Apparently they want to use the peninsula as a desk. I think the 3 chairs makes it look strange. Would they use the area for eating like this or eat in dining room? If hes going to sit there to work, won‘t the kitchen counter be too high? Could it just be an island? or some sort of kitchen /office setup?

in our home the desk activities[ serious work] could never occurr in the kitchen. an extra bedroom has been converted to an office. You might offer that home offices do add resale value but a corner near a pony wall in a kitchen is not that. This client should consider alternatives and other spaces need to be created for the 9-5 or "work" of adults. I dont know what you would do if she wants to spend money on this. It would be not good.... but life has its lessons. Hopefully you have other better projects so you can have balance for yourself.

It does look a bit kooky! I guess a future buyer could tear down the wall and open it up to the dining room, so not that expensive/difficult of a project to fix it.

I would offer other alternatives, but let the client make the final decision in their house.

Good heavens. Does the husband want to do his work there? That is the nuttiest idea...

I think it’s a terrible idea. It looks strange and cramped. How much room would they actually have from peninsula counter edge to the wall (or to the edge of what looks like counter material on the top of the wall)??

How do those stools even move , sometimes you just have to say no to a client and honestly IMO when they ask fro something like this when it does not turn out guess whos fault it is . JUst say no and really if you lose the client it might all be for the best. The best here would be a stool for hubby at the end .

Can you lower the pony wall to desk height and create the desk there with the chairs on the other side? That way, he'll still be able to interact with the cook. The current solutions seems like a really poor use of space for a kitchen that's just not that big to begin with.

One of the biggest jobs of a kitchens designer is to use the word ”no”, and save people from themselves. If you can’t do that…..

To me the question is whether there is enough space for someone to be sitting on the edge stool and to have someone else pass behind them. At least in the rendering, it looks like anyone on the inside seat is trapped. That seems like a serious functionality drawback.

Tell her this is a goofy idea. the chairs look like they are backed up to a pass through. i agree with Joe. save her from herself.