We have four farmhouse style sinks in two different houses, and all present the same problem. It doesn't have anything to do with the material as two sinks are concrete, one stainless steel, and one composite stone. With the two kitchen sinks it's very frustrating spraying out the food particles from corner to corner. Food particles go from one side to the other, and it's very difficult to corral them to the drain. The two concrete bathroom sinks don't have enough slope, so when shaving and brushing teeth, the water and material flow to the opposite side of the sink. It's annoying to wash a 3' wide sink every time it's used. And gross if the sink isn't cleaned from side to side after every use. As a compromise, we're installing a farmhouse concrete bathroom sink with two drains and more slope. As I evaluate many things in life, a, farmhouse sink is a solutions looking for problem.

640-500 is not big enough for any worthwhile fridge and i think the space will be better used with access from the hallway. A Frig alcove at least 750 -800 wide will allow for some variation in frig size (with necessary breathing space all around) as well as being suitable for most standard flat pac "over the fridge" cabinets...my daughter is very happy with her DIY Kaboodle kitchen although she chose a different brand counter because the timber bench top in a different brand was much cheaper..The best finish will be determined by careful selection of sizes to avoid any little gaps and very careful assembly to ensure everything is perfectly straight (buy a spirit level)...and, do you need or want such a big stove? a built in cooktop and oven and/or a cook top with built in wall oven and microwave might be worth considering: Think about how you will use the space eg the counter in the corner under 13 would be great for using a food processor or mixer but i would like the space to be about 1200 wide with overhead cabinets or open shelves, what would you store in a pantry? Shallow pantrys are great if you want to store lots of cans and packets but if you use mostly fresh foods then consider a bigger fridge space. Do you make lots of coffee and tea, cook mostly stir fry and grills but not much baking, then a good cooktop and microwave/grill and modest under bench oven might suit better and those necessary corner cabinets in your kitchen are the best place for electric frypans and rarely used appliances and the coffee maker should sit on the counter and kettle next to the sink, ready for a cuppa

Hi Fiwi When we look at basins, regardless of the overall dimensions or type of mount we look at the depth of the bowl internally and its shape. For practicality we always choose a deep bowl with a curved bottom of some sort to allow proper drainage. Its a great look to have flat square bottoms with corners and shallow angles as you have now, but the reality is as you said that they need help to be washed out. The deep and wide bowl is better for shaving too as it keeps the rinsing within the bowl. There are plenty of great looking basins that have the above. We often use an undermount or inset basin such as these give practicality without bulk eg as below But there are also plenty of good surface mounted also. Cheers

Wow...you’ve all given me so much to think about! Kate Partenio - I hadn’t even thought of garage fumes...definitely something we will consider going forward. Re: traffic through pantry/kitchen..this doesn’t bother us so much given we don’t have kids but worth thinking about for resale down the track. Oklouise - I love your sketch but upon redrawing it myself I realised that the kitchen bench will likely be the same size as it is now, as we would want it to be flush with bedroom 2. Also in your sketch (and in relation to marie4509’s suggestions) the pantry would have to be a straight line pantry rather than one that has a bench/shelving going across horizontally - unfortunately that space is just too narrow which is why we were thinking of it for the laundry. I don’t know about all of you but I feel like a straight line pantry still feels like just a pantry, rather than a full out butlers pantry! That all being said, we will consider moving the internal garage door to lead straight into the main hallway, rather than through the butlers. This would eliminate concerns of fumes to kitchen directly + problem of foot traffic through kitchen. It would also give us more counter space + storage in the butlers. I must say I’ve never been a fan of garage entry doors being visible to guests, but it seems this would be the only real solution. Looks like I’ll have to let go of my dream of a bigger bench :( Thanks all for your suggestions and sketches - what an amazing community I’ve walked into.