My suggestion is to draw the ENTIRE space, including the wall with the COUCH. You clearly don't have enough storage. .....Post again just below

It makes no sense to me to stop that run of cabinets on the left wall before the door.You seem to have a huge storage issue so the mor closed storage the better IMO. I do agree if you truly want help we need a detailed floor plan on graph paper.As much info about your needs and wants . I am assuming this space has to be a DR. LR and kitchen if not please plese correct that assumption.I also assume you are in Europe where giant fridges are not seen very often.

Here is the layout:

The room is a Kitchen - the door on the left goes to the Living room/dining room. Basically we do have two dining spaces, one in kitchen where we have breakfast and sometimes other meals. In the living room/dining room we dine only on special occasions or gatherings.

Put the fridge by the door so you get a good ice-water-stone-fire layout.

I am a tad confused. If it is the kitchen, do you plan to keep the sofa in the kitchen when there is a living/dining room? Please clarify....

In your first attempt at a new layout, your range and sink are a little too close. You can do your range on the wall with the door and put your fridge close to where it is now, or push the range farther down the wall then shown in your first drawing - give yourself 4' to 5' between sink and range if possible. A good layout has the fridge, sink, prep area, range (ice-water-stone-fire). That arrangement can be reversed.

You may want to consider using your dining room for most meals and either doing a U shaped kitchen or an L shaped with a small island. Breakfast and snacks can happen at the island. U shaped kitchens are rarely large enough for an island or central table, but often can have a peninsula with some seating.

My kitchen is a closed L shaped with a small island. It is an older kitchen and is in my "my pics" idea book. While small, it functions very well. We eat most meals in the dining room which is more informally styled then a formal dining room. I hope to at some time increase the doorway between the dining room and kitchen as this is an area of congestion when putting meals on the table, but it is not that big of a problem.

Our living room is also a more casual space - something to consider if you want to move the couch out of the kitchen and make the living room more of a family room if there is no family room.

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Well, good job drawing in 3D ;)

Thanks for posting the floor plan, too.

Question.

Why is the sofa in the kitchen? Is this a open floor plan kitchen/living room?

Why stopping cabinets to the left of sink, instead of wrap around to the other wall & stop there?

This room has a lot of potential to be an amazing transformation, I like to help, but I am confused with the current situation & the future goals.

keeping the sink there, got it. That is a great place for a sink. Dishwasher?

Thank you all for the comments.

We live in Eastern Europe. Your guess was correct.

We have a fireplace, sitting area with a sofa in the living room as well, but I find it very comfortable to have a sofa in the kitchen. The family of four lives in the house.

I definitely need a bigger counter space, so I now decided to do either the L shape or the U shape.

Maybe instead of a sofa, A bench made out of cabinets with cushions to bring it all together and give extra storage

Here's a suggestion that extends the L-shape slightly, keeps the kitchen table and sofa, gives you 4 feet of workspace between the sink and the hob. Relatively few changes from what you have now, but I think slightly more storage space and an easier to use layout.

Building off Plonkee's good idea.

Make sure to put a 4-5"filler against wall for fridge door swing clearance

Thank you everyone. I really like Plonkee's idea. I am now just thinking of exchanging the places of the two walls: Two put the fridge on the opposite wall and put the cabinet instead of a fridge. I also found a good reference picture

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