We do a lot of baking here, so one of our must haves -- in addition to much of the above, esp drawers drawers DRAWERS -- was one deep base drawer that could accommodate two large rectangular food service pails, one for flour and one for sugar.
Lots of uninterrupted countertop space. And I quite like my second (prep) sink on the island.
My other kitchen must have is the Kitchen forum FAQ thread, with oodles of good advice. Because it has more than 500 posts (most of them just bumping the thread to keep it current), you need to click the link for all of the replies, because the earliest posts are part of the FAQs,
"New to Kitchen forum? Read me first!"
This is also a very helpful post,
"Looking for layout help? Memorize this first: Ice. Water. Stone. Fire."
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