best to show the entire first floor of the home..... where is the deck or patio..where is entrance from automobile/ driveway..etc. I think a U shape kitchen w a peninsula including seating would be better just offhand. that would allow the living space all along the front instead of crammed down by the front entry. You need a more compact kitchen footprint so you can use that space to the left of the island for a more extended and comfortable living zone....nothing shown there now. Scrap the island...reconfigure w a peninsula. A U shape kitchen can succeed with at least 5 feet across the U....you can get that easily. but I cant decipher your measurements

U shape kitchen w peninsula seating

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Here is a more zoomed version and I would really like to keep the island so there is more flow through the kitchen. And the couch that is shown is quite large. I could consider a peninsula but I would rather not. Thanks!

Here’s the zoomed photo

I would never create a large sprawling kitchen . along w oversized island and yet leave unused space like that on the left upper corner. Have you thought of that?

I agree that the space is not utilized. I was thinking of putting a bar area on that left wall. I’m just trying to understand the peninsula concept with utilizing the open left space?

Cannot decipher the neasurements. once your numbers can be read the U shape can be figured out … it can have the middle of the U on top or long wall about where stove /hood is i think…or middle of U on right wall where i think the small window is. but i cannot read your details to figure it in the optimal way.

I would not do a U-shaped kitchen. It is too confining. The space to the left can be used by adding a pair of chairs or a desk area. Need more storage? A freestanding piece to hold extra dishes, seldom used things or store bulk purchased items.

Sorry - tangent - Is there a reason for the bedroom hall to continue around the corner? I'm wondering if the bedroom hall could end at the top left corner of the bathroom and you could gain all of that wasted hallway space into the dining room.

Jenny, I didn't even look at the bedrooms. Could be an issue getting things (dressers, mattress/box) into bedrooms.

The zoomed portion is readable. Post more including the rest of the floor. Unless the pocket door to the hall is self-closing to help hide the batroom, it's not a good use of space. I'd use a self-closing pocket door on the bathroom instead and add the hall space to the main room.

What does the kitchen look like now? What don't you like about it? What are your goals for the remodel?

For example, when I remodeled the kitchen in our previous home, the goals were" more storage, more functional storage, especially near the range, improved prep space, get things off the counters. I achieved this in a U-shaped kitchen without drastic changes to the footprint, though I did move both fridge and range a foot away from the sink.

I can’t do anything with the pocket door wall because it is housing a new post that will be carrying the load of a new massive flush beam that runs from the end of the pocket door wall all the way to the exterior wall that the range is on.