Congrats on your new house!

The island shape would make more sense if the seating was not on the work side, in front of the cooktop. Because 2 sets of knees can't occupy the same space, it looks like seating for 3, max.

Thank you! It’s exciting. Would you flip the curve for seating so it’s closer to the door? Or would you change the shape entirely

That depends on the measurements. If you rotated the island 180°, you'd move it closer to the cabinets - but a good working aisle is 42 to 48". I don't know if you comfortably have room for seating on the other side, since that's a walkway.

With 14’ you should be able to do a rectangle island with seating on pantry side without the funk! you’ll still get 4’ aisles….

I wouldnt do anything to it right now. If you try to move it, or rotate it etc, you will also have to do something with the floors. You can bet there is no flooring under the island.

Wait at bit to redo the kitchen. You may hate having to walk around the funky shape.

it looks like the original kitchen. the phrase "update" should be defined a bit more. I'd live with everything and plan a new kitchen. Give yourself 18mo for a serious improvement plant...Nice thing : there is space for a great kitchen. things like popcorn ceiling removal/ new floors/ whole house lighting plan come into play. the brick cooking alcove? the garden window? [they leak sometimes after a while] you have to look at all that stuff ..... so you wait and organize and prioritize. You want to improve/ maybe in phases. Its fine and spacious to live w for a while. [are the floor tiles missing grout? ..see grooves there]

From notes jotted on floorplan it looks like you’re wanting to move sink out of corner & built in ovens over to the brick column. Is that bar set up with sink staying? I think I’d change island to long rectangle. If base not being changed & flooring too, maybe the extended end would need columns / posts at end for the support. But with extended end & open underneath looks like seating would work at end & both sides. I wonder though if the current shape of island is meant to not block walkway path from the front door through to past pantry into kitchen. With a longer rectangle island it looks like that extended end would be visible from front door - is that an issue?

I love the look of the island, but I'm not sure if you've ever had something similar in your home. Kitchens are a specific place in a home everyone has different ways of working and functioning in a kitchen, so I agree that you should perhaps try it out before breaking everything down and renovating as nice as it looks the funky island might be something you can't get used to. Doing a remodel once but doing it right is much better than having to go back and fix thing because you've realized that you can't function properly in your own space and enjoy it to it's fullest potential.

I see no benfit for that shape in such a large kitchen but I trully believe you need to live in a space and see how everything functions for how you live.It looks like you have an indoor BBQ in most homes they do not meet code anymore that is just one of many items you will need to deal with . I think 3-6 months gives you ample time to see how things function then when you are ready you get an independant KD, not some cabinet salesperson, to design a space for how you use a kitchen.