Yes, I was planning on a free standing stove on the opposite wall and no top cabinets on the stove wall. Should I use mirror as splash back ? And black cabinets for the pantry wall and white on the others, White a white stone for bench top ?

Benchtop oven is one of those round glass ovens with the element in the lid. Cost me all of $35 and it's one of the best appliances I've ever owned. I cook everything in it and the bowl just goes in the dishwasher. Much easier than cleaning an oven. And it costs so little to run, heats quickly, and cooks superbly. Can't build it in though because you insert food through the top, be removing the lid, and then it gets pulled apart to wash the bowl after use. Accurate dimensions are a problem right now because this terrible virus thing has delayed our move into the house until end July. Very frustrating, but can't be helped. And we can't go to the house at the moment either, so I'm just working off plans as best I can. It's not ideal, and everything will have to be checked carefully when we move in, before we start any work. But I want to get going as soon as we move in so I want to have most of my plans almost confirmed. With the latest plan, I don't think I will reuse the existing cabinets after all. The kitchen is in excellent condition. I just hate the design. I think I'll sell the kitchen and start over. The cabinets seemed to work for my original plan - even had those lovely corner drawers! But I like your idea much better, Siriuskey, and the existing cabinets just don't work with that layout. I think it would be cheaper to sell the kitchen and start over. Maybe keep the oven tower with oven and m./wave in it, as they are in excellent order. Also keep the dishwasher, which probably doesn't even have to move at all.

your new plan looks like it might work with support beams to replace the removed wall and if you were living in the house i'd suggest that you rearrange the furniture to suit your new layout so that you could see that the front lounge area would not be big enough for the two couches with suitable walking space but moving the door from the entry hall would allow more space for more comfortable furniture arrangements and i've used a 2100 x 900 three seater couch and 900 x 900 for a single armchair and blocking the extra door from hallway to old kitchen would also allow for more counter and wall cabinets

Like others that was one of my first thoughts but after considering the info given thought that the stairs worked. I have drawn a floorplan which opens these stairs up to the kitchen which I think helps the kitchen passageway feel bigger and lighter, I will post this shortly. But working with my current layout without room dimensions, the plan originally shows an outdoor kitchen BBQ backing onto the dinning area on the walkway. To make both the kitchen and dining larger and brighter I would add glass sliding doors off both spaces, the BBQ would be moved to the walkway wall to allow for this, your plan already shows sliding doors off the family to the alfresco. By rearranging the family room lounges will allow more space for the kitchen and a longer Island. I would also try to keep the 2800 Pantry if space can be taken from the laundry on the split level for a much needed Powder room to service the kitchen family alfresco. Without knowing what is below the laundry, I can't be sure but if it would allow the space above the WC could be storage opening into the laundry