I’d leave it where it is if you can rout ventilation to that niche. You might need a soffit on that wall. Then I’d just remove all of the faux stone on (what is that material?), add lower cabinets, center the cooktop under a vent hood, and scoot the oven stack to the right to be a corner run.

No idea. We don’t close for 30 days but trying to plan things ahead

You have HVAC in the ceiling above the space. Hopefully that means you can run a vent line in the joist space as well to vent to the outside. This plan would involve adding cabinets to what you already have. It might be difficult to match the finish that you already have, but a good woodworker should be able to do this, and give you a finished end panel for the ovens. How do you feel about the corner sink?

I'd put it on the counter between the sink and fridge, if the rest of the layout won't be changed, and you can vent it through the ceiling in that location. Leave at least 36" of prep space between the sink and cooktop. All of the elements necessary for prep would then be on one aisle. The stone nook could be turned into a coffee/beverage station/bar.

Mama Goose's idea:

• Moves the Cooking Zone (and cooktop) to the most protected area
• Gives you plenty of space around the cooktop for work space as well as emergency landing space
• Eliminates the "barrier island" effect b/w the prep space and the cooktop and b/w the prep space and the refrigerator
• Is closer to the Kitchen workflow

(See my comments on your previous post)

You'll still have some zone-crossing b/w the refrigerator and sink (crossing through the Cooking Zone to get to the sink), but it will be better than it is now!

If the island were bigger and had a sink, the zone-crossing would be eliminated, but that would be a much bigger effort than I think you want. As I said, it will still be much better than what it is now.

Depending on cabinet sizes and locations, you might be able to switch out the cooktop cabinet for one b/w the sink and refrigerator. It will mean either modifying or re-doing counters.

Corner sink doesn’t bother me but I do want to replace it with a larger SS apron sink.

How much bigger? You may have to rework that side if you do that. Corner sinks take up a lot of space on both walls of the corner.

There may also be issues with clearance on each side of the sink and the adjacent cabinets -- check with a pro about that.

PCL:

It appears your existing sink has offset bowls with the left having a "swoop". In that case you have two choices to get your apron sink installed. If you have matching stone, or are willing to sacrifice your island to get some, you can retrofit nearly any short apron sink. You'll have two small seams at the rear of the sink. Third post down, please.

If you don't have any matching material or don't like the small seam tradeoff, you'll have to have a short apron sink custom made with a faucet deck:

This 14 gauge beauty is my design and is fabricated in the states. It's not cheap, but I can hook you up.

Careful in the corner please. You can't have the apron block the drawers:

Hi Joseph- that is a beautiful sink! I love the stainless steel and I love the matte black one too! Beautiful work! Send me a message so we can talk: powercouplelife@gmail.com

Dropping a cooktop into an existing stone counter requires cutting the granite or soapstone. Recent responses on this forum suggest that means exist to do this with minimal dust generation into the room. Nonetheless, I would tape or remove any drawer slides that might be directly exposed.