Kitchen remodel/layout help

last year

We are planning on moving into a new home in the new year and would like to renovate the kitchen to make it more bright, airy and open. The fixtures are twenty years old so in need of updating.

We would liken to add an island and remove the peninsula. We are also considering removing the walk in pantry and using that space to expand the kitchen’s footprint and build a bar into the dining area. However, we will need effective pantry cabinets since we have 3 children.

Open to cooktop with wall ovens but understand the space is tight. We are open to suggestions and ideas.

Here are a few pictures of the space along with the floorplan of the house. Just a note that the floorplan is for the flipped model.

I will be working with a designer but wanted to get some ideas beforehand. Thank you for your help!

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millworkman
last year
Live with it as is for 6 months to a year. In that time frame you will figure out what works and what does not work for you. No sense spending money and then hating the new layout and having to throw away the dollars you just spent or being forced to live with something you hate.
thinkdesignlive
last year
I agree with millworkman - however let me be the first to say that you will need to post a floor plan with dimensions so that any advice given can be based in reality. Adding an island will come down to the inches you have to work with.
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3onthetree
last year
If the current owners do not have it staged as such or you are not aware, the (formal) Dining Room is located within the Great Room aligned with the stair circulation.

After living here a while, you might feel some other changes to Dining, overly-large empty space in the Master, etc might need addressed during the Kitchen remodel.
remodeling1840
last year
I support the message to move in, live there for six to twelve months. When we moved to our current home, I had set, definite ideas. After living in it for just a short time, I took my ideas in a different direction. I walked around early morning with my coffee and a notebook. While I fixed lunch, I kept my notebook near. Dinner time brought up good and bad features that I had been certain would work, but wouldn’t. I had lots of time to watch the sunset through the windows and prove to myself my first choice for cabinet colors needed to be adjusted before we started work. Keep a list of pros and cons-loved the prep sink before I worked in the existing space until I saw the counter space was awkward.-no prep sink in the remodel! Reviewing my notes was reassuring-I had good reasons for discarding the larger island and using a slightly smaller one that helped our traffic flow. My husband lives to cook, so I constantly tweaked my plans to make the space better for him, too. There is no rush, keep the goal of a beautiful, functional kitchen for your family.