Any door that opens to the right will hit the side wall, which includes French door and SxS units. That may cause some obstruction on fully opening crisper or meat/deli drawers, depending on the design of individual models. It probably will prevent removal of the drawers (for cleaning or service) since the door(s) typically must be open to nearly 180° to facilitate removal for the drawer(s) to clear the edge of the door and/or protruding door shelves ... unless the refrigerator is pulled forward when needed so the right-side door can swing into the dining room doorway. My SxS is next to a pantry door that is set at an angle. The left-side freezer door hits the pantry door knob. The freezer baskets are just barely obstructed from pulling fully out, they run into the freezer door gasket, although it's not enough to impair functionality and the clearance is such that I can slightly pull the baskets to the right to clear the gasket if necessary. Opening the pantry door allows the freezer door to swing open enough to fully clear the gasket. Pics below. You will have more obstruction for the door swing on the right since your wall is at a 90° angle. My sister ran into the same situation at the existing house they recently bought. A Kenmore (Samsung- or LG-sourced) French door refrigerator came with the house and has a full-width crisper drawer and separate deli/meat drawer. The unit has to be pulled forward from normal position for the left-side door to open enough to remove the drawers for cleaning or service.

Deb, I feel for your situation! It might make you feel better to know that, in my experience anyway, counter depth fridges are much easier to organize than full depth. Even with fewer cubic feet, you may feel like you have much more fridge. Especially if you get one with flat shelves straight across (not divided in the middle, which to me compromises usable space terribly). In my last house, I "downsized" from a huge french door fridge to a smaller Fisher Paykel, my first counter depth, and it felt so much bigger despite a significant loss of cubic feet. If I were in your shoes, I would not be too committed to the 22 cubic foot minimum. Find some options that fit your exterior dimensions then take a look in person. A smaller fridge that has the interior design that works for you will be a lot more useful than a big fridge with a poor design. (Also, running a water line is in many cases very easy. However, water and ice dispensers eat up interior space.)

Sophie Wheeler, yes, it will be more than $1.98. According to the plumbers and my contractor, the septic is oversized so it will be fine. I will get another opinion though. I am not sure exactly what size it is. I have asked about building codes, and I am not scorning them. Zsmith, the real estate agents I talked to told me one giant room would not sell as well as having more bedrooms would. They also mentioned that since waterfront lots are scarce, people are adding on to their homes or building separate "cabins" for rentals. One of the agents sold a home like this very quickly in 2016. The main home had 1,050 sf and the garage apartment was even smaller. I looked it up and it sold for $276,000. It had never been updated and only had 1/3 of an acre which was waterfront, but with a steep drop to the water. The other agent said that people are adding cabins and A frames on their properties. We have no intention of renting to anyone. Insurance would be prohibitive. My contractor had to put a 35 ft beam in my living room five years ago. I don't know if he talked to an architect, but he did talk to an engineer. They also cut out some sheetrock in the garage ceiling and found a 12 inch support beam there. He said he would add another one if we add the bedrooms, but I don't know where he will put it. I am sure I drive him crazy with all the questions I ask and all the research I do. He will be replacing the vinyl siding with Smart Board in a few weeks. I researched it for days then I started asking him questions to see if he knew the requirements for installation/warranty. He did. Before anyone says anything about me not treating him like a professional, I have learned to ask questions because there are a lot of "contractors" where I live that are self taught. We ask for and check their licenses and insurance; even the company that cut down 17 pine trees had to be insured before we hired him. We went through about 7 or 8 electricians before we found one that actually knew what he was doing and had a license. We spent a couple of months searching for a certified roofer. He was located almost 2 hours away. We are very careful with codes and safety, and we don't take short cuts. The contractor hasn't given me a diagram of the upstairs bedrooms yet, but I wanted some idea of what homeowners would think about weird angles and small bedrooms. We might not even put bedrooms upstairs. After the siding, our next project is removing that awful popcorn ceiling in the bedrooms and upstairs. We already had it checked when we sent off samples. No problems removing it thank goodness! Anyway, if anyone has any thoughts about the proposed bedrooms with angled walls please let me know. I tend to think things to death before I decide what to do. You can tell that by the 20 different paint splotches on my living room walls. Just can't decide on a color.

I would paint the walls a pale but warm blue, whitewash the fireplace, put up cream-colored, thicker curtains with a white or cream pole, have blue and soft red pillows and do what you think is best with the bookcase. I would leave that for last. Right now the contrast between the lower and upper half of your room is too great, and the white looks boring. You could paint the walls a warm cream if you're against the blue wall color. I wouldn't put anything on top of the mantel or the bookcase and hang the snowshoes elsewhere. Also remove the two items off the base of the fireplace. In a smaller space you don't want clutter, and whatever is there should be meaningful and beautiful.