Most wine coolers I've seen are built in or under counter. Are you wanting to put it behind a door.

Yes thinking about behind a door bc we didn't get a fancy high end one.

Help. Anybody else have great ideas?

What putting in a barn style door

Put an open narrow cabinet next to the fridge for trays - then try an inner box to hold the microwave right over that across them both - put a lift door that slides back into the recess above so it can sit open most of the time with a face frame trim. Upper area needs the same trim but open (because of the entry door) and hunt until you can find a basket that will fit the area left to right.

I think modifying the cabinets to frame out the microwave and mini fridge would look best. Frame/molding the cabinet to make the microwave and fridge to look built in (even if the fridge isn't high end) would look great. Having a door covering a fridge or microwave would be a bit inconvenient too.

Barn style concept. This could be done pretty cheaply

Imagine this photo your microwave above and mini fridge below. But, just patch the sheetrock and frame/molding around the openings.

Check the fridge specs to make sure it can survive in the space allowed - fridges tend to like air circulating - and if it can, a pair of narrow doors should work. Either match them to the balance of your new kitchen doors, so they blend, or if you want a rustic/cool element try a metal mesh insert (incidentally, mesh helps to give air circulation). The pair need to open up to allow good access to the fridge itself, but a "split" into 2 reduces conflicts. If you hinge the doors to an accordion fold, make sure the supporting hinges are really strong and you have a good solid "pull". You also need to check the depth, so the doors don't fold back/swing into the fridge itself.
On top, have you considered more of a lift up/hatch? This may create a bit of an echo to your door. Alternatively, rather than hide it, maybe consider limiting the depth a bit and reworking to open shelves. If there is a wine fridge/microwave below, could be a great space for a few glasses! If it can't look the same as the balance of the kitchen, then make a feature of the differences.
If the shape is likely to remain the same, then it has the proportions or a rather lovely artwork/kitchen feature. If you did a lift up door, you could make into a pin/message board/notice section on the door face - creating the interest to what is "on" that section, rather than behind it.
Final option - do two full length doors and mount them on the outside of the current space. This means you can't accordian fold them, but creates a more continuous line.
Good luck

Had planned on pushing appliances far to the left to allow some narrow shelving for cups. Loving the barn door idea and I think it could work if small cup cupboard had its own set of doors and then appliances were behind barn door. Anybody know about hardware? If we got our cab people to make a cab door that matches the rest off the kitchen. See pic for the theme of our kitchen. :)

I bought some at sliding door hardware online. You need to know something about your door but if you do have a pocket for it, it can be a good look.

Here's the full wall. Really love barn door idea. Can you imagine small cupboard to the right of appliance garage? Should we try and incorporate left pantry (currently has denim curtain) into rail system with 2 doors? Small door to have cookbook opening still show?

Since that space is unfinished this is your opportunity to make it into something really gorgeous! Make a list of the things you like about your kitchen space as it is, then look at the unfinished space and list out what else you want to incorporate. You may be able to get more out of what you have going than what you think :)

Sliding doors need a place to rest in the open position that is at least as wide as the door itself. Also, they can't run across light fixtures. Not sure that the barn door idea is going to work for you without diminishing the size of your opening. You could probably, however, have your cabinet maker produce something in a bifold that was similar to your other cabinetry that would work.

Fridge/ microwave opening will be 22" wide. Wall in between two openings is 27". Tall pantry opening is 18". Wall to left of tall pantry is 20.5". So I think we do have the space? Where should rail go (high vs low), etc?

Hi Erin, I think a barn door would look great here. You could have one barn door for both openings or have two doors with a Bypass hardware system. The barn door should be the same height as the door on the right and the track should be matched up to the trim over the right door as well. You would need to move the power outlet and possibly take out a portion of that part of the wall to open up the pantry. I would also frame in the top part of the pantry to the same height as the right door opening. If you decide on a single barn door or Bypass system you may want to finish the two openings on the right as a single built in shelf. See: http://rusticahardware.com/standard-bypass-barn-door-hardware-system/
See all barn door hardware systems here: http://rusticahardware.com/barn-door-hardware/

What about 2 doors on a "shared" rail system but that don't ned to overlap at all. Meaning 1. The door on the right always stays to the right (it covers either the micro/mini fridge or is on the wall to the left) and 2. The door on the left is either covering pantry area or is slid to the left of the pantry.

Would that work?

It's a good idea but I would be concerned that the narrowness of the doors in this case would make them rack.

What do you mean "rack?" Doors could be 20-25" wide. Is that too narrow?

Sliders of any kind tend to rotate, which can cause them to stick or fall off of the track. The degree of that tendency increases as the width of the panel becomes narrower in the direction of travel, in proportion to the distance between the locations of the push and the track. I get the sense that the doors would have to be narrower than 2' in order to clear the opening so that you can access the unit inside, but, even at 2', they would still be sort of 6'-8" high in order to cover the openings, right? That's a pretty extreme proportion for a slider, and more so if it didn't have a track at the bottom.

What about a track on the bottom to help guide it along?

As I read and re-read your email, I wonder if that makes the case to have the barn door be small (rail between the bookshelf/wine holder and the fridge/micro opening) instead of a tall one that clears both? And perhaps the panty on the left is just regular cab doors like we had planned.

Thoughts?

Sorry for the number of words above. :) You could definitely have a track on the bottom, but barn doors usually don't. Also, a heavier door will tend to rotate less. Not sure that I would want to have a barn door track at eye level, which is what I think you are proposing? Maybe if you furred the wall out to conceal it - but then you are getting into some complexity, having to figure out where to stop it, etc. I am still thinking that bifolds will be your best option for that lower opening. They are relatively easy to operate and will lie flat when not in use.

What's behind the minifridge wall? Can you open the whole wall up for pantry storage and minibar, then use bypass doors?

Custom-built bypass doors, obviously:

Wow, impressive picture! :) The other side of the wall is my son's room. He would like faster access to the mini-fridge I am sure! ha.

It might be cheaper to go get a nice looking wine fridge and microwave instead of trying to do custom doors. Then build them in with nice molding around the openings. Also, think of putting the wine fridge on a small riser so it's easier to get to.

Move the wine fridge you already have to the garage for soft drinks, beer or back wine reserve.

Somebody sent me down this barn/farm door track and now I am obsessed. Mostly b/c that is THE wall, and the only wall, you can see when you are sitting down at the dining room table. Dining room is more formal. But I also know that the door would open a lot when we are just using it normally with small kids...so be convenient to just have it open most of the time (but not in the way of the stairs going up (the door right there you can see in the pic to the rigth).

So....now I will spend more $$ for a cool door than had I just bought a fancier wine fridge. Normal silliness for me! :)

What is a barn/farm door track?

If you are concerned about formality, you might consider having the whole wall paneled and integrating the doors.