I have already ordered this kitchen (before the summer promo ended) but it won't be delivered and installed until early September so I could make some changes.

Electrical and plumbing have been completed so no appliance movement. We are DINKS with a dog, minimalists with not much junk. Resale could be important but only a few years down the road.

The opening at the back leads to a family room/patio doors. The opening at the front is the hallway. The front section is a peninsula which will sit flush to the support column (which is actually larger than in the kitchen plan 16"x 16").

The photo is the view to the kitchen from the front window.

We are refinishing the wood floors, dark grey slate tile in the kitchen.

Voxtorp walnut for the lower cabinets and white Viddange for the cabinet wall/limited uppers, with open shelving and sconces.

Some of my concerns are:

36" sink cabinet drawer might be awkward. I wanted the largest sink cabinet so I could get my 32" Kraus under mount which is awesome. But it is a wide drawer to pull out for trash, esp if someone is at the sink. Should I switch it for 2 x 18" pullouts instead, so one can be used for trash and the other for storage?

Someone commented here that Voxtorp drawers do a funny thing in the corner cabinets (small space in the corner where the recessed holds don't match) Can anyone speak to whether they fixed that design flaw yet or not?

I choose 15" cabinets on the cabinet wall because I wanted something more streamlined and we don't necessarily need additional deep storage. I'm hoping it's not going to be completely useless though.