i'm really confused by your scale (48 inch aisle =6.2 squares), can you redraw with 6 inch or 12 inch squares.

One square =8 inches. I know the scale is not ideal! If i used 1:6, my drawing would not fit on one page and 1:12, the drawing was too small....
the measurements are all noted so you could ignore the squares. I'll see if I can print it so the squares do not appear.
thanks!

I'd do it on a 1:6 scale and then tape the pages together for scanning or photographing. The easier you make it on us, the better and more numerous the responses you get.

Thanks everyone. I finally found time to redraw these, and I have put the new drawings in my original post. The scale is now 1 square= 6 inches. I would love your input on the design.

I am not loving the oven in the island. You don't want the MW there cause of small kiddos but a hot oven seems even worse ( though they do grow up quickly!). Now that I have a wall oven I see the huge benefits over bending all the way down. I'd extend the counter to the left of the cooktop 18" and then put an oven stack with a wall oven. You could out the MW there. Then I'd move the pantry by the frig. The island is right there so you have a drop zone

Remodelfla, thanks for the feedback. I agree the oven location is not ideal. It may not be clear in the diagram, but the wall next to the sliding door will not accommodate a full width cabinet. There are only 23 inches of clearance between the wall and the door. I could eliminate 1 of the 24-inch wide pantries, and put a 30 inch oven cabinet there, but the the counter to the left of the stove my be tight. other thoughts for placement of the oven?

I didn't initially notice that...sorry. Is the door already there? Would you consider a smaller slider or French door so you could accommodate the ovens where both pantrys are now?

The door cannot really be changed in size as that would imply redoing our exterior siding. Not ready to that quite yet...

Hi, does anyone else have words of wisdom to share regarding this layout? Would love some input before we get ready to order cabinets.
Thanks in advance.

I'll give this some thought for you. Could you add the layout of the living room or some details about how you use the room? Is there any other living room or den or anything else that serves a similar function in the house? I see there is a lower level.

Immediate thoughts:

1) Consider putting the carport door where the pantry is. Both the sliding door and the carport need space in front of them for walkways, and this way they can share the same space. This also eliminates the issue of not having room for standard depth counter/cabinets between the sliding door and the wall.

2) I think you will dislike the monolithic fridge wall section thing in person. It'll just be this gigantic thing standing there in the middle of the room. You won't have good sight lines to the dining room because of it, and it will seem in the way. I assume the purpose of it was so you couldn't immediately see the kitchen from the front door? You might consider elongating the closet in the entryway instead. You get a longer, more defined foyer that you have to walk through before you see the kitchen.

3) Can you maybe find a picture or two of an open kitchen that is situated in a way you like relative to the entry? I feel like this is a different thing from everybody, so it'd be helpful to have a picture or two to go on. We put a very large archway between our foyer and our kitchen (instead of leaving it totally open) and that arch gave me that open-but-separate feeling that I wanted, but my husband didn't see the difference at all.