We had to do this in a previous house when, on moving day, we discovered our fridge didn't fit. It looked a bit weird but because of the layout of the room I don't think anyone but us ever noticed it.

Define crazy. :)
I think I'd do it -- you're saving a fortune, and there are a number of ways to downplay the irregularity, such as it is.

just remove the cabinet, you will never miss it & you can place a nice picture or something on the wall above the refrigerator.

here is what it currently looks like...hard to tell but the fridge sits to the left of a narrow and not deep pantry.

We don't use that cabinet at all either (who can reach that deep with a fridge in front of them?!) but I didn't know if we should attempt it with the possibility of not being able to re-hang the cabinet higher or it looking strange. My biggest concern is 'prying' the moulding off of the top of that wall of cabinets. Oh, if only my husband were handy... ;)

Also, please excuse my black laminate countertops from 1998-those are being replaced next month!

Well you could cut the moulding if it's connected in one big piece and not pry it off at all. You could use a multi-tool to separate or cut the moulding. I've seen plenty of cabinet layouts where that cabinet is taller than the rest.

Like Stephanie, I've seen many new, professional layouts where the molding is at different heights. However, in this case, it gets tricky because then you'd need to buy and stain more molding, to finish the newly-exposed edge of the raised over-fridge cabinet.

In other words, it might be a whole lot easier to remove rather than raise the cabinet. You'd still need to repair and paint the wall but up there, it shouldn't be noticeable, so nothing fancy required. AND, then you could use the molding piece that you cut off, to wrap around the edge of the cabinet that's to the left of the fridge. That cabinet will now be the end of the run, and thus will need molding on the edge of it that's perpendicular to the wall.

My guess is, it won't be hard to pry off the whole piece of molding - it's probably just put on with small nails (however, check first to see if it's screws - even easier!). Taking it off might make the molding easier to cut to the new length.

If it's glued or caulked, leave it in place and get up there with a circular saw to cut it off at a 45 degree angle. Plan that cut carefully - you want the seam to be exactly even with the corner of the cabinet, which means the wall-side end of the cut will be to the left, a bit, from the side of the cabinet that faces the fridge. In other words, the point in the molding that touches the corner of the cabinet will be somewhere in the middle of the molding piece, not its back side. Does that make sense? The tendency could be to cut it too long. Also, I'd put tape on the bottom side of the molding (the visible-from-below side) before cutting, in case there's tear-out from the saw. If your 45 degree angle isn't perfect, don't fret, some caulk will work wonders to hide a gap and also, you'll find it's really barely noticeable anyway.

PS I know from experience that we tend to think it's the guy's job but as a now-single female, lemme just say, you don't need him to be handy. You can be handy yourself.

I removed the above fridge cabinet to make room for a higher fridge. Now I don’t know how to put it up again. There is a piece of hanger still on the wall. How would I remove that piece? Thanks!

@Anita Clancy you would be better served to start your own thread and post pictures. Pulling up a 12 year old post will elimnate a lot of people from even looking at the post.

How to put up older cabinet that I took down to make space for new fridge.