I'd love to see base pullouts adapted to hold laundry hampers (see various trash pullout posts for ideas to adapt) under a higher than usual counter for folding clothes.

That way no one has to see your dirty clothes & they could be sorted (even color coded by door style--abstrakt white, abstrakt red, lindjar blue? or just white and painted Applad) easily. The trick would be in finding something you could lift out easily w/o straining your back. Naturally you'd use Ikea's kitchen wall cabs above for storage...
For a kitchen it sounds like you'd benefit from a big built in bench and long trestle style table. Be sure to post your room layouts when you move so we can help you plan