The cook's dilemma

Why does the kitchen design consume me so? I have cabinets going into the master bath, too, and I haven't given them a moment's thought. Cherry? Maple? Plywood? A cardboard box? Yeah, whatever. But the kitchen... I've not only agonized over the wood type, but the cabinet style, the stain, the number of shelves, whether to have pull-outs or lazy susan's, or both! And I keep coming back to the design. Is it 'just right?' So here is my architect's original plan, and here is an alternate plan that some stranger on the internet came up with. I am now considering shelling out a few hundred bucks to get the professional advice of a certified kitchen designer. I'm that obsessed. Please PLEASE analyze these plans to death and give me your opinions in excrutiating detail.