I can envision a solid bottom and wine cubby on the top. The bottom can be a door where you can store cutting boards, cookie sheets.. things like that OR a pullout for oils, cleaning supplies, whatever would fit in the 6" space.

I like the idea of a pull-out broom closet in that type of space. There was an earlier post on this. If you scroll down the post, you'll see a picture.

Here is a link that might be useful: Care to share your best kitchen storage ideas?

How about one of these?

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It is a 6 inch filler pullout from Rev-a-shelf and comes in two heights, 39 and 45 inches tall.

Sue

We put in a pullout broom closet.

If you don't need to store a broom, how about a folded step stool? That's what we did with a 6" base cabinet we had in our last kitchen. Very handy and I considered it one of the coolest things about our remodel there. We have a narrow spot on each side of our fridge and freezer set in our new/current house. I think I'll put a broom on one side and the step stool on the other. I'll be so happy to have them out of my pantry!

Brooms and stepstools are both good ideas.

I would *not* put wine there, unless it's extremely short-term storage. The space around the fridge will blow warm air, which is not good for wine. And even if you don't keep it around long (i.e., you're not aging it) drinking wine that's above room temperature generally is not a very enjoyable experience.

I had a similar setup. I ended up stacking two 3" RevAShelf pegboard pullouts over each other, and had my carpenter put a little flip-open cubby on top of them. I just put all the hooks in tonight, so they aren't even slightly organised yet ... but it seems like a great replacement for the junk drawer.

Thanks for all of the suggestions...if one of these options isn't tooooooo costly, we'll go with one of them..if so, then filler it is!

flatcoat2004..don't you just love the furminator!! We have a chocolate lab and we could make 10 more of her with the fur we get from her using that comb!

LOL, oh yes, it is a saviour indeed !

I always said, regarding my Golden Retriever's shedding, that I could knit another dog if I knew where to buy a bark.

Bundles of love, worth every shed -- mine died in December and I miss him every day. New puppy when the house is ready . . . can't wait!

Arlene

How about just open shelving? You can put cookbooks on it, and narrow baskets that fit perfectly in the space for onions, potatoes, garlic.

I would NOT do anything costly or permanant with that space. "Standard" refrigerators are 36" (and getting bigger!), and when your 33" dies, you may want to replace it with a regular sized fridge (or larger). Never make any appliance opening smaller than standard size unless it's very easily remade into standard size.

Live_wire_oak makes a good point. We plan some narrow storage on each side of our 32/33" Electrolux set, but the narrow section we will fill with for the broom and step stool will be installed in such a way that it can be easily removed if we ever get a wider fridge and freezer set.

I used six inches of left over wall space to insert a vertical wine rack (one collumn).
We had a local woodworker build it for 100.00. it holds ten bottles.