Will there be a table and chairs?

explain..... new addition? or reworking of space? what is in the pantry now? what is the existing kitchen now...what is the first floor of the property now? why only two tiny windows in the kitchen / for such a large space .....youd normally want a lot more light and view.

New addition- I don’t know why we didn’t do more windows except that’s what our architect put in and we already ordered windows. We can chance locations of windows and doors and cabinets, appliances and island but not quantity. We created the pantry because I want a walk in pantry.

I would do tables and chairs. Is that the answer to fill the space?

The corner cooktop is a big NO.

Is that a door? window? in the bottom left corner, with a wall dying into it?

Just a wall(not sure why isn’t not greyed in like the rest of the wall)

Is this a kosher kitchen? I assume that's why you have 2 sinks and dishwashers. On the bottom wall, do you have fridge and freezer, or 2 fridges? Is the other box on that wall a wall oven?

I agree with Mark - even though this is a big kitchen, that's no reason to waste so much space on a corner range.

Yes kosher kitchen. Not planning on doing a corner cooktop (not sure why architect stuck it there). Wall oven and a full size fridge and freeze on the bottom wall.

This is a little off topic, and I do not know all the facts, but there seems to be a lot of steel in this addition.

You need to pull the emergency brake cord on this train! You can still order more windows and install them. Single small windows is what you expect to find in kitchens from the 1970s.

I have a similar sized kitchen built in 2021 and it has a triple window that is 5 ft high x 10 ft wide.

My kitchen layout is similar to this ...

Move sink to left wall with large triple window.

Move range to top wall.

Larger main sink on left wall

Make island a bit more square. Add prep sink and some stools on right side.

Add uppers on top and bottom walls.

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My contractor said the same thing about a lot of steel. I don’t really know why the engineer and architect did that. But I just left it since it didn’t seem to hurt anyone (except I guess me financially a little)

You need to find yourself a kitchen designer ASAP.

Chispa is definitely onto to something!

I don't see why you can't add another window - you could use the 2 you have and put them on either side of the hood and then get a new larger on ( or double or triple ) for over the main sink .

This will be a great space, but you need to find a great designer to start.

Keep posting here and you will get tons of help

Thoughts:

- Yes to a small table /chairs on the right side of the kitchen ... but then, you don't really need stools at the island.

- I'd also add a cabinet /uppers near the table /against the side of the pantry ... this'll give you an "away space" to keep your coffee pot, cake under a dome, fruit basket, etc. This'll keep your main work space clear.

- This is a Pac-Man kitchen. So much cabinetry /island that you'll be moving through aisles constantly. Not ideal ... you need more walking space, more space for the eye to rest, more space that isn't crammed full of cabinetry. When you build in too much cabinetry, it tends to fill up with clutter ... you have more than enough storage, especially with that good-sized pantry.

- I like the idea of a triple window on the left side ... but two single windows bringing light in from two sides isn't half bad. If you keep the single windows, allow some space next to them; that is, don't cram in maximum upper cabinets right up to the edge of the windows.

- Agree that the corner cooktop is a bad idea, especially since it appears to be a fairly large cooktop. It's a space hog, and a person standing in that spot will cut off traffic.

- I like the pantry, but (since it'll stay open most of the time) I'd opt for a pocket door. Do not allow change it to an inswing door, which would cover part of the shelves.

- I love pegboard in a pantry, so I'd want shelves down the two sides /pegboard on the back wall.

- Where's your trash can? What's the pathway for taking trash outside?

- Where's your fire extinguisher?

- Where's your microwave (if you plan to have one)?

- Do you have storage for glassware next to the refrigerator?

- Where's your silverware?

- How will you enter this kitchen with groceries? Do you have a straightforward pathway between the car and the kitchen?

- How do you tend to serve a typical mid-week evening meal? For example, in my house we all step up to the stove and serve from the pots and pans. Regardless of how you serve, imagine yourself "walking through" a typical mid-week meal. Does your traffic pattern work? Think about picking up a plate, serving yourself, getting a drink, getting your silverware ... then how would you return the "empties" to the kitchen afterward? Do you see a logical pattern that'll keep people from running into one another?

- Say you have people over for a meal ... how do you tend to serve? Would you set things out on the island self-serve style, or would you plate food /deliver plates to the table? Either way, look at the plan and imagine yourself "walking through" such a meal. Does your traffic pattern work? Where would you place drinks? Where would you place desserts?

Since you said it's an addition, it appears to be a 2 story house where the back wall has been blown out to expand a new kitchen. I would agree that is a LOT of steel for a new addition to hold up a 2nd floor. Hopefully the complexity of the 2nd floor footprint matches something else on the house to be worth it. The beams are flush (hidden inside the ceiling) except for Pantry. If you have forced air HVAC supplying the 2nd floor in the 1st floor ceiling, or plumbing on the 2nd floor, then there will probably be soffits to contend with.

More information should be shown with the rest of addition and site, to be able to place a stove or sink, windows, and circulation to adjacent spaces and to outside.

@Mrs Pete

Pac Man kitchen! I am going to borrow that if you don't mind!

Love it

Be my guest.

Here is the rest of the floor for those asking. Just regular 2nd floor above (with a laundry room).

The entire house plan looks a little atypical on your space requirements, like the oblong shaped Dining Room and Family Room with possible dead space, and a very small Living Room considering circulation. Laying out furniture fully would help.

The reason for mentioning those are those things relate to the Kitchen - it could determine the orientation of the island/stove, placement/larger windows viewed through the opening of the Family Room, or maybe a Butler's Pantry should be between Kitchen and Dining.

Not sure on the 2nd floor, but if it's entirely new up there you can try to place the structure to not need so much steel, which could also guide some walls on the 1st floor.

Looking at the first floor plan, was it ever considered to tear the house down and build all new?

You should add more windows, and maybe to try to find another designer.