A wide closet-style pantry would be a good option. But you need to do it right. A few random thoughts: * Consider other things to put in the pantry. I keep my stand mixer, blender, food processor and the like on the lower shelves. It's much easier to get them out of the pantry than it was to get them out of a base cabinet. * Don't forget the floor space. This area is good for things like cases of bottled water, beer, sodas, etc. Maybe even a rolling step stool. * For a shallow pantry, make the back shelves narrow and the side shelves deeper. That way you can get to the top of the shelves. FWIW, I keep lightweight stuff on the top shelves. It doesn't hurt so much when it falls on my head. Personally, I'd go with a regular door rather than a bifold door. A bifold does take up a lot of room when it's open. Just make sure you have plenty of counter top space for a landing zone on the latch side. You may want to get some grid paper and start sketching a few ideas. Whatever you do will be limited by the location of the window. Best of luck.

Les, thank you! That is it. I wanted to show a friend who will soon be building a home with a similar pantry & kitchen layout. Thanks again.

Thanks for all the great ideas! Gennifer - the first thing our KD considered was moving the peninsula to make room for the DW! However, it would push the peninsula right up to the slider doors to the deck. With our kids (and their friends), the peninsula seating is in heavy use throughout the day, and we felt we would be narrowing the path to the slider doors to the deck too much. So - we decided to keep the DW where is already is. Cpartist - that's an interesting idea! We never even considered removing the peninsula and adding an island. I'm not quite sure we could actually remove the fridge wall to make room since that wall is part of our small family room and has furniture against it. An interesting thought though! Mamagoose - I like the idea of the shallower cabinets, and it would be similar to the type of pantry storage we currently have (shelving vs pullouts). You are right - it would definitely provide a softer transition to the open space on the oven wall. Thanks all!

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