How long is your teardrop. Many times on shorter 8ft builds the lower area for your feet creeps into the lower galley. If you have the room to use for the galley then I see you have a couple options.
1.) Hard to tell from the pictures if it is feasible but you could remove the current lower portion and rebuild a new hatch lid. Probably much more work than it is worth. Would of been easier building it that way the first time.
2) The other option is to build lower storage area with lift up lids or removable panels. While it is true most galleys have open areas or cabinets below there are several builds with galleys like yours. The Camp Inn has a galley kind of like yours.
cspoptarts wrote: I haven't seen one picture yet of a unit with a galley like this.
Well here are several: In the link Sharon sent you look at pictures 2, 44, 45, 173, 175, 178, 394, and 441. They all have galley's like yours is now. Specifically in picture 394 each of those panel lift or flip up to access storage below.
Check out these 4 pictures (Not sure where I got them or who's build. I downloaded hundreds of them a long time ago for ideas for my teardrop build). I would think you would store stuff below for travel, pull out and move above when settled in camp so you don't have to keep getting down below. With two or three opening/lids you could always keep one shut to use as counter area. Maybe not your ideal setup but doable and seems like a way easier way to finish the galley.
This one has three lift up lids. In this picture they are closed
In this picture they are open
This one has two hinged lids Open in this picture and closed in the last one
Good luck with your galley build
Dan
