Hello. I am currently working on a floor plan and the space has naturally developed to where my kitchen footprint is what I would consider quite large (19' x 10.5'). It's in a configuration I would call a "broken U-shaped", but it could also be considered an L-shaped kitchen with an island and separate pantry area.

A hallway bisects the fridge/pantry leading to a separately heated sunroom and informal dining area. The other side of the walkthrough has the L kitchen and island. I have been playing with the work area efficiency (fridge/oven/sink triangle) and several articles suggest that the leg between each station should not be more than 4 to 9-ft each, with the sum of all sides less than 23-ft (ideally 13 to 19). Based on these numbers, my original design has people walking 15-ft alone just from the fridge to the sink ... looking for help with my station layout and efficiency please!!

What I love about the current design is the large curved window by the sink -- and for that reason alone I'm hesitant to move the sink and lose this layout. I also can't move the pantry as it accesses a large hidden pantry. And as the fridge is recessed, it ideally fits along this bottom wall as well. Note that the exterior walls are thicker as they are all ICF. And there is a ledge detail behind the base cabinets along that exterior wall for plumbing and easy power. As the island is also fairly large, I opted for a raised eating/snack bar to help define the space separate as from the living room. There are also minimal upper cabinets in the design (only 4-ft along the window wall and 3-ft of uppers between the fridge and pantry).

The only solution I have to my dilemma is to add a second sink. I wasn't even aware of this option till reading through these archives and online articles, but it seems fairly common today. Am willing to go this route if the plan works well. So the goal of the second sink would be to have two work areas (a 21" washing corner apron sink by window/stove/dishwasher and 33" (single bowl?) prep sink on island/stove/fridge) ... this shortened the efficiency triangle, but it still feels wrong. I also had to shorten the side window looking into the sunroom to 2-ft so as keep the stove 20" away per most codes (number based on internet research).

A third throw-away option I tried was to move the back wall inwards towards the house, but that only lessened the distance from the fridge to sink to 13-ft. And it loses my an ideal wet bar set up in the basement and balcony option on the floor above. Including this as I have considered it, just don't want to move that wall any.

I am also not a fan of having a stove on the island, so that option is out. My decisions seem to have limited my options and I see no other alternatives to improve this space.

So what do you think ...

One sink, two sink? No window into sunroom? Any suggested improvements to increase the floor plan or space efficiency?

Thanks for the input and advice in advance!