Drop the ceiling to 102'' in the kitchen and breakfast area and then use all 42'' H cabinets with 6'' of molding to take the cabinets to the ceiling. Skip the wood hood in favor of a stainless chimney hood to pay for the to the ceiling upgrade. Put the wall oven on the cooktop wall to the left, and a built in MW in a cabinet to the right (just left of the pantry). Then scoot the fridge over so that yo don't have to go around the island to access it. The island is actually a barrier to efficiency as designed.

Can't modify the ceiling height at all, semi custom home with restrictions!

Yes, Island is the only place as a landing area for the frig, Should I forgo the walloven/microwave combo and use a gas range with oven, and microwave drawer? That would allow a landing area near frig.

Move the DW to the other side of the sink and trash pull-out where the DW is now.

Unless you're set on wall ovens, then yes, I would do as you suggested by getting rid of them.

If you're set on the wall oven then at least exchange the fridge and the wall ovens. On a daily basis you and your family are in and out of the fridge a whole lot more than you are the oven.

Can you do all the uppers at 42"?

I agree with most of what the others have said. Cabinets to ceiling or, if not possible, soffit with crown moldings so you don't have a clutter/dirt collector up there.

It looks like blfenton and I are on the same wavelength about a few tweaks. I would also get rid of the small walk-in pantry that just takes up bulk but doesn't really provide tons of storage and put in a regular reach-in pantry as shown below. You should be able to store about the same amount of stuff without taking up extra square footage and visual space.

I put the fridge nearer the eating area so people can grab a drink, condiment and such without walking so far from the table. I moved down the range and took away the wall ovens. I switched the DW and trash and added the reach in pantry. the pink space says AG = appliance garage. There are a lot of nice designs to choose from in a space like that depending on what appliances you'd put there. Or you could just have an open nook to slide appliances out of the way when you're not using them

Is that your 'breakfast room' your dining room or an additional eating area?

My layout is pretty similar but the breakfast room you show is our dining room and only eating space besides the island. 99.9% of my prep is done where your DW is showing now - I'd definitely flip it to the other side as others have suggested and scootch it down for more prep space as much as you can but still keep the stove and sink staggered. Mine is just as blfenton said, (4 drawer stack), trash, sink, DW. Dish storage is directly behind the DW which is out of the way for table setting, DW empty/fill while I am actually working in the kitchen. Oh how I love that my kids are now old enough to help in the kitchen. Sorry that is OT but I just had that mental image while typing and it made me smile. :D

I'd probably skip the ovens too and make that a place for coffee/toaster/mw - that is a very busy corner in our house. FWIW most things taken out of the fridge here land either on the island or on the counter next to it where you show your double ovens to be. I think it's a 50/50 split depending on what it is.

edit: was cross-posting with funkycamper. If you can do it I think her pantry idea works best. Actually it's so much space you could have a counter to the right of it for a coffee bar if it's something you'd use.

We currently have a corner pantry like that and HATE it. In fact, it's the first thing I am demoing once our remodel starts in the next couple of weeks. It's grossly inefficient and takes up so much space. I'm going to gain a ton of counterspace. We are replacing it with a 13" deep full height pantry cabinet and 42" upper cabinets.

Here's a picture. The inset is the current layout and the larger is going to be the new layout.

I'm totally onboard with funkycamper

Ditto Funkycamper,

with a tweak: put in ~29-30" deeper countertop/base cabinets (or by pulling the base cabs out ~5" from the wall), to be almost flushed with the fridge.

Most people have stuff on their countertops:

- coffee Keurig

- toasters,

- spices, etc.

With deeper countertops, you still have 22"+ of usable countertop in front of the small appliances, etc.

And the standard depth fridge (which is more affordable than counter-depth fridge) will look flushed/built-in.

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I love my appliance garage. Let me know if you want the link.

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While you're at it, let me suggest induction cooktop. Great performance AND easy to clean.

Amanda

Amanda, I have had an induction cooktop - it was awesome! Much to think about!! :)