Can you possibly do away with the exterior glass door and make your kitchen into an L-shape with carousel cabinets in the wall and base cabinets in the corner? Then, if you can move the refrigerator to the right end of the "new" wall, you could have counter space between the refrigerator and the "carousel" corner to the left. Personally, I prefer to have one wall for the sink, the second wall for the refrigerator and counter space, the third wall for the stove centered between counter space, and the fourth wall with a pass-through for serving to people in the dining room. The lay-out of your kitchen may not be suitable for the four walls, but I do believe an L-shape would be better than what you have now.

I agree 100% but how much work/money would it be to do that? Also that’s actually the only door to that patio and would the hoa board of this detached condo neighborhood let me do that?

Same measurements, Same layout as my house

Post photos of your own kitchen, along with a measured diagram showing walls, doors and windows.

There is no law requiring anyone to hire a certified kitchen designer. Lots of people, for a variety of reasons, make poor choices: no ventilation, no landing zones, inadequate work space, poor layout, etc.

Your issues can probably be fixed, not necessarily cheaply.

If you really want help we need a to scale floor plan all windows, doorways where the doorways lead marked. Every measurement marked clearly and pics of your space . Nothing else will do. Please post all of that on comments here do not start another post .

replace the huge pantry with upper cabinets and lower cabinets or drawers. This would give you counter space next to refrigerator and you will not lose much - if - any storage vs the large pantry. As far as what goes where, think of your work and traffic flow and adjust as needed. The drawers next to the dishwasher I would us for flatwear and cooking utensils, easy to unload from dishwasher.

In response to Talia's answer to my comment, is there a room to the right of the refrigerator location (which I proposed) that could have an exterior door to the patio? You, of course, would have to consult the HOA board about this. Normally, changing the location of a door is relatively inexpensive and easy.

I prefer to have cooking utensils next to the stove - I'd use the top drawer to the left of the stove.

I completely agree with replacing the pantry with upper cabinets, drawers, and countertop.

To the left of the DW: I'd use the top drawer for a knife insert, the next one for misc. utensils (like can openers, measuring cups and spoons, peelers, etc), one for dishcloths and towels. In my similar bottom drawer I have rolling pins, bamboo skewers, and a hand mixer.

Does your house have a trash compactor? If not, what is in that space?

Lower budget fix: swap the locations of the 'random counter/cabinet' and the 'HUGE pantry.'

What is the question?

Do you own this condo and want ideas to improve the layout?

I don't know if there is such a thing as an average kitchen layout. I guess it's average because it has a sink, a range, and a fridge.

Is it the best layout they could have installed? No.