IMO a completely useless cabinet since you would need a ladder to reach what ever you put in there . In a samll kitchen wall ovens are not a good idea they take up a lot of useable cabinet space. BTW we need to see the whole kitchen and IMO that spot for the fridge never worked since the fridge is too wide and deep for that space so I understand wanting to move that but I need to see the kitchen plan and a to scale floor plan and a lot more pics. You will need a cabinet built to house the wall ovens how is that going to work if you are keeping cabinets that cabinet will need to be custom made. I need more info.

Thank you for your response. We agree that the fridge is in a bad place which is why we want to move it (to the area we would have put the wall ovens) since we think there will be less opening of an oven than a fridge.

I understand that wall ovens need to be in a custom cabinet, but was hoping to retain the current cabinets above.

I don't have a real plan yet, sorry. But the doorway to the left of the D is the space we are going to open up as a continuation of our kitchen. This is where the fridge will go. There will be more counter/cabinets and then a walk in pantry. This moves the fridge out of the main flow of traffic in our house.

We had a wall oven original to our 50’s house that had a fifteen inch cabinet above it and they added a shelf to make up the difference with countertop on it. I thought it looked just fine. We didn’t change it when we remodeled, but we also kept the cabinets. I will see if I have a picture.

You'll be needing a complete plan for your remodel and as you can see, there is likely no reason to keep the small cabinet over the fridge, unless it goes back over the fridge, but gets moved to align with the face of the fridge.

We have items in that upper cabinet that we don't need access to often (seasonal items) so it's ok that I need a step stool.

I certainly understand the reasons behind the oven cabinet being the full width of the cabinet I just really prefer not to have that sticking out that far in this area. Is the thought that you can't have a wall oven cabinet that isn't the same depth as the oven? Perhaps why I can't find a photo examplt?

Thank you The Cooks Kitchen for showing me that infact, I don't love that look either.

Perhaps I'm making too much of this and a full cabinet here won't feel so cumbersome. This isn't a full kitchen renovation. We are just extending the kitchen into the room that used to be a laundry room. I have some flexibility but not a ton. Just thought it would be a great opportunity to move the fridge that someone is always in the way of when I want to open it. :-)

Remember that the oven cabinet will be 10-12” less deep than the fridge. That will change your look, too.