We are badly in need of a kitchen redesign!

We have a 1940s Cape Cod, that has been through several owners with very different ideas. Currently, the range and refrigerator are on a wall by themselves, partially blocking access to the dining room. At some point a breakfast nook was added, which seems to have broken up the kitchen flow. The cabinets and cupboards are stick-built - built in and contiguous (they look like separate cabinets but are not divided internally).

I've attached a floor plan I made, with commentary. The left side arch leads to the dining room, the right side door leads to a porch and outside, the bottom door leads to the house's main hallway. The cabinet on the right side of the nook is about 3 feet off of the floor. It is built in and hangs out over the basement stairs.

I don't want to tear down any walls (who does?) or move the sink and dishwasher. I also would like to preserve as many cabinets as possible. The best I can come up with is:
- moving the range into the nook and adding cabinets and cupboards and a prep sink
- tearing out half the cabinets and putting in a counter-depth refrigerator
- moving the dining room doorway about 4 ft along the wall
- placing the kitchen table where the range and refrigerator used to be.

I feel like I would have to give up one of my lovely nook windows - they end about 2.5 feet above the floor, lower than counter depth. I would like to put in a range hood that vents outside there.

This design, I feel, divides the kitchen nicely into sections. The cooking area: I would store pots and pans near the range, and have a small prep sink. The food storage area: the refrigerator and the nook cupboard, where I'd keep food. The cleaning area: the large sink and dishwasher, I'd put my dishes and utensils in the near by cabinet. Finally, the dining area.

Is this too strange looking? I've never seen a kitchen with this kind of layout. I'm planning to stay in this house for the rest of my life, so re-sale value doesn't really bother me, but I want it to look nice. I believe that the wall to the dining room is load bearing, since there are support posts directly below it in the basement. So moving the doorway isn't something I would undertake lightly. I would need to bring gas, water, and probably more electricity up to the range area, which is directly above the basement.
Any other ideas? Thanks!