Yes, definitely leave the floor till last.

Electrician will also need to install a cut off switch for your hotplates and oven - this is now a necessary safety feature so if you don't already have one, plan a place close to your hotplates.

Are you not putting a new sink or taps in? You will need a plumber to disconnect everything and then reconnect when the cabinetry and bench top is done.

Can I make a suggestion with your pantry - keep your shelves shallow - and divide them with panels for adjustable shelving. This way you can then have smaller shelves within the divisions and adjust each shelf to what ever height you need. I ended up with 9 shelves in my pantry this way and could store all manner of things in their own little space all accessible and I never had to rummage for anything. I think over half my kitchen went into that pantry, the space I gained was amazing. The lower shelves I kept very small, just enough to put a large baking dish or pot, or an appliance had its own designated space. It was so quick and easy to just grab things and put them away again. Small items were kept in plastic baskets on shelves that could be just pulled out to access what I needed and this kept everything neat and contained. Adjustable shelves can be removed for easy cleaning too.

Thanks for those ideas. I will use them particularly about the shelves. It will be so good to have everything within reach and in plain sight too.

I hadn't heard about a cut off switch. Will have them planned for too.

I had thought about a new sink but existing one is fine for the moment. Tap may need an update as it may not suit the classic black and white look. As I want to keep the existing black granite bench tops I didn't want them damaged by cutting if necessary.

So you would paint before sanding floors? My worry would be that sander will rub up against the skirting boards and damage the new finish.

Anne, go have a good look at new sinks, when I did my kitchen renovation I loved my sink and there was very little similar on the market so as I thought mine was fine I wanted to keep it. The plumber had to remove it to replace the bench tops and could not guarantee it would not be damaged because of the sealing necessary around sinks. When I saw the new ones though and later seeing it in my kitchen, the old one would have just been so wrong, it would have really let the whole kitchen down because it made the old one look so sad in comparison. A new bench top has to be cut for a sink anyway so the old one should survive any alternations IF you have a good tradie doing it.

I painted first but I ended up selling the house before I did the flooring so I didn't sand. That issue was raised but don't think there is a problem, they can sand to the skirting without damage. Check with a floor sander to be sure.

This is a photo I took of my old pantry before I finished filling it though. This is only half of it, the other side is mirror reversed, but you can get the idea of how each shelf can be adjusted and you can fill the shelves with like sized items. I did not think of this, the kitchen people just did it and I was so grateful because of the way it turned out. I think the shelves are about 350mm deep - held all my big things, but wasn't so deep I couldn't see everything clearly. For cleaning it was easy to just empty a shelf and take it out too which really made the bottom shelves easy to get to and clean.

OMG, that looks like the same photo I originally based my pantry on, thinking I would put my appliances in it and even use them there. I didn't have as much space though so the kitchen guy came up with his version and I could not have been happier. I note that has 7 shelves where I had the 9 to allow me to put shelves closer together at the bottom for just a baking dish or a large frypan. Saved space in drawers that way and things were just as accessible. With the adjustable shelving too you can take out a shelf or reconfigure them if your needs change in years to come. The average pantry I've seen in most homes only has 5 shelves and not being divided and adjustable there is so much wasted space, plus they are deep so things can get lost too easily. I will be replacing the kitchen in my new home next year and I'm hoping the same guy may even be able to do it for me, to my mind there is no other way. Even the people who bought my old house were impressed and loved it.

What a coincidence. I have been looking at pantry designs for age so have a good collection of ideas. I have the original joinery firm coming next week to quote on revamping. I hope they can reuse the carcasses but I will need new pot drawers and doors for the overheads as well as ends and back of the island. I will post before and after photos in about six months as this will be how long it will take!

A few tips regarding adjustable shelving:

Make sure the cabinetmaker drills continuous rows for the adjusting pins. They always used to do that but lately they seem to just do around 4 or 5 at each shelf level, which limits you to the number of shelves that were shown on the drawing, but you might want several more once you start working out what goes where.

If you are having skinny pantry shelves, say for spices or a single row of jars, make sure the front row of adjustment holes is not set back too far. I think the cabinetmakers' jigs are set up for the holes to be 35mm in, but that makes narrow shelves very tippy, and jars can easily crash to the floor. 12mm inset is better.

If you are having skinny spice shelves, get some lengths of 5mm stainless steel rod and flex them into the holes to the sides immediately above each shelf. this then act as a fence to keep the jars from falling off.

Daniel, with the number of holes I had in my pantry, I was under the impression they are put into the timber when they it is manufactured or maybe there are machines now that mass produce these holes, it would be expensively time consuming to produce the number of holes I had.

I made up a simple jig and hand-drilled the holes that you see in my photo. The pre-drilled ones are the ones a little further in that don't continue all the way.

I would have the floors sanded first as you will need to continue the flooring under the dishwasher stove, fridge etc and then protect them for the painting. Kitchens are usually done in two sessions with tradesmen, first to disconnect and rough in if necessary and then to reconnect. Good luck.