Rosewitch, England was definitely one of my favorite places I have ever visited. My folks took me there when I was 14, and I remember bits and pieces the Crown jewels, walking amongst the Stonehenge stones (roped off now, vandalism), Stratford upon Avon. Time for me to take my own 14YO. Im trying to think how I can get over there for a whole summer, LOL. Dlynn, I could have worked so much more. I didnt really look at night time stuff and there was loads to do. Greece: cant help you, but shoot Yasou a line, she went a few years ago. LOL Annie! Teresa, well go together. I wanted to explore more cooking and food shops/stores but didnt get to. Terri, here is more a link to Pictures of England, a website pointed out to me by Denise. I started it on Bourton on the Water, where we stayed for a few days. Thanks Sharon, I was actually thinking how can I even come close to posting her quality of travel guides, I dont do the pictures she does LOL. We might have sat at the same table in the Cheshire Cheeses dining room! Sawdust still there, but we didnt make it to the cellar. I missed a lot of the British Museum. It has changed.check out the new atrium. I couldnt keep up with DH and DS16. Afternoons, when I planned museums, I crashed. Next time! Pam, lots of people did more than we did per day! Theater every night, more attractions, I cant imagine. Gina heh heh yeah I need another vacation like a hole in my head. Speaking of whichDH has another week off in August. Nooooooooo! Kathleen, DH says he took an average of 200 pictures a day. Yup. Me, I just buy the post cards or Google the images, same thing (DARFC from the photo bugs here) Cathy, thanks for giving me the War and Peace moniker heh heh. Next time I go with CF friends! LindaC, I know. Im still exhausted. Speaking of the V&A, did you know there was a Dale Chihuly chandelier in the entrance room?

You have a good space with a lot of floorspace to work with! Here's an idea. As you an see in the Zone map below, this layout allows you to have several people working in the kitchen at one time. Other notes: All perimeter counters are 28.5" deep. The extra 3" adds workspace and allows you to have deeper upper cabinets. All perimeter cabinets are 27" deep, if you can get them. If not, then pull them out approx 3" from the wall. Note the DW is not 27" deep - but with the extra inches behind it, it provides more space for water lines, etc. All uppers are 15" deep. The refrigerator is on the perimeter and near the Morning Room. It is next to the Prep Zones and the Cooking Zone - where you will need it the most. Is the Morning Room going to be used for table space? Or, will it be a "sitting room"? It appears to have benches and shelving, so can't tell what it will be used for. Cleanup Zone: The Cleanup Zone is on the "bottom" wall It is separated from the Prep and Cooking Zones so that you can have someone cleaning up and/or loading/unloading the DW while others are prepping and cooking. It includes a Dish Hutch with a 15-inch deep upper cabinet that goes to the counter. The extra depth will accommodate dinner plates and, perhaps platters. Dish Hutches hold a lot of dishes - in many cases they can hold all your everyday dishes and glasses. The DW is situated such that it will not be an obstacle to traffic entering the kitchen from the bottom or leaving the DR from the kitchen end Prep Zones & Baking Center: The primary Prep Zone is in the island. It has plenty of workspace as well as a water source. The secondary prep zones flank the cooktop. Probably the most useful space for a secondary Prep Zone is "below"/to the right of the cooktop. The primary Prep Zone has over 4 feet of workspace on one side of the sink and around 20 inches on the other side so you have some landing space. The larger secondary Prep Zone has over 6.5 feet of workspace. The sink on the island is situated so that it can be used for filling/emptying pots. I left the ovens on the lower wall b/c it's better not to directly block a doorway with a hot oven door if you can help it - and you can. Do you bake? If so , the 6.5 feet to the right of the cooktop could be your Baking Center. It has plenty of counter space for rolling dough, etc. as well as space for the pans/cookie sheets to be right there. The "Baking Center" is also near the ovens - so it will be easy to b/w the Baking Center & the ovens. The primary Prep Zone contains the trash pullout. The trash pullout is also across from the Cooking Zone. The trash pullout is easily accessible from the island Prep Zone, the Cooking Zone, and the Baking Center/secondary Prep Zone. Cooking Zone & Right Wall: The Cooking Zone is across from the primary...

Now that I zoom in the window, I see what you mean. Hard to tell since the plan shows a box, pic looks flat, and there's no interior shot. How to deal with it? Maybe leave that window as it is; The former front door could be a round or octagonal window, which would suit the house, and not put the stair hall on display lol! What I ment by recessed front door is, that part is stepped back from the front build line. Your "photoshop" looked like it was all even across the front on my screen, maybe it's must my screen (or eyes). Either way, I think it's a great idea :) I like some protection for a front door, and I suspect that the front door as originally built is right at the permitted build line, and adding an overhang wouldn't be allowed. So where you suggest it allows for an overhang of some kind, even if it's just a pergola.

Are the beams solely decorative? Just removing them patching and repainting is going to cost a fair bit. On the distance between the peninsula and the cabinets I would check that distance again because it is really important not to have a bottleneck. If the fridge gets moved over to that area-which would make sense if you move the sink to the peninsula you have to be careful about how deep the fridge is and how much space it really needs behind it. It looks like you could easily create a small corridor with normal mud room bench, shoe and hanging area, with some open shelving for landing smaller items there (and a corridor would probably be preferable for the person using the bathroom anyway, it would feel more private). On the bi-fold pantry doors, does the interior pantry go all the way up to the ceiling? I had a situation where the top of the doors were 18" lower than the interior ceiling which went all the way to the normal ceiling height and every time I used the top shelf I cracked my head on the door frame. I ended up removing the entire structure so that it was just open and then putting normal cabinets which worked much better. To maximize your prep area you would do as Sena has drawn and put the sink on the peninsula the prep area would be under the window and the stove would be on the far wall. But I would read about that sink on the peninsula a lot of people hated it because they felt it splashed too much but I thought it was a great idea, particularly if you could have something similar to the galley sink (I say "similar" because it is just needlessly pricey for a large sink with over the sink cutting boards and racks). I am not sure I like Sena's idea about the table being crammed against the peninsula. I'm not sure what purpose that serves it seems like you have enough space there for a table and chairs.