I think your plan looks awesome! Only have a couple of comments.

If the front door is to the hallway on the top right, will people be looking at a blank wall when they come in and look back toward the kitchen? If so, would it work to flip the kitchen door to the side where the counter is - maybe a nice full view door?

Your aisles are very wide - its good to have the space, but it may be too many steps from the sink to island prep space. I would go to 50 inches on that side. If it was me I would omit the 3 ft legroom area on that side and add an overhang for seating on the opposite side.

Put a prep sink in the island to separate the prep and cleanup functions.

WE have our house plans back from the designer do you think this kitchen is a good size to work for me.

numbersjunkie: Thank you so much for the reply and compliment :) We have worked hard on this design! Just wish I could put in the double ovens. Where the kitchen door to outside is located is no longer a door. We haven't decided what we will do with the space yet...either place my smaller china hutch there, so people entering have something pleasant to look at, or make it a small desk area. Thoughts?

GreenDesigns: Thank you also for replying. I had initially wanted a prep sink, but also wanted a smaller sink in the "coffee bar/drink area" at the upper right. That way, when others need a drink, or to rinse a glass, they aren't in my work zone. Would it be odd to add another sink to the island?

Any other opinions or comments from anyone? I would so appreciate it!

Hi, Shameaz. A china hutch, door outside, or something else always inviting to look at sounds very nice. I'd give myself permission to leave stuff lying on my desk, but not everyone's perennially messy. Where will a door outside be now? It is very nice to have one in or very near the kitchen.

What a good distance is between work counters differs greatly between people. You do seem to be pushing the upper range there. I'm on other end at 35" but have no kids following mom around these days, etc. If you have any doubts about how much distance is right for you, if you need a prep sink so the back-and-forth is mainly island-stove, or anything else, you can always get some cardboard boxes, sheets and scraps of plywood, etc., and mock up variations to try out. My husband took pictures of me "cooking" at my boxes, looking very silly, but none of them show me carefully moving the island, stove and so on, 2 inches this way, 1/2 inch that, measuring allowances with nonexistent doors open, etc. It worked extremely well, and I have everything where I want it. No surprises or disappointments.

Hi, Newbuild. Congrats! You must be very excited. Please repost your plans on a new thread so people can come chat with you there, without everyone getting all confused about who wants what where. That could be a problem. :)

Thanks Rosie I have no idea how to do what you told me to do. I am all new to this...

If you put the secondary sink on the corner of the island, it could be shared by the bar area and the prep. It could be a large single with the faucet in the corner so it's easily accessible from both sides of the island. Or, if you will be entertaining enough that sharing a sink there would be awkward, two small sinks in a kitchen isn't unheard of at all. The biggest conflicts in traffic management in a kitchen always involve access to water. When you add in secondary sink(s), you greatly increase the ability of the kitchen to support multiple tasks and multiple workers at once. It's worth the small little bit of plumbing to be added when doing a new build for sure.