Another possibility is 15/12/30/12/15. A 36" drawer is nice if you're storing bulky items like pots, but combining another company's cabinets sounds like a nightmare.

Thanks for the replies. Elizabeth, the island will house a 36” induction cooktop so those drawers will house pots and cookware. I could do spices in a 5” pullout at the top of that 36” bank.

Mama Goose, I had briefly thought about asymmetrical. I don’t love the thought of that but I will look more into it. You are right about the low visibility of the front to people other than the cook. If I entertain asymmetry, maybe I should throw another bank of drawers in there for towels and hot pads?

Spices should not be stored near cooking appliances. As for sheet pans I have mine in a cabinet above my wall ovens laying down on shelves lots of space and handy . I certainly would not know how to combine Ikea and another companies cabinets so my thought is no. I think you need to share the layout now before you order anything. A kitchen is designed first for function and if symmetry happens that’s great i guess but it is not the first item on a list for a kitchen design.

Patricia, I will work on a layout. Heavens knows there is plenty of graph paper flying around with 4 kids homeschooling right now. I’ll post later on. Along with an ikea layout screen shot of the island.

I store my sheet pans, cutting boards, etc. in a Variera storage box hooked to a high Maximera drawer:

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/variera-storage-box-high-gloss-white-90303149/

Stine, thanks for posting. I’m thinking another bank of drawers might be what I want to do.

Patricia, here is a very rough rendering. There is one layout from a KD, one I made on Photoshop and some IKEA layouts and an actual photo of the kitchen and blueprint of the area. Since the 36” cabinet needs to be centered it makes option slim there is a 42 inch space between the wall ovens and island and 46” between since and island. I would like to do an all around 42”....it feels the most comfortable to me, but the fridge sticks out so much. Thinking of a fridge change but not sure yet.

And just for added info, we will remove the microwave and it cabinet, adding 2 open shelves. The double wall oven will be replaced by a lower oven and advantium oven over it.

Can I resurrect this thread just by commenting? I have been toying with the idea of extending the island past the fridge (see the tape outline). It would make the island 10 feet long. There would be 10 feet from the edge of the island to the exterior wall of the nook. Is that a bad idea to have island in front of the fridge? Aisles are 42” There is room to walk behind someone who is staring into the open fridge. I’d love this option to work as it would add 3 feet to the island than what I had previously planned.

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You need to be working with a kitchen designer. Lots of issues here. Are you going to be replacing all the flooring? Because that’s what it’s going to take to fix the island properly. Your taped out rectangle does not work. At all.

June I have an appt with a KD. Yes we are redoing the floor. Care to share why it does not work. At all?