Hi! WOw! It's going to be quite a make over! I think you have a great opportunity to have an amazing light here to rock the kitchen! And if you're nervous about introducing coppper (or any metallic in case it dates), you can stay with the black (which will show up nicely against the white gloss background). Such as this http://lucretiashop.com.au/pendant-light/replica-lindsey-adelman-bubble-chandelier-8.html this http://lucretiashop.com.au/pendant-light/replica-mimosa-pendant-light.html or a series of these (depending how long the bench will be) http://lucretiashop.com.au/pendant-light/replica-moooi-random-pendant-lamp-black-50cm.html or these http://lucretiashop.com.au/pendant-light/replica-himmeli-small-pendant-lights.html Personally I don't think it matters if you mix up brands of appliances as long as they all 'work' visually together. Good luck - I'm sure it will look fab! Monique

I think the fridge is in a great spot - you need it to be near the walkway so people can grab something from the fridge, without invading your space. I totally agree with keeping the services out of the island bench. I would allow 800mm between the stove and sink as you are always jumping between the two when cooking and it will minimise the amount of water getting spilt on the floor. You should make sure the dishwasher is on the far side of the sink to avoid clashing between any one stacking/unpacking dishwasher and someone cooking. If you put the sink in the pantry with all you dishes it can be really inconvenient for a family that is trying to interact with the kids. I like a pantry for storage and running a mixmaster to muffle noise in the living space. If you can place the dishwasher on the bench behind the pantry that will help. Allow 1200 mm between the bench and the opposite bench/cupboard.

You can get slim range hoods that generally fit into the wall cabinets ours were approx 40cm deep which housed the complete operation, our plumber ran a 6 or so inch flexable ducting into the roof cavity and out under the eaves. Most brands make these. A photo would be helpful. https://www.thegoodguys.com.au/omega-52cm-undermount-rangehood-oru50x?CAWELAID=620013790000422290&CAGPSPN=pla&CAAGID=21711678566&CATCI=pla-376401441757&gclid=CjwKCAjw0qLOBRBUEiwAMG5xMNN63iJr0n0Bnxf31-Gt0t5s0vERt_lOwOYkC6uzovf9TDWwawry9RoCgxQQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CLOv9erawdYCFc0slgodE5oLHg Where we didn't have wall cabinets we had tall boxes of stainless look laminate built up to the ceiling which contained the extraction unit, which was approx 30-40cm's and extraction ducting cheers

while i can't comment on appliances with 6m of available space you should be able to spread out a little and make more serving space as well as making the size of cabinetry more streamlined...dividing the space into 4 x 1500 zones allows for 2 x 2 x 750 cabinets and fridge space or seating something like this with space beside the barbq for serving and stacking dirty dishes and i'm wondering if a dishwasher would live inside one of the cabinet spaces to make clean up even easier? btw your image is gorgeous and my poor 3d computer images can't compete..enjoy your new home