The right side of the kitchen. The louvered door is our current pantry, 30" wide, 40" deep. This pantry closet is above the stairs going down to the basement and the bottom of the cab is slanted because it is the ceiling of the stairwell. This slant determines a lot of things for the new kitchen, but my newest design tries to get around it a bit. I will have Jim, our builder, put a bench seat above the slant, then a bookshelf for cookbooks behind and above it.
The waste basket has been on the counter top for several years to keep our dog, Casey, out of it. The new kitchen has a trash pull-out and a simple shock mat in front of it will ensure he does not get into it.
The little island is from Lowes. It is on wheels.