Thanks, that makes sense. I got to see the house for the first time this past weekend (yes, I bought a house I'd never seen). The hinges on the fridge are on that side because the fridge is truly stuffed into that corner against the wall. There's no room for the door to swing open on that side. If my wife wants to keep her french door fridge, we will have to come up with a different plan. That kitchen is tiny, and I'm a bit sick of poorly designed kitchens. Right now I'm inclined to tear everything out and start over. I'm still not sure about moving the hood vent and that wall to the right of the pantry houses the a/c so that stays. I do think I'll pull that pantry out and modify an existing wall in the hallway, the one on the other side of that wall that houses the a/c. That will be the new pantry. That'll give us a tiny bit more counter space in the kitchen. Thanks again, Cathy. You've been very helpful.

Ugh, corners. I've been plagued with trying to figure out what to do with ours. I have had so many different thoughts, and every time I think we've got it, I run across something new. Like this. (I know it's not a picture of a corner but it sparked my imagination for my corner.) jasdesignbuild.com I realized it won't work with pots and pans in a corner, but I'd still like to try something like it on either side of the stove. You could do a shelf at the height of the top of the backsplash all the way across, from the left end of the counter all the way to the wall. On either side of the backsplash you could put another shelf further down, also with rods below or small hanging shelves (kind of like the one with your spices) and/or with brackets to give it a hutch-like appearance. You could do the same thing but only extend halfway to the left edge and to the wall, and leave room on the fridge wall for a wall cabinet going from fridge to wall. I wouldn't do pegboard... very utilitarian but garage-y. If you're hanging skillets anyway, you won't get any more use out of it than this kind of thing. If that kind of storage is needed and helpful, I'd at least avoid doing it front and center in your kitchen, especially over your lovely backsplash. WRT backsplash, I'm not very good at those, but again, I would let your stove backsplash almost stand alone, with the floorboards you mentioned and some paint. Here are some other corners (I attempted to resize Oxleaze and Crown Point to no avail): Oxleaze Workshop, UK Crown Point House Beautiful FWIW, we have a similar layout but a little more space from fridge to corner and range to corner. On the fridge wall I am having cabinets all the way to counter except in corner, where it will be open for the standard 18" for the toaster oven to live. Other than that, we won't have any wall cabinets. Sink wall, no uppers Fridge wall, to right of sink wall

with the oven (crammed against the wall). sorry i dont have any better pictures at the moment

13" door. Same drilling distance for hinge cup. 150-165° for the main hinges, pie corner hinge for the other. The plates for the pie cut are located different distance.