re: Designing a Kitchen (well sort of) - need some ideas

A separate butler's pantry to house your lesser used appliances, holiday trays, and bulk goods. This a good place for a drink fridge, ice maker, or wine fridge.

A large island with no built in appliances. A large work surface with electrical outlets. Leave and overhang on your countertop to make it easy to scrape stuff into the trash and keep from getting snagged on the cabinet hardware.

Most nice double ovens have a warm or hold setting. That eliminates the need for a single purpose warming drawer. Double ovens trump a large range in that both ovens can be the same size. The second oven on ranges are narrow little things.

A large, deep sink is a necessity for large pots and pans. Go wide and deep. Farmhouse sinks are nice, and so are undercount stainless ones.

Drawers everywhere. Big deep drawers are easier to work with than beep cabinets. With drawers, you can easily reach things. Have pullout trays in your kitchen pantry for the same reason.

Plumb gas into your range area, even if you don't want it now.

Get an on-demand water heater for your kitchen. Dishwashers are more efficient with really hot water.

I don't like the risk of a faucet above the stove with no drain. Some people love them, I don't. Your kitchen should be designed with the range in close proximity to the sink anyway.

Install a casement window above the sink. You can crank it wide open on pretty days, and when you smoke the house up.

Allow 4 foot between your counter and island.