What's the width of the aisle in front of the fridge? Enough to open the door(s) and stand there to access it?

It's tiny writing, but I think I see that the shelves in back are 45" tall? I would make them counter height so they can expand the cook's work and landing space.

Not my usual advice, but in this case, I would consider swapping the dw to the stove side of the sink to give those 2 things some separation and more prep area beside the stove.

Rhome410,
Thanks for the reply. I go back and forth myself whether to put the sink on the outside. I've tried so many versions for this entire studio, that my head's starting to swim!

I know this is a pretty unusual request. It's very compact, and I'm trying to get it to be very flexible for different uses. The counter at the back is 15" deep and standard counter height (sorry for the tiny print).

As for the aisle in front of the fridge and washer/dryer. If we use the apartment sized units, we would have a 36" aisle, if we used full-size appliances (not likely in a compact space like this, the aisle space goes down to about 30-32", just enough to open the door.

Seems uncomfortably tight for the fridge if it gets down to 30-32". I actually meant to swap the dw and trash (?) so the sink isn't quite to the end. I know that functionally that's backward, but I don't think there's enough workspace with only 15" in between.

In a space this size I would consider an 18" DW so I could squeeze in 6" spice drawers for utensils and foil etc. You aren't going to be loading a 24" DW often. I agree with flipping them for more counter space next to range. In a kitchen this size it doesnt matter where the trash is, it isnt far.

Why not face the Stack WD toward the other run of cabinets and put the fridge back in the corner that is now the aisle, and face *it toward the range. You don't gain a lot from having that second aisle but you will gain by having some depth there to manouver.

Thats just looking at the space as you have it configured, the more I look at it the more I might see something else.

Palimpsest,
Good call on the 18" dishwasher. That makes a good size 18" drawer stack. And a nice 36" work area between sink and range. I also checked my spacing and can move the closet forward, giving me the the extra inches to comfortably have a 36" aisle.

I tried a few layouts like you described with the fridge in the back corner, but I lose that good work counter. But I'll keep playing with that end. Maybe there's something to rearrange with the closet.

I don't think you would lose all of it, the fridge would be directly across from the range--the counter could run along side just as it does for the range, and you could have a pullout or something above counterheight along side the fridge.