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I really like the design put forward by oklouise, it really allows you to hind the ugly stuff pls all the countertop appliances like toasters. An alternative is to move the stove to the exterior wall where the current pantry is, this would reduce the space from the stove to the sink. move the fridge towards the exterior wall and add built in pantry either side of the fridge to frame the fridge. add uppers between the pantry and the exterior wall with an appliance garage below. alternatively, keep your current design, add uppers to the exterior pantry wall, and add an appliance garage below to hide the toaster and stuff. Good luck!

Hi Leanne, there are other options to the lazy susan style carousel to make the best use of the corner cupboards, such as this fitting in this photo whihc makes better use of the space. It looks like you must do lots of entertaining with such a large kitchen. My primary concern is the size of your kitchen work triangle. The kitchen work triangle is a concept used to determine efficient kitchen layouts. The primary tasks in a home kitchen are carried out between the cook top, the sink and the refrigerator. These three points and the imaginary lines between them, make up what kitchen experts call the work triangle. Your kitchen (and many commercial kitchens) has a very large, and inefficient kitchen work triangle. Which means that you will be doing a lot more walking in preparing a simple meal. I would be redesigning the kitchen so that the fridge, cooktop and sink are located closer together, so that you don't need to constantly walk around the central island bench. If it was my kitchen I would probably learn how to cook while wearing roller skates! Best of luck, Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls.

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