Are you very short or do you use a wheelchair? If not, either you won't be able to see out the window without stooping, or you won't be able to reach the cabinets.

It might be worth asking an architect for creative solutions.

I absolutely hate sinks that face a wall ! It's a deal breaker for me. I lived in a house for one year with the sink facing a wall. .... never again.

i vote sink. Giada has one like that on her cooking show. I love it.

This window is so low that it seems like you wouldn't even be able to see out of it. However, the extra natural light will be great and I would never live in a house that didn't have a window over the kitchen sink. That's just a deal breaker for me. I vote for the window even if it is small.

If I could have a window over our K sink, I would! On the opposite side of our K sink is a walk-in shower so inside of wall chock full of plumbing. Our north-facing K could definitely use the light a window would provide, but I hate having my vision blocked at ~30" (standing ~6" away from 24"D counter). I like being able to rst my eyes by letting them focus at a distance periodically. And with your greenery down driveway, you have a pleasant view.

Giada definitely does. And I forget her name, but the chef from KY does, too.

bruce has been married too long wacokid. ;)

wacokid, I got the Giada thing. My wife watches her show all the time. Beth H., Valentine's Day was our 47th anniversary. Don't tell my bride that's too long. Since she retired Oct. 2, 2015, she's been cooking some awesome meals in K we reno'd 2014-15. Tonight we had fresh sea scallops for entreé & cannolis made w/ pizzelle (sp?) machine our son gave her for Christmas. I'm good for a lot more years of this!

Beth H., my bride posted this on FB earlier tonight. She apparently took this just before serving them in FamRm when "Victoria" was about to start. Married too long? :-)

wow! you don't need Giada!

I vote for adding the window-- and make it more vertical/taller so you can see out at standing eye-level (5'-6" to middle of pane above finish floor). Get rid of the cabinet portion directly over the sink as this is impractical and will be a hindrance to workflow. I see the other skinny vertical window off to the left-- that's nice, too. Enjoy your new kitchen!!

IMO that window would serve no purpose except for light it is way too low to see out and that huge wall of cabinets above the sink area would bother me more than the lack of window right now you would bump your head everytime you wash dishes so I would rework that wall to allow for vertical window on that wall just above the sink and cabinets on either side

I agree with Patricia Colwell. I would like a window above the sink, but a vertical window is what you need, without cabinets over the window.

Did you say 3.5K for a window?

Yes to the window. Any south facing window is a dream.

Any updates? What did you end up doing?

Think of the time you spend at the sink and the counter. Having a visual escape hatch is worth whatever it costs.

The window looks too low for you to look outside. And the cabinets seem like a head accident waiting to happen. Can you move the sink to the island? Or make the window bigger and remove the cabinets?