Galley kitchen or open plan?
This is a one bedroom rental unit (~470 sq ft). Currently, the opening to the kitchen is a (30 in?) doorway (no door).
Proposal 1 is to widen it a bit to the end of the cabinets on one side and to the width of the open front door on the other side.
Proposal 2 is to remove the wall.
Could also do something in between. Pony wall? Reduce cabinets on that side and widen the open further, but not all the way.
Current open plan design lost the dishwasher. I'd find a way to keep it.
The overall cabinet design is not final. It's pending appliance purchases, and I hate the dead space in the corner. Planning to use standard cabs (nothing custom) to keep costs lower, so that is a limitation.
I have my opinions about open plan, but I'm not going to live there. What do the people want?