No Fridge in the Kitchen???? Would you do this?

Hi

We are building the majestic 35 with Wisdom Homes. It comes with a very large pantry space. We will fit out the pantry ourselves after handover with a combo of benches and open shelving. I am keen to put the fridge in here and use the Fridge space in the kitchen as bench with under drawers and over cupboards.

I do all the cooking and food prep in the home. Hubby pretty much only cooks his toast or banana bread on a weekend.

Our main use of the pantry will be (the kitchen dumping ground) the things that always end up on the benches ie mobile phones charging, notes for the kids school etc.

do you think this would work or do you think we would regret it in the end.

Hubby thinks that it will be a pain to walk an extra metre to get a drink. I personally do not like the look of the fridge and would like it in the pantry.