Any ideas for small niche in kitchen? will it work? will it look guid?

[Mercedes]

We're extending our kitchen and I'm looking for ideas on what to do with the space in front of the wall pillar.

One side will be work top and hob and the other side of the reining bit of the supporting wall when we make the opening will be cupboards. So there's a small bit that could be boxed in to make it flush but in a small kitchen that seems a waste of space.

It will be width of wall of old kitchen, before we make the opening and go up to ceiling. So it won't be that deep perhaps 15-20cm. I wondered about turning the opening round to right angles to worktop for spices etc but that might be impractical.

I looked at niches on pintarest but they're all quite large and not as small as our space. I tried niche as I couldn't think what else to call them?

I hope this makes sense - any ideas/will it look guid

Can't especially envision it but could it be a bookshelf/place for kilner jars of sugar, flour etc? Shelves for pretty kitchen stuff, vintage stuff if that's your style?

I think you should always use all your space. Definitely make it into a niche full of shelves. Even if it only it's spices or cups it's still storage and I bet it'll look ace. Things like that make a kitchen look bespoke and therefore more expensive.

I have a similar pillar as remaining wall in my extended kitchen. We have a tall larder cupboard there with shelving...so not full depth but certainly enough to store lots of food in.

Either put a cupboard door in front of it and have narrow shelves for spices/packets (my preference) or have matching shallow open shelves and stick framed pictures/nik naks/attractive pieces of kitchenalia and food there. I would probably just have a shallow cupboard behind a door though. Kitchen fitters will be able to make it work.

I'd paint it a different colour and fill it with shelves. Could also house radio, CDs etc.
Or turn it into an enormous family organiser, either with cork tiles and pins, or blackboard paint.

Could it be used as shelves for cook books? Guess it depends how many you have!