Hi all,

We've decided to redo the kitchen in our new house before moving in (it's in an ugly state and now's the time to do it) but not having lived in the space we're having a hard time thinking of how it will flow.

In the (hopefully) attached diagram, cabinet L6A is a drawer unit, L3/L5 are baking tray/etc holders, L4 contains the sink, and T1 is a tall pantry pullout unit. U4 is an open shelf. Everything else is a standard base cabinet.

The room has windows on the three walls around the sink (top of diagram) and opens to the dining room over a peninsula at right (over L6B). I've had a really hard time thinking of ways to improve the space. Making use of the 45ð corners seems to be all but impossible due to how short they are at the cabinet faces. The only real changes we've come up with in this plan are widening some cabinets (replacing two narrow units with a single wider one), turning U4 into a shelf to let a little more window light in, and adding the pantry pullout T1. I've also increased the depth on L7 to match the fridge better -- is this worth it?

Thanks for any suggestions you might have!