You're right, it is too small for an island. Consider this concept:

Since it's only 9.5 feet wide, I don't think an island will work. But this space looks perfect for a bright galley kitchen!

I have a kitchen almost exactly that width and there is not enough space for an island. I put in a galley style kitchen but one side is an extra 5.5 inches (14 cm) deep counter. I used standard depth cabinets and an extra panel at the end to cover the empty space behind the cabinets. My doorway is along the left wall at the far end so I have a shallow section of cabinets with full height pantry cabinet and a couple coat hooks on the far end wall. If your door is in the end wall, you will need to do a straight galley layout.

It's a galley kitchen.Get a nice one, and move ON : )

I agree a galley is perfect for this space , they are BTW the most efficient use of space for a kitchen .

Do a search on Carrie B’s kitchen with door, in Kitchens. It’s my favorite kitchen here. Her whole house is only as wide as the kitchen. This is the “one year later” post, I can’t find the reveal (Search doesn’t work well for me).

I like a galley kitchen. So, easy to keep clean!

You can try a kitchen cart/butcher block if you can fit/want one.

It’s not at all an “unusual” space. It’s a very standard, usually very functional, galley kitchen. That you are trying to make unusual, non standard, and dysfunctional. Stop that. It wasn’t designed with an island for a very good reason.

I like your idea. We had a similar space. We like to have a bar in the kitchen for hanging out but there was no room for an island. So we did what you propose. We put a counter height cabinet with pull out shelves on the non working wall with seatsmon either end. Works great! You get your bar, you get more counter space and you get much more storage space.

Sometimes you need some imagination to get what you need. ,

@auntthelma maybe you have some pictures?

Thanks

I don’t. Not my house. But pretty much your idea. We need a bar, can’t have an island, what shall we do?

13 feet long by 9 1/2 feet wide, yours is almost exactly the size of my galley kitchen. Plan to pay more for drawers in all the base cabinets (SO worth the cost) and get a CKD. The floor to ceiling window is an asset as so many galley kitchens are somewhat dark.

Google Japanese kitchen design. They specialize in small kitchen designs, might give you some great ideas.

I think anything is possible. You could build a custom combined island/dinning table. You could even add a sink on one side ( facing the stove side), and 4 bar stools on the other side of island.

The sun in the winter sky makes it hard to see, but the counter is up against the back wall of the kitchen instead of floating like an island. Each side has seating. One side is bar height and the other is counter height. I was standing at the sink taking the pictures.

First, the pictured design has eat-in seating and so options that optimize the space by eliminating the seating seem defective, unless you have heard from the OP that the seating is not required. Of course, you are going to be able to get a better kitchen if you don't bother having a place for people to sit and eat...

Next, the walkway is too wide to be comfortable and is a waste of space in a traditional galley. After cabinets you will approach 6' walkway between counters. You need a walkway that is somewhere between 1060 and 1220 mm, more than that and it is going to be slightly uncomfortable and wasteful. That means your cabinet depth for optimal use of space would be 870 mm, which is much larger than the standard 635 mm. I don't know that there is an effective way to address that, but it is what you have.

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Here is an option that will give you three tight seats, it is certainly not optimal but could work.

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