Can you include a drawing that shows the dining room?

Your kitchen is bisected by traffic through the house and then you have a basement door to contend with. As other kitchens here have been labeled, yours is a hallway. I'm wondering if you're in a situation where the best option is to swap the kitchen with another room altogether.

I don't think you can get an island or a peninsula of any significance in there and personally, I think you probably have the best configuration of Fridge/Sink/Range you'll be able to achieve except for maybe moving the sink to the window closer to the fridge?

What size appliances are you planning to purchase? Is the hood currently vented to the exterior? Can you reverse the swing on the basement door?

I would take only as much space from the powder room as you need to recess the fridge and ovens. (Use the space on the other side for shallow storage, if possible.) Something like this, with benjesbride's suggestion to move the sink to the top wall:

The work table/island could be on wheels, to move it into the center of the kitchen if it's needed closer to the working side. In the meantime it's landing space for the fridge and ovens.

Which way do the windows face - the table windows , the sink window and the window across from the range. The windows by the table - can they be altered so as to be counter height or are they to remain as is.

Alternately, if you keep a range (no wall oven), you could have a step-in pantry. If the door to the dining room could be moved, a longer counter with DW and sink would be possible, closer to the DR. There would still be room for a small rolling cart:

I must be tired. I thought the yellow square said "cat".

Similar to current layout, with cooktop switched, fridge moved to working side, wall oven/mw, and step-in pantry:

Oasisowner, let's get our priorities straight. We always first plan a space for the cat. =^.^=

Something like this?

benjesbride - the house is a typical city "shotgun" layout - each room is the width of the house and leads to the next w/o and halls, etc. There is an enclosed porch = office, living room, dining room, then the kitchen is at the rear of the house. We can add some room to the kitchen from that end if we take space away from the DR, but cant actually change its location.

mama goose_gw zn6OH -
I haven't figured out appliances at all. I was planning to just buy the most affordable pieces that come recommended here : )
The hood and range is on an interior wall separating the kitchen and the dining room. I think we probably could reverse the swing on the basement door. What benefit would that add?

blfenton - The window across from the range faces south, and the one over the sink faces south west. The two by the table face southeast, however they look out to the neighboring house, which is barely 6 feet away.

sena01 - never thought to alter the space in front of that long hall!

A pantry would be amazing. I didn't think I could get one in, but was hoping increasing the number of top cabinets would give me enough storage.

Another idea I had was to take the exterior landing (upper right) and enclose that so I could add more footage to the kitchen and change the point of entry. Just not sure if I would be gaining enough space to warrant the cost of adding an extension.

I was planning to increase the opening leading in from the dining room, but worry that would make it even harder to maximize space.

The funny thing is that this kitchen is quite literally double the size of our last two, but somehow doesn't feel as though it can look or feel spacious due to the doors and window placements.

Also, wondering what steps to take first? Architect, KD, GC? Will the architect understand kitchen function? If I go to the KD first, will that person have enough knowledge of structural concerns in order to take moving walls, existing gas lines, etc into consideration? Do I see a GC to price out the cost of changes with moving walls and adding an extension? Hmph - no idea!