So I recently purchased my first home. It is a 130 year old Chicago style house. One of the things we really liked about it is the previous owner removed the dinning room wall and gave it an open floor feeling. So far we have painted the house removed the carpet and had hardwood floors done.

Next project is the kitchen and while we like the layout of the kitchen we'd like to paint the cabinet boxes and put on new doors/hardware.

The one thing we'd like to add is a large island instead of a table. We'd like to have seating on both sides and either narrow base cabinets (12") under it or just shelving. I haven't mapped out my layout but here is a quick picture of the kitchen. From the fridge to the bedroom door on my left (out of picture) is about 10'3" and the width of that area from the windows to the wall is 10'11". We were looking to do an island 7' long x 36" wide 36" tall. 12" over hang on both sides and either 12" base cabinet or just a 12" shelf with it being open to both sides. ( The bar cabinet to the left is just there for now being used as a table.)