I am so very glad I am not alone in this! My kitchen is very small. I can open the frig door, keep it open with one hand and set something on the counter across the room with the other hand. (I'm not kidding!) I most always have the meal prepared ; and the dishes, glasses, and serving items carried into the dinningroom before the guests/family arrive. After meals family always carry items back to kitchen even though for the last 50 years I have asked them to just leave it and let me take care of it. I usually empty the dishwasher that they loaded with the dirsty dishes and do the dishes by hand with the other cleanup after they leave.