What about keeping the fridge where it is and extending the peninsula from there? you'd get a nice triangle that way. esp if you can move or expand the door.

also, if you want other layouts proposed, you need to give the dimensions of the windows as well. I was trying to play with putting the sink under the other window, but need the measurements for that :)

IMO closee of that end of the kitchen to form a aludry rooms andthe do a nice galley kitchen with a door to the laundry if I can know exactly what spaces are all around the kitchen that is a great help, I cannot see how a ding table will work in the sapce so I need more info about that for sure.

Is that dining table you're showing the only dining space in the house, or is it the eat-in part of the kitchen?

The dining table is the only dining space - the other rooms are living room areas. I'm hoping to take the laundry out entirely (it's really cramped at that end), so I don't know how making a laundry room there would work... I'm considering now keeping the fridge where it is, and putting a landing space counter on the wall by it, but I don't want to block off the walkway too much going from the kitchen area to dining area, as it makes a nice loop in the house that I know my kids will want to run circles in.

I am not a fan of the frig in the dining room. I like Elizabeth's suggestion. As long as there is about 48" of space from the penisula to the wall that is enough room for the race track. :-) In conjunction with Elizabeth's idea you might have room at the far end of the dining room for a wall width built-in or smaller buffet. I'm not sure since I don't know how much room you'll have around your table. If you have room for something 12-24" deep you can build something with cabinets from wherever you're going to get your kitchen cabinets. If you're having white cabinets in the kitchen you could do wood cabinets in the dining room (or some other color - I would just have them be different than the kitchen cabinets). I had kind of a small kitchen in my last house. I had a buffet in my kitchen dining area where I kept my "spares" - the next box of crackers, etc. that you'll use when the open one is empty. So even if your extra cabinetry is in your dining room it can still be useful for spares and maybe infrequently used serving dishes, party supplies, etc.

Hi, Lisa, I have a few comments and some questions I. Order to think through your dilemma. 1. it looks like you have the DW to left of the sink? How far will you have to walk to put away dishes, bowls, silverware when you unload the DW? 2. are you planning to make a section of the playroom off the kitchen become the laundry room (because the plumbing is already in that corner)? 3. Can you easily demo the playroom wall or is it loadbearing? 4. how up to date is the plumbing, and if not up to current building code would you consider moving the sink and DW to the peninsula? 5. which door do you come in carrying the groceries, (because that is where you want the pantry and fridge)? 6. Is that a gas stove? 7. what room is behind the door next to the fridge and could that be opened up to be part of the kitchen? 8. would it make sense to turn the playroom into the DR? 9. are you planning to have the oven and microwave in lower cabinets? 10. Are you planning to have an oven/cooktop combo, or cooktop and separate oven? 11. Can you mark on your layout the measurements of the windows and doorways and how far from the corner wall they are?