I have a galley kitchen and dining room in one stretch of the house. I normally come in through the back door, but there is nowhere to put shoes/coats/etc. here in the galley kitchen.

Flipping the kitchen and dining area allows me to make a built in closet for coats/shoes, and I get rid of the galley kitchen for more of an L-shaped kitchen. Two big wins in my book.

The layout of the kitchen is making me crazy. The kitchen/dining area is 10x25' with a header separating the proposed kitchen forming a 10x10' space. In all layouts the sink is in front of the window.

Here are my options. These numbers are all without the range and sink subtracted.

Kitchen 1 (top) counter length: 14' (least counter space, peninsula)

Kitchen 2 (middle) counter length: 17' (removes coat closet, most open, most work, peninsula)

Kitchen 3 (bottom) counter length: 17' (lose peninsula, is the fridge in an odd spot?)

What would you chose? What other layouts am I not seeing?