I would want a second sink closer to the cooktop (e.g. on the island).

can you post a sketch of how the space is presently laid out?

whats to the right of the triangle?

whats to the left of the powder?

Sorry this is a horribly rudimentary paint edit of the drawing, but the layout isn't changed too much. I labeled the rooms. Currently the sideboard is diagonal, with an odd triangular closet behind it, and doesn't hide the bathroom at all (doesn't come out as far as my edit). The current slide-in range is where the range hood and cooktop will go. Not much else is changing except the current front counter is a counter with also a barstool height and we will make it one height. It will also be shorter because of the now perpendicular sideboard to the back wall. I'm sure that's why it was angled before, but it's awkward. As you can see there is not much wall space to work with, lots of door frames. The triangle is a fireplace in the great room.

If I could afford it, I would move the washer dryer next to the master bedroom (where the clothes are coming from) and move the bathroom over to the laundry room area (window there) and free up some of the space used by those rooms on both sides of the kitchen. But that kind of move is more time, effort and money and also, depending upon your foundation could be impossible to do cost-effectively. Are you wanting to keep the same configuration as much as possible?

We're in FL with a concrete slab, I assume moving any drains under the house ( we have septic) would be pretty costly. If I had my way I'd remove the powder room and make it a butlers pantry or dish room, but I understand why keeping bathrooms is important. I would agree with you, swapping those two areas would be a great idea.

You don't want to start moving those things on a slab. Too costly. Can you post a head on picture of your layout? Not angled?

You don't want to start moving those things on a slab. Too costly. Can you post a head on picture of your layout? Not angled?

I wanted to play around with your floor plan while I had a free minute. I made SEVERAL assumptions, so I know nothing in my drawing may be feasible but my hope is that it sparks ideas.

My primary assumption is that the fireplace is not in the great room proper, but more like off to the side. As such, perhaps the fireplace is not a must have. I wondered if you could bring the kitchen closer to the great room and rotate the location of the sink 90' to create an island that faces the patio...

Pardon the mess!

The dining room has an doorway from the kitchen, as well as the foyer near the front door. The ridge vent on the roof runs the length of the house from either side of the chimney, horizontally if you were looking at the house from the front yard. I think the fireplace could be removed. I like it, but it is also FL.