The changes you mention won’t be inexpensive.

Does the flooring run under the island?

Rather than replacing that window, you could get a freestanding banquette bench and place it in front of the window.

How long have you lived in the house? It's a good idea to live in a house for 6 months or so, to understand what works and what doesn't work for your family. You might find that the barrier island drives you nuts, for example.

You have a dining room next to the kitchen - if you eat most of your meals there, additional kitchen seating may not be necessary. I sure wouldn't want to impede the path to the door of your fabulous patio!

How many people on the daily do you need to seat for meals? What is behind those two doors opposite the door by the bow window?

Modifying that window will cost 7 or 8 thousand dollars. What budget do you have for changes? Your cabinets appear to be in good shape. If it were me, I would look to changing the granite to something lighter, change the backsplash, eliminate the rounded overhang of the island counter top that is on the short end by the window, update the appliances, and add a pretty, round breakfast table with a new chandelier over it.

I wouldn't spend one dime to change what I see. Looks very nice. Live with it and save up for a full reno to get every thing you want.

Thank you all. Helpful insights!

- No flooring under island (but we'll be replacing/refinishing most of the house's flooring).

- We haven't lived there yet. But are wanting to do most modifications now that we are leaving at our old house.

- To seat regularly for breakfast and lunch it is 5 of us, but mostly 3-4 at a time.

- Behind the two doors, the ones opposite to the bay window is a pantry.

I would not extend the island or create a peninsula type of seating.

Does the island flare from narrower to wider on the curved side? The walk way between sink and island looks narrow. The cabinets may be in good shape but it appears there are a lot of things that need updating. The "seat" on that bay window looks too high to be actual window seating and I think pulling a table over there with chairs will be too tight with your island and counter. If you are wanting immediate updating I would do the following

1. pull the bridge from over the sink.

2. change light fixtures and possibly add one over the island

3. you said youre changing the wood .floors.....

4. backsplash and counters?

5. add a cushion to the window seat

6 add some window treatments

No idea what your style is but keeping with teh style of the home that I can see......

If you want to live with it and save for a larger reno you should consider the following....

Are you formal dining room people? I ask because it is right on the other side of the range wall. If a full renovation is happening this might be an opportunity to open up that wall and make one single eating area of the dining room while expanding the kitchen the other direction

I wouldn’t do a thing untill I lived in the house for a year or two. Speaking from personal experience, I lived in my previous home for almost five years before embarking on a major remodel. So glad that I waited. My initial thoughts about what I wanted/needed changed dramatically after living there.