We do. In an L plus island kitchen, I prefer that arrangement because it keeps the tall things at one end of the L. Otherwise, you would either have a tall block at each end of the L or in the midst of the L somewhere interrupting the counter space.

Brickeye, Our oven cabinet is on the end of the run next to a door and that side of the cabinet doesn't feel warm when the oven is in use, so I doubt that there is any significant heat impact on refrigerator efficiency from it. The outside of the refrigerator warmer than ambient (though not necessarily by much if one has left proper air space) since the refrigerator cools itself by pumping heat out of the box to the air around it so it wouldn't increase the energy used by the ovens.

We have had that arrangement for 28 years without denting the fridge door. (And I thought that I lived in a house with people who aren't ultra-gentle in using things.) I don't remember anyone ever opening the fridge door while someone else had the oven open - after all, one usually doesn't have the oven open for long. Our old fridge was single door swinging toward the oven so presumably had that risk.

The replacement fridge, which is a few years old, is french door Samsung. I just checked - with the upper oven door open, the handle of the french door is what hits the oven door. The handle is pretty hefty and would be unlikely to dent. The lower oven door would be next to the freezer drawer well below the fridge door when open.

Since our oven doors are mainly black glass with a small steel frame, I don't find it an overwhelming amount of stainless steel either.

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