yet? It lists some of the information that helps us help you on your layout.

Here is a link that might be useful: Read Me If You're New To GW Kitchens!

I've read the New Kitchens thread, and done all of that work. :)

I'll include some very rough drawings of the kitchen as changed for you, and a couple of pics of what we currently have:

First picture is the sink side. My fridge is moving to the right hand end of this side.

This picture is the stove side, which will no longer have the fridge on it.

The next two pictures are my rough drawings of what the kitchen will look like, including where I plan to store things later.

As for how the kitchen fits in the house, it's dead center of almost everything. The one window that is in the kitchen leads to an enclosed back porch that has been converted to bedroom and office space. We are planning to remove the window.

None of my pictures show the whole house fan that is mounted in the ceiling in the kitchen, but we are planning to move that fan and convert the opening into a skylight.

I hope this helps... and I've included a link below to my House Renovation album on photobucket, just in case. :) Thanks for all of your help.

Here is a link that might be useful: My Kitchen Pictures