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Maya Glantz

Where Should a Fridge Go in a Small Kitchen? Here's How to Plan Your Layout so It Doesn't Ruin Your Flow, According to Experts

A kitchen with floor-to-ceiling linen curtains, a tiered marble island and a fridge in the corner.

There was a time when a kitchen implied a space for a hob, an oven, a dishwasher, ample cabinetry, and, of course, a fridge. Nowadays, you're lucky if you can find more than two of these features in the tiny rooms modern homes are passing up as kitchens. Luckily, our experts know some tricks for working around this, especially when it comes to squeezing a fridge into your small kitchen.

You may have thought your tiny kitchen meant waving goodbye to all of your previous kitchen expectations, including a full-length fridge. Leaving you, instead, to make do with what you've got, squeezing in as much as you can into the limited space you've got to work with. But with the right layout, your small kitchen doesn't need to feel like a bad deal you have to work around.

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