if this is a gut remodel be sure and offer the cabinets somewhere. Given the very good condition and lots of folks doing MCM era kitchen makeovers, they'd generate interest. RE your space ....One basic question....range ? or keep cooktop / oven separate ? And your goals are ??? .

Keeping a cook top. We are thinking about moving the fridge to the sink wall and making the island larger. 

Our oven went out two weeks ago so it forcing us to move forward 🫣😂

Initial ideas: cabinets to the ceiling, drawers for most if not all lower cabinets, get a real vent hood and put the microwave elsewhere (maybe a drawer MW in the island, or a combo MW / steam oven in your oven stack?)

For more layout help, please post an overhead, to-scale floor plan with all measurements included. See an example and more helpful info here: Read Me First thread.

Welcome to the Kitchens Forum Anne!

We'd like to help, but to give you more than WAG ideas, we need more information, including a fully-measured layout of the space(s) under consideration. Please see the "New to Kitchens? Read Me First!" thread, in particular, the Featured Answer, of which an excerpt is included below:

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Please post a fully-measured layout of the space under consideration and a sketch of the entire floor. Both can be either hand-drawn, computer generated, or drawn up with computer/app tools.

By "fully-measured", we mean a layout with the widths of each wall/window/door/doorway and the distances between each wall/window/door/doorway labeled. See a sample below. If something cannot be moved or changed, label it precisely on your layout (see post in sample) and tell us why it cannot be moved/changed -- we may have some ideas for you.

The sketch of the entire floor lets us see how the Kitchen relates to the rest of the home. It doesn't have to be to-scale, but it should accurately show how the rooms relate to each other and should include all interior & exterior doors. In addition, it will help us see how traffic flows in, around, and through the Kitchen. Label the front entry and family entry. The family entry is usually a garage or side entry, but it might not be. It's helpful to know which door you use to bring in groceries.

Regardless of how you draw it up (by hand, computer, etc.), please be sure all measurements are labeled. (Note: Computer generated layouts often lack key measurements and, sometimes, measure to/from things like the middle of a wall or the middle of a window. Neither are useful. Measure each item and the distances between each item.)

Other questions...

• Tell us about you and your family and how you plan to use your Kitchen. All-adults? Empty Nesters? Children (now or in the future)?
• What appliances (& their sizes) do you plan to have?
• Where are you flexible? Can walls/windows/doors/doorways change (move, change size, add, delete)?
• Do you have a basement under the Kitchen or are you on a slab?