Haha. Both my DD's have small NYC co-ops but their tiny kitchens are totally functional.

Either of those would become extremely annoying in a very short time. I'm not even sure how you could use the refrigerator.

My family of 5 lived in a 2 BR/1 BA apartment for 9 months. These pictures make that place seem huge. The refrigerator was small, but I could open the door fully.

We found several apartments for DD#2 that had these features. We were happy to find one that managed to avoid these issues.

I have a kitchen drawer that can only be opened a few inches because it bangs into my oven door handle. Thanks to this post, it just occurred to me that I can open the drawer fully if I'd just open my oven door first! LOL!!!

I always say that my kitchen is so small that if two people are in it, one has to leave just so the other can turn around. Guess where people gather when I have them over? :O)

Once, when my oldest was looking for a rental, one apartment had the fridge in the bathroom.

My brother rented an apartment and the refrigerator was in the bedroom. He said it was handy - he could grab a beer without getting out of bed.

This is actually a house for sale.

Is it a flip? Or does someone actually live with it now? Not to mention that someone actually had to figure out how to install those.

This is actually a house for sale.

Well, you certainly can't accuse them of misleading advertising. :)

Writersblock, that is actually my picture with captions. The interesting thing is that this particular space has been the kitchen in the house for many years, I think, so I can't figure out what the previous layout was. This set of appliances is brand new.

My DH lived in an apartment in a round building for a while. Round building = pie shaped apartments! One end of the kitchen was only about 2 ft wide. You definitely couldn't open the fridge and oven at the same time!

OTOH, before that apartment he lived in his family's camping trailer for a while, which was designed to be towed by a VW Beetle. Like Seagrass' brother, he liked being able to make a cup of coffee without getting out of bed!

Donna

Pal, what is the sq. footage of the whole house? If they list the room sizes, how big is the kitchen?

I would estimate that the kitchen is about 33 square feet.

Well, the fridge is an issue. But many people never, ever open their oven.

That is what is known, in my family, as "a one butt kitchen."

...and a skinny butt at that!

Well that does make me feel better, at least I have a full size fridge.