All fridges are great. Not having a freezer in, or handy to, the kitchen, means no ice in the kitchen (unless you have a separate ice machine) for cooling blanched vegetables. Nowhere to quick chill the chicken breasts you (for that read "I") forgot to cook for chicken salad early enough, or quick chill a bottle of wine (though the latter could be done with said separate ice maker). No handy, homemade ice pops for cranky hot kids. Stuff like that. And some folks live for ice cream.

If you have a freezer in a pantry or attached garage or somewhere close to the kitchen, you can make all those go away. If the freezer is farther away, only you will know how annoying it is. It might be just fine or really bothersome.

You might put a pad and pen by your current freezer and write down every time someone uses it to get a good idea of all you use it for. I don't freeze raw meats, but I do freeze cooked foods for later convenience, as well as stock, spaghetti sauce and other staples that are much easier to make in big batches. I keep stock "ice" cubes in the freezer which are great for sauteing or adding to sauces or starches. I use my all freezer a lot, and kept my old upright freezer in the garage for long term storage. You might have a lot less use for freezer storage. Just be realistic with yourself if you really do use it for anything but meat.

While I usually say get what you want and don't worry about resale, in this case I think it's an issue. If you only leave room for a 19" fridge and no freezer, it will prevent a future owner from adding a real fridge/freezer or prevent you if you decide you don't like the fridge only. Some people don't get DWs but they leave room in the remodel for one in the future. Instead of a CD or built-in fridge, you can always design your kitchen to allow for a full-depth fridge/freezer.

An all fridge is good, and you have a freezer somewhere else.

Please copy and paste links to these 19 inch appliances.

Thanks for the replies. Very good thoughts, with resale being a reasonable concern I awoke with this morning. We will likely end up pairing--one fridge, one freezer--still cheaper for the sizes.
Are the dimensions of these two bonded together problematic? Seems like it would be comparable to a big built-in?

Here's the frigidaire: http://www.frigidaire.com/products/kitchen/refrigerators/fprh19d7lf

And the Electrolux:http://www.electroluxappliances.com/kitchen-appliances/refrigeration/allrefrigerator/ei32ar65js
The freezers are duplications with trim pieces available.

Here is a link that might be useful: Electrolux

We are in the process of designing our 'last house', i.e. our retirement home, which is in a very rural area on a large piece of property. Resale is one of the last considerations for the design because this house will be hard to sell when the time comes so we decided resale will not be a driving consideration. Since we will be making large "Costco runs", probably monthly, I decided I needed more than just a secondary side-by-side for food storage.

My current floor plan has an all-fridge in the kitchen and an all-freezer in the laundry room which is around the corner from the kitchen. The part I have struggled with is ice. We use a lot of ice and it must be handy and plentiful. The only thing I have come up with to satisfy my requirements is an ice maker/ice machine (not sure of the difference) in the kitchen which is a pricey solution.

There is no way we can afford the large built-ins such as Sub Zero so I think this is a good compromise. If you do decide to go the all-refrigerator route, please let us know how it works our for you.

We have 2 of the Elux all-fridges and 1 all-freezer. All in our kitchen...But we have a 10-person family, so need for a lot of food storage. Anyway, I agree that the price for the space is great.

We left room in our cabinet plan for a possible later change to a standard 36" unit if it's ever necessary. Might be something you want to consider, so there would be no need to tear out cabinets to make the change. The only thing we'd have to remove is trim around the single fridge, and some non-essential narrow cabinets, one that holds a broom and one that holds the step stool, next to the set.

I don't think you said how far away you might have freezer storage if you went with fridge only in the kitchen. I love being able to grab meat or other things for dinner, as well as ice, without having to go too far.

A clarification...I think Pathead might have meant these are approx 19 cu ft, not 19 inches wide. They are 32-33" wide, and counter depth.

rhome410, great information! First, yes, my "19' " was approx 19 sq feet.

I envy your setup (though 10 people must be quite a project). I would like to know specifically how you accommodated the 36" for a possible change. (I would love to see a picture of your kitchen). Do you have the machines linked (with the trim piece) or are all three separate? Since the machines are 32" each, did you simply use smaller cabinets (e.g. your broom cabinet) and others that could be easily removed?
As a final point, I think, if we were to separate the freezer and fridge, it would be to have them on opposite sides of the kitchen and not joined.

Finally, how are these items doing their respective duties? Do you like the fridge and the freezer?

It's 19 cubic feet. 19 cu.ft.

Refrigeration appliance that only refrigerate, or only freeze, are efficient.

We are perfectly happy with these appliances. We've been using them for 3 years, 3 months.

We opted not to use the manufacturer's trim pieces.. Decided not to spend the extra $$, and wanted to configure things in a different way.

For the set, we used easily removable smaller cabinets to fill in the space for wider units later. For the single fridge, we used trim pieces.

I will provide a link to photos of my kitchen below.

Here is a link that might be useful: My kitchen photos and info

rhome410, Thanks for the link - such a well-thought out kitchen! Do you find the fridge to be noisy? Maybe you have so much activity in the kitchen that it's not noticeable!

Doesn't seem noisy at all to me. Comparable with any fridge we've had, I think. There are quiet moments around here occasionally... ;-)

Pat head, we've had an alll-fridge, freezer in the pantry arrangement for over ten years and it works just fine. And the freezer is one of those small freezer drawers...

Nanj-- you're building my new house and my situation exactly! I solved the ice situation ( on paper, at least) by going to a fridge/freezer combination in the kitchen. Fast access frozen things (ice, frozen veggies, veggie bacon etc.) will stay in the kitchen, long- term and bulk storage (those now-subdivided mega- packages from Costco) go into the freezer in the laundry room.

burntfingers, When I first stumbled on the all-fridge,all-freezer idea, I also thought about a standard refrigerator for the kitchen with the separate units in the laundry room. I had decided on a French door model with the icemaker in the door. In reading about these models, such as the LG, I read that the icemakers in these units do not produce mounds of ice. I looked at the ice bin in an LG and was disappointed in the size. A salesperson said the manufacturers try to please the buyers with more freezer space which sacrifices the icemaker. We use lots of ice so that is why I redrew the plans to include the all-refrigerator in the kitchen and all-freezer in the laundry room. If your family doesn't go crazy with ice, then your idea should be a great solution. Good luck with your planning/designing!

I read your post with interest. The Sub Zero 36 inch integrated all fridge is in budget but it really pains me to spend that much on an all fridge! We will have an all freezer in the laundry room close by, but we would want ice i the kitchen. We have also considered doing a fridge freezer drawer off to the side in the kitchen for drinks, snacks, waffles, frozen berries for smoothies, etc. (stuff we use often). It would be below the appliance garage for the toaster and blender. Of course, when we add all that up we are back to the cost of the 48 inch Sub Zero. The electrolux seems like a good way to accomplish the same thing for less!