Which kitchen layout?

[Halfpint2017]

What would you choose out of these? I would like me a dining table and an area for a small sofa or two small table bed and tv too if possible! My husband prefers the breakfast bar one I like the idea of an island!

Sorry ignore the bit that says table bed silly predictive text!

My eye is drawn more to the 3rd one I think. The island looks a bit too close to the side units? Is it vaguely to scale?

Number 3 is to scale! The other two aren’t I just scribbled over the plans to see how it would look, I can’t go to a store as I live too far away so just playing with drawings for now

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Agree with No3 - gives you much more worktop space I think?

Can you add in where the table and sofas go (to scale) - think of circulation space etc.

No. 3 I think is more practical for cooking as everything is closer (compared to no.2), and it's a better use of the space than the separate island in no.1 (what would you do with the gap in between island and worktop?)

Friends of mine have a layout that is basically no 2 with a rectangular island added to it in the centre of the two long sides. they have stools on the narrow end of the island. If you can fit that and the other things on your wish list it will feel like a big and functional kitchen (lots of storage and surface space). It would use the space near your back door better than option 1 or 3. (but I cant tell if you have space for your dining table and sofa in the family room - the edges of the room are not visible on the attachment)

Anywhere you want to walk through a kitchen, you should allow at least 80cm (and remember your work tops will over hang the units a little bit). And think about traffic when the door of your dishwasher open (or the bin), or someone is washing up at the sink

No 3 makes the entire room look smaller so if you don't need so much worktop space then 1 or 2 are better. Just check your island clearances.

What is the space to be used for below the kitchen units in 1 and 3? It seems like a lot of circulation space. Is the family room the other side of the dotted line?

Where do the doors lead to? One to the loo but does that go outside from the lobby? Where does the other door go? (Bottom right in drawings). Do you need this door? That is what is causing the kitchen to be compromised and small. If you could use more wall space because you don’t need this door, you would have so many better options?

1 every time. Makes the room look bigger and 2 people can move about without getting in each other's way or 1 person feeling they're kind of trapped behind the breakfast bar. The only thing is say however is to move the hob, if someone is standing there stirring / cooking on the hob, they'd be blocking that gap anyway which defeats the flexibility of an island unit. Also the island looks a bit close to the hob run of units - you need at least 90cm-1m.