I like my L shaped with a small island. Often when there is a design dilemma about too much wood or too much white, it is a U shaped kitchen overloaded with cabinetry. Do not fill every wall with cabinetry just because you can. If you have a pantry, you may be able to decrease the number of upper cabinets no matter what configuration you chose. A clear wall gives more space for some art, shelves or piece of furniture like pie save or hutch.

Ashwini, This may be a bit too dark as a wall tile.If your cabinets and walls are in brighter colors you may still opt for it. Thanks, Nitin CORNERSTONE DESIGNS Bangalore.

My method of covering the exhaust pipe would be a plywood box treated (as in painted) to look like the wall. instead of this heavy look. so if you were to let the box touch the ceiling, it's even easier to camouflage with wall paint.

Hello, For chimney, You can do a simple agarbatti smoke test and see how the smoke moves and find the answer yourself that how will your smoke move out or in the kitchen. You can also use Exaust fan instead of chimney cause of window. For kitchen utility, You can try this.. see the reference image. In 'A' you will get more storage capacity. And in 'B' you will get a more space and basic storage capacity. You can make a breakfast counter by adding 450mm to the main platform. You can also try to move your window to the other wall. Check out this image for your reference.. For Design and Plan your Kitchen kindly contact. Thank you Jay