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Well.....if that was an option I wouldn’t be on here

Island should definitely be rectangular. Base cabinets should all be drawers. Replace the angled upper corner cabinet with an easy-reach cabinet.

And if you can. make your garage 2' wider. Mine is 22', and with shelving on one side, it is just barely wide enough for our 2 cars (a Toyota minivan and a Jeep Grand Cherokee). We have to back a car out for a passenger to get in.

@annkh It is actually a four car garage I just cropped down the picture a little bit :)

Mark Bischak's modification is the right one. It can probably be made even a bit larger provided the work aisles are still at least 42" (48" is better)., but not more than 52".

The kitchen triangle looks good and the task areas (prep, cooking and cleanup) are well-defined.

But, all this space and you get only a 24" pantry for 5 people? You can do better.

Move the kitchen another 2' into the dining room. (Move the window if you need to -- if this is new construction). You need at least a 48" bat-wing pantry, 60" would be better.

@StarCraft Custom Builders said: "But, all this space and you get only a 24" pantry for 5 people? You can do better."

Yeah, and they did. There's a 3' 10" reach-in pantry with barn doors across the aisle to the left.

Sorry, building, I saw the 22' dimension and assumed that was the whole garage.

Definitely go with a rectangular island- your builder built a lot of homes in the 1990's based on this plan. He must get the cabinets somewhere- do they have a salesperson you can talk to? They may or not be qualified at design but they can at least tell you what is available from that vendor.

Angled islands look very dated. Do a rectangle with the sink across from the stove and you could have overhang for barstools on the end and/or back side. This drawing is roughly a 4’ by 7’ island.

I agree, it looked dated to me too. The house we walked through had a rectangle island but it was at an angle- and I didn’t like that. It took up too much space to me so this was his suggestion. He’ll admit he is an old soul with his tastes, but he will do anything I ask.

Make the door opening to the pantry not more than nine inches narrower than the width of the reach-in pantry. If you don't, over time, you may find food in the pantry that would classify as "antique" hidden in the ends.

Expounding on the advice to make the island rectangular, I'd suggest extending the perimeter cabinets, and the island, a couple of feet into the dining area, to give yourself more prep space to one side of the sink:

I put the DW to the right of the sink, with dish storage across the aisle, either in standard uppers and drawers, or in a glass-door dish hutch. That location is convenient to the DR, and will allow a helper to load or unload the DW, or gather dishes to set the table, without crossing into the prep and cooking zones.

I drew the MW in an upper cabinet beside the fridge, but an alternate location would be in a drawer on the corner of the island, beside the trash pull-out. In that location it could open toward the fridge, or toward the range--if positioned to open toward the fridge, it keeps someone using it out of the prep space.

Dish hutches:

If the stub wall isn't weight-bearing, an alternative to the small pantry beside the fridge would be to move the fridge down and use a side-loading shallow cabinet, which would be easier to access than a 24" deep pantry:

Thank you! I appreciate all of the encouraging words and advice

If the builder is using slab counters, he (or she but I doubt from the design) will learn to love the lower fabrication costs also. Folks, plans like this still exist & never die in planbook world.

I’m not a fan of stove and sink being behind one another. It makes it very awkward for two people to wIrk in the kitchen at the same time.

Do what Mama suggested. It's the best idea

cpartist wrote: Do what Mama suggested. It's the best idea

Isn't it always?

Tell your builder no! I have the angled island and have never liked the lack of room when the dishwasher is opened while standing at the sink. Also, there is not much prep room. Would love to redo. We have enough room under overhang for 2 stools.

And before someone says something about my pantry size, that's just an immediate food pantry (cereal, soups, cooking oils, sauces, and another trash can, etc.) I have a huge laundry, with built-in open pantry. It's just through the doorway off the Butler's pantry.

Not to pile on (haha) but don’t do an angled island. My sister has one in her house (new build about 5 years ago) and she says she felt like it was dated immediately after moving in.

We ended up going with a 4x8 island and extended the cabinets down a little to make it even :)

My house is 14 years old. However, although I have never liked the workings of the angled island, I felt never thought of it as dated. Now I will...thanks!!! :)

Building - Glad you worked it out with your builder. Enjoy your new kitchen.