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Shawnapal I posted advice earlier and I really hope you take it. I suggested you visit the "building a home" thread on GardenWeb. There are many genuinely helpful, knowledgeable people there who can help you with your plan, make suggestions and point out things you may not have thought of. They were very helpful to me in suggesting useful changes and additions to our floor plan before we started building.
I'm not going to comment on the design of the house other than the kitchen, since that's what the OP specifically asked about.
First of all, goodness me, you'll have less cabinet space than I do (I have a small 1950s kitchen). However, where there's a will, there's a way!
One of my upper cabinets I use for every day glasses, mugs, plates and bowls. I stack everything on each shelf (including the mugs) to make the most of the space
My second cabinet houses large pots (stacked within each other like a babooshka doll) and mixing bowls (also stacked). However, since it sounds like you may have more lower counter space, these could probably go in there.
I have a Spice Rack affixed to the wall, so my spices don't take up counter space or cabinet space.
One of the lower cabinets is where I keep all of my appliances such as my toaster, waffle maker, food processor, etc. I keep my Kitchenaid on the counter, only because it's too heavy to keep bringing out every time I need it.
I used to keep my electric kettle in the lower cabinet as well, but I now use it daily to boil water to sanitize my babies bottles, so I have that on the counter right now.
All of my other saucepans and frypans are also in the lower cabinets.
For my 'good' tableware (my Fiestaware, good glassware, etc), I have all of that in a display cabinet in my dining room. It looks pretty enough as decoration when not in use, after all!
I recommend getting a display cabinet for your good dinnerware and glassware as well, although due to the lack of wall space, perhaps get some double sided cabinets that you can see right through, so they can be utilized away from a wall? Also, they would help 'divide up' the space a bit, which is nice to do in great rooms such as the one in your plans.
Good Luck to you and I hope that helps!
I'm starting a new build that has the same amount of cabinet space the OP described and this was very helpful. In my case, this is a tract home so I don't have the ability to change the plan, although I am overall extremely happy with the design. However, it will be a huge adjustment to go from the large number of cabinets I have now to the much more limited number in the new build. Reading specifics about how someone is using similar space is really useful as I continue to plan out how I am going to arrange things when we move in (many months from now, though).
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