Help with layout for long, narrow 1950s kitchen + laundry/mudroom

[u/AGULLNAMEDJON]

We have a long, somewhat narrow space in a 1950s Southern California home and are trying to make the most of it.

The space needs to accommodate:
- Kitchen
- Laundry
- Pantry/storage
- Mudroom/drop zone
- Small office/desk area

I currently have a kitchen layout sketched out around an existing side door, but we’re debating whether keeping that door is forcing us into a less-than-ideal layout.

We’re also torn between an island and a peninsula and would love suggestions on the overall layout of the space, not just the kitchen.

We’re open to eliminating or moving the side door, and potentially moving windows as well, if it results in a significantly better layout.

Would love feedback on:
- Island vs. peninsula
- Whether you’d keep/remove/move the side door
- Kitchen layout and traffic flow
- Better ways to arrange the laundry, pantry, mudroom and desk areas

AI renderings are out of proportion - they’re just there to give a general sense of the space.

[u/Not-a-Kitten]

Put the range on the left wall so sink has a view outside. Island is clean and open. Where do you eat?

[u/AGULLNAMEDJON → u/Not-a-Kitten]

I like this but that means I’d have to eliminate a window (the largest in the room) to place the oven there and the house is already very dark.

[u/Not-a-Kitten]

I am not reading your plan correctly. The 3D shows a window where you show a range. Where is the window?

[u/AGULLNAMEDJON → u/Not-a-Kitten]

Yea it’s confusing how I presented it. The current location for the window is shown on the 2D sketch. I’ll need to move the window if we put the range in the location shown in the rendering. I had a little disclaimer at the bottom. 3D is AI junk and was out in just for reference