Sorry, still trying to figure out the photo posting...

Another specific question - does anyone think I have space for a wall oven or do I need to stick with a slide-in oven/range?

can we see more of the floor plan? Right off the bat it looks like your pantry is only 3' deep? If so that is not enough room to have shelves and maneuver in especially if you want to age in this house. Think in terms if you ever use a walker for example and need to get into and out of the pantry

Based on your 12' measurement, the walk-in pantry looks too narrow to be comfortable, especially for a retirement cottage. I'd use that space to make a bigger kitchen, and have one wall of shallow pantry storage. The kitchen is also too narrow for an island with standard cabinets and seating, so I think a table-style island would work--we converted a dining table to a work table/island by adding blocks to make it 34" tall, and a DIY cabinet. You could put shallow shelves across the front if you need storage for cups, bowls, and glasses, across from the DW.

.I added another window, to center the sink and take advantage of the view. You could have a corner susan, or block the corner for wider drawers on each side. I put a full-height cabinet in the upper corner--it could have glass doors for dish storage, or could be extra pantry storage. The counters on the range wall could be made deeper than the standard 24", by having custom drawer bases made, or by pulling standard cabinets out from the wall.

The second version has a separate cooktop and ovens. The voided corner could be a closet which opens to the hallway, to take advantage of the wasted space:

ETA, completely agree with cpartist.

Thanks so much for these comments - lots of food (ha) for thought. I'll need to take a closer look - beautiful day at the lake so busy outside getting our dock in for the season and our neighbour's.

I will just add that the main reason I was looking at a separate pantry was to try to deal with the main (to me) downside of the open kitchen - looking at dirty dishes when entertaining. Maybe there's away to have prep space on the pantry wall suggested by mama goose that could have a pulldown door for quick concealment? Crazy?

Anyway, I will get back to this shortly. Thanks so much!

Rainy, nasty weather here for days. :-/

You can have prep on the pantry wall, partially hidden by the fridge and ovens, option 1. You could do a Wizard of Oz curtain to hide everything ;)--but, really, why would you want to prep over there when you can look at the lake? Better to put the clean-up on the top wall, and prep at the windows, option 2.

You lose the pantry in both plans, but you can have deeper than standard drawers and upper cabinets for more storage. Both kitchens have ample space for a helper--while one person is prepping and cooking, a helper can load or unload the DW, help with prep, or set the table.

Any chance you could incorporate the trapezoid-shaped outdoor space for a pantry?

Mama goose, I'm quite liking your new Option 2. It's nice to have the fridge close to the rest of the house so guests can help themselves to refreshments without coming into the workspace. Also having the peninsula on the interior side means no blocking the path to the patio doors.

And 2 sinks will make a difference I know.

A coffee station is pretty important (to me) and I think the peninsula corner might work nicely for that.

i don't think I would encroach on the funny shaped outdoor space. Not sure the space is worth trying to access it and it would likely affect the elevations (which I don't have yet). I will try to post our whole first floor plan.

I'm so glad I posted here for comments - thanks again.