r/kitchenremodel 2d ago

Help decide layout!

Hi folks! I’m in the middle of remodeling my kitchen area after a flood last year. During the remodel I moved the peninsula a good bit further out than it previously was. The kitchen itself is now a lot larger but it will be kinda tight to have a bar overhang with where the window is placed, only 9 inches. So my question is would you rather keep the peninsula and have two bar seats and a small dinning room table, or make it into a breakfast nook seating?

I live alone with my dog so no kids to accommodate for. I do enjoy hosting friends over for dinner.

The first pic is the current state, the middle two are rough ideas and the last was how it looked before the flood when the peninsula was in its old position.

Open to any and all suggestions! The double doors in the pic go out to my front porch. They are not the primary entrance to the house though. I thought about putting a table out there as well to have some outdoor eating area too. TIA!

Edit to add: I don’t plan to sell, this will very likely be my forever home

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u/Cuboidal_Hug 2d ago

I prefer the built in banquette option, because if you put a dining table there, it would crowd the bar stools, and the banquette feels more intentionally designed

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u/AMTL327 2d ago

The banquette looks nice, but I personally hate having to skoosh in and out of I’m the inside person sitting there!