I'm wondering what people's approaches to maximizing counter space would be in this layout. I had a rough plan that the folks on an earlier thread began to help me with, before suggesting that I make a scale drawing and post. It's a 1922 colonial revival, the kitchen has 8 1/2 foot ceilings. The four elements in the kitchen that I want to site are stove, sink, fridge, and counters. The space is limited because of the cluster of doors in the upper left corner of the room. I would like to have the most usable and useful layout of counter space as possible. As the kitchen is laid out now, there is a 25" wide sink centered between the windows on the top wall, and about 3' of counter to the left of it. That is where I do most of my food preparation. I like the counter there because I can set foodstuffs from the pantry closet on it, and I have sink access. The refrigerator is at the bottom of the right-hand wall, set in the corner. It seems to me that this is the only place for the refrigerator. The one that is going in will be 33" wide. The stove is on the right-hand wall between the refrigerator and the top wall. I was thinking of having a small counter between the stove and the refrigerator, about 16", so food could be set on it from the fridge, and pans from the stove. The stove I am putting in is wide, 37", but I really want to have it there. It's a nice old Chambers. The folks on my earlier thread helped disavow me of putting in a farm sink; the one I have is huge. It will go back on Craigslist, and I will put in a 24" wide undermount sink, I thought, where the sink is now, between the windows. I thought I would have a dish drying rack on the counter, to the right of the sink. I don't plan on having a dishwasher. I plan on having under-counter cabinets but shelves instead of uppers, in the kitchen. I have floor cabinets and upper china cabinets in the butler's pantry. At one point, I pulled the refrigerator across and opposite where it is, so it was set against the 26" wall below the basement door. I was imagining getting some kind of built in fridge and building a box around it. With the fridge out of the way, the counter space would be so much nicer on the top and right walls. But having the fridge floating in the middle of the opening between the kitchen and dining room, even if it was camouflaged nicely, felt like it was still too obtrusive. From the dining room, one would see a big box between the butler's pantry and the kitchen. I also wanted to see if I could stick a fridge in the pantry closet, but that closet starts a couple feet up. Below it, on the other side, is the top of the stairwell to the basement. The closet can't be lowered, without blocking basement access. I think the refrigerator will have to stay where it is, adjacent to the stair landing. Regarding the mud room, I originally wanted to make a bathroom there, but am wondering if it wouldn't be better to have a walk-in pantry room, with shelves for food stores, and places for broom & mop, etc. I like the idea of having a very useful kitchen, as I cook over 95% of my meals, and love to cook with my girlfriend, and friends. FYI, in the drawing, the little 29" wall below the butler's pantry is thinner than in the drawing, it's 6" thick, like the one across from it. Thank you for any help with this. Sorry if this is a long and dense read to parse.