Since we have to join to view your pictures, you might not get a lot of comments.

Good luck with your remodel.

Thanks for mentioning that, momj47. I didn't realize that shutterfly would prompt you like that.

I moved the images to photobucket.

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Well, with the apparent constraints, it seems to me you've designed a great kitchen. Your counter space is limited, but the island should provide a great work area, and making it bigger can only help. I agree, you don't want to put anything on the island. It's such a good work area and convenient to the sink, stove and fridge.

The cabinet wall will give you a lot of storage. You'll be able to keep the useful but infrequently used kitchen items there, handy, but out of the way. And it could be a good place for things the kids use a lot, snacks, school supplies, crafts, etc., easy for them to grab, and will keep them out of your work area.

Enjoy your new kitchen.

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It looks like it will work well. If you are worried about storage what about making the uppers go all the way to the cieling for storing seldom used items you want to keep in the kitchen. Make the island 6" wider and build in step stool storage on one side so you can easily reach those uppers

Thanks momj47--that's about the best I can hope to hear.

loves2cook4six--thanks for posting the pictures. Making the cabinets go to the ceiling is a good idea. I have 10ft ceilings. Do you think I should do one large door? or a smaller cabinet stacked on top?

Any one else?

That does look like a nice island, Beachbum. Your idea of moving the oven over there might be a good one. As a busy mom, you'll probably knock out a lot of quick meals over by the stove, and moving the oven would help maximize that area's point-of-use storage. It'd also make that run of cabinets even more attractive on the view in.

Ten-foot ceilings are lovely. I'd personally probably only extend that far wall up for extra storage. Short ones on top, both for appearance and function. You could put latches on them for security if wished.

The wall where the cupboards are by themselves--there is a corner that is in another room, garage? Can you steal the space from that corner and put the fridge there? That would give you a full run of counter space where the fridge is now. You might be able to also get a full depth fridge rather than a counter depth which is more room for storing food. With kids, that could be important.

When I was looking at fridges, I was surprised how small the counter depth fridges were. Instead, I bumped out into my garage 6 inches, so my new fridge is flush with the cabs. I don't miss the six inches of garage space and it allows me to have my 25 cu ft french door fridge, sit flush with the rest of the cabs.

I too would go to the ceiling with the cabs for additional storage. Also if you were to move the fridge, you might be able to have a shallow full pantry in the space where the fridge is currently located.

I think it is a beautiful kitchen. I can't wait to see it built!

Thanks for the comments. I'm going to play around with the uppers that go to the ceiling.

mustbnuts-I hear ya on moving that wall, but we just can't. That is our laundry room and we've stolen as much room as we can from there. That cut out is for the air handler. We just don't have anywhere else to move it to.

Our garage isn't too far away, so we will have an additional fridge out there. I've worried about giving up that space too.