Here is a picture of the first floor plan for reference

anyone?

First the house is nicely laid out. Congrats on that since so many are poorly laid out.

Looking first at the master, I'd get rid of the double doors into the master. Think of where light switches will be if you have double doors. :) Same with the bathroom and the master closet. Is your master bath that special that it needs double doors that you'll have to close before finding the light switches?

The guest bath has too many doors into it. I would just have the door from the hallway to the guest bathroom. Otherwise there may be problems with doors being locked and doors banging into one another. The advantage then would be that you could instead put a longer, more useful closet against the bathroom wall which would also help mitigate noise from the bathroom.

It's too hard to read your plans with the floor drawn in the way it is.

I would want the pantry closer to the fridge and the mud entry so when I enter I'm not running back and forth between the two to put away groceries or conversely to take them out when I need to cook.

I personally would prefer if you keep the pantry where it is, that it open on the other side so that you can have an L shaped counter. That would give you a nice long run of prep space and make it easier to push stuff to the cooktop.

Where is your ovens?

Is that a sink on the island?

The nook is very small. Do you really need the nook, seating at the island and a full dining room? Only you can answer that.

Also have you looked into induction cooking which is actually more precise than gas?

Thank you so much CP for pointing out all the double doors, and the two door situation in the hall bath, I will definitely be making all of those single doors and deleting the bedroom/bathroom door in the hall bath ( this will actually be a nursery and then an office so that door isn't really necessary). I've been reading these forums for quite a while and you always give very thoughtful advice.

I'm sorry about the hard to read plans, unfortunately the floor has been drawn on my PDF floorpans, so i can't really get rid of that.

You're right, the nook is small, I was worried about that until I saw the home (its been built in Alabama, you can find the pictures on Houzz by searching J. Wright Altadena park, if you're interested) and saw that a small breakfast table will work. And to answer your question, my current house has a nook, island seating and a dining room and all get used. Overkill, I know, but the way we live necessitates all three.

I was going to put the double ovens on the opposite end of the back cabinet run (on the window wall, next to the pantry). I thought that would give me some symmetry with the fridge on one end and the stoves on the other. But, I'm not the expert so i thought i would reach out here for a possibly better appliance layout.

No there is currently not a sink on the island, what you see drawn is, I believe, an ice maker, which we will not be installing. As of right now our island will not hold any appliances and will be made of cabinets with drawers.

I will leave the kitchen to the experts! I like the laundry on the first floor where I spend most of my time, but next to the master would not be ideal. Sometimes if I am up late, and DH has gone to bed, I will run a load of laundry. Not sure where else it could be moved without making major changes.