We have space to slide it in next to the fridge but don't. We keep our hanging on the wall inside the garage (near the door from the kitchen into the garage). We are able to put items on high shelves that we don't use very often.

We have a folding plastic step stool which folds into a thin 1" thickness. We keep it next to our garbage bin which sits in a pullout drawer under our sink. The step stool is about 18" high when unfolded.

Ours will be going in a toe kick drawer

In our previous home, we had a dedicated cabinet for the step-stool. Loved the convenience.

It is next to the fridge in the fridge space box. It is a three-step-light-weight ladder, and we use it too often to put it away far from the kitchen.

Mine slides in next to the fridge...I have a 36" space for the fridge and the fridge is 33", so just the perfect size.

In the broom closet in the adjoining laundry/mudroom.

one inside pantry and one does double duty as stool/desk chair. I never sit at desk so not really used for seating ever.

Mrs. Pete - I just ditched a basic wooden step stool for one of those library type Kik-Steps. I think it's safer for the flooring and easier to roll it over where I need it. I love that thing. Wish I would have bought it in a fun color instead of playing it safe with dark gray.

Benjesbride - would you post a pic of your kik-steps?

Step stool is in the garage since I haven't the foggiest where it would fit in the kitchen - usually I just climb on a kitchen chair or stool...

Glad I read this thread. Thanks to the responses I just realized that mine would fit next to the fridge. Thanks!

I love my dalek. ;) Er ladder. they are welcome invaders here all over my house. In the kitchen one hides under the table.

Folding step stool in the toe kick drawer.

Closet in the kitchen where brooms, mops, vacuum cleaner and the like are also stored.

Right now it is behind the door of the dining room which is always open, so nobody sees it. I am planning to have one in the kick drawer in the new kitchen.

I use mine more in the laundry area as I can't reach the top shelf above my W/D. It folds to about an inch thick and fits right between the W/D. It's grey, as are the W/D, so you don't even notice it there. Although right now it's on the front porch so I can plug/unplug the Xmas lights.

Last kitchen we did...sigh...I loved that little hide-a-way

I have a little 6" ledge/shelf that is low on the basement steps wall, right next to the back door. I have a larger traditional kitchen stepstool that fits nicely there and is just a few steps away from the kitchen proper. However, it is a bit heavy, so someday I will get one of those that fold down very small and find a place to keep it in the kitchen (maybe next to the pullout trash as lisapol does, or a toe-kick drawer if I ever work up the nerve to tackle that)

Now I am envisioning kitchens with rolling 'library ladders' and cabinets to the sky!

You guys have ladders in your kitchens. Holy moly. Brilliant.

I have a too small, 2 step .. what? Thing? I can never find because I move it all around the house. But keeping something dedicated to the kitchen is a Flash of Brilliance.

I'm off to reassess.

We got the really flat one from Williams-Sonoma when it was on sale. It is supposed to go in the toe-kick drawer we had built for it, but it seems to be living in the adjacent mechanical room at the moment.