We are working on remodeling our kitchen... For the most part the layout is staying the same, but we are having a hard time deciding what to do with one of the walls. When we moved in, there was a pantry cabinet (same one as in picture) and a desk on the wall, with a ~18" gap between the desk and the sliding door. We took out the desk because we really didn't like it (and really needed counter space). We moved the fridge to that side. We added the metal shelves just as a placeholder, don't plan on keeping it. We've touched base with a couple places for quotes...

One designer had (from left to right)- Small counter & top cabinet with wine storage, fridge, pantry cabinet (with around 9" between cabinet and sliding door).

Another designer said it would look funny to have a big cabinet right next to the glass. She had pantry cabinet, then fridge, then open area (basically same as it is now).

Another thought we had was to have pantry cabinet, fridge , then small counter with top cabinet (so it's more open over there?).

Or do we need to look at other options? We even considered changing the sliding door to a single door. But that's obviously a lot of extra work... Or even moving the fridge to the other side of the kichen, right next to a range (which we would have to purchase as obviously we just have the countertop stove), then having countertop across that wall, stopping just short of the sliding door.

I should mention- this is not our forever home, looking at selling in next 1-2 years so trying not to sink a bunch of money into it.

Please excuse the mess... we have several projects going on in the house so the cleaning is getting backed up :)