[hotrodgirl]

Originally Posted by 784caroline

We have a Lantana and we use the center island "alot"....plus it provides us cabinet storage for pots an pans. Our house was stretched 2 ft on the kitchen side which gives us 2 extra cabinets (base and wall). If you eliminate the one wall, you do create a different "open" effect, but you will be giving up valuable cabinet space. We also have a pantry but we opted to build out out laundry room space to add on one side base cabinets with wall cabinets/wine rack and on the other side we put in some coat pegs and custom built narrow shelves for everyday needs. We have found placing food/drink items in the garage was not best for us for we found the garage area very hot during the summer months.

BOTTOM LINE:For us we found you will never have too much storage space in any designer home.

Thanks! That is awesome info as one of my desires is to see if I can indeed stretch 2 feet on that same side. Hopefully I have the width! It would just make things so much easier... Was anticipating trying to get extra storage in the laundry nook so you have answered that question for me!

CalcTeacher, we will be building simultaneously! My meeting is the 6th! Can't wait to compare homes once we are finished! Party on the lanai!!!