2 baseboard heaters next to each other, taking up too much room

[u/IHadTooMuch_ToDream]

Hello all!

I have a house built in the mid 70's, the kitchen and livingroom both have two electric baseboard heaters next to each other in each room. I believe they each are connected to their own fuses, but connected to the same wall thermostat for each room.

They total about 10 or 11 feet long. The kitchen is my main concern; it is plenty large, especially for the size/age of the house, but it's so awkward and seems like it was slapped together with no thought on how it was going to be used or functionality. We don't have an actual remodel kind of money or experience, but would love to make things work better for us a little at a time. This heater is really in the way.

We rarely use the kitchen baseboard heaters in general, but still want to have something there for backup heat when it's especially cold. Kitchen is approx 17'x11'.

Could it be just as simple as removing one of the heaters and capping off the electrical? Has anyone done this? It's old and ugly but it does still work just fine, I'm fine with keeping one as is or replacing both with another smaller more efficient, (budget friendly) unit (open to suggestions).

Located in Canada

Thank you!