Plan iterations

Here's a progression of plans we thought through:
Switch the sink and the fridge: Makes an awful blind corner right of the fridge.

 Switch the stove and the sink: Not so bad, but no particular gain either. Requires all plumbing to be redone.

 Switch the refrigerator and the range. This is OK too, but the fridge door and the entry door will interfere. Venting the range is unpleasant (but possible).

 

Remove the fridge to the hallway: Opens up the kitchen nicely but the fridge area is quite cramped, even if those short walls are removed. Kitchen designers suggested this.  

What if we could move the radiator and put the sink in front of the window? The view out the window isn't awesome, and it'd be centered on a post between two windows, actually. Would have to push out the countertop to get the required depth after the passageway. Here, the radiator is right of the entry door:

And here, we tried it on the other side of the room. I'm not even sure if moving the radiator is possible, much less reasonable.

My mom helpfully suggested removing the closet and the bathroom; here's one possible plan:

Finally, we had a bit of an epiphany. We'd been trained by cabinet salesmen that every free bit of wall had to have cabinets on it. What if that's not true? Here's a plan with a few cabinets removed right and left of the window (for symmetry).

 

This is based on one a kitchen designer suggested, but with even more of the upper cabinets removed:

 And, here's what we think we've arrived at. No upper corners. We can put a large chimney hood over the range. We gain another few feet of countertop where the mixer is pictured. We lose half of a pantry cupboard. 

Tomorrow I'll post some elevation and perspective views of this plan.