Just a note to let you know I purchased the same model fridge and love the way it appears. It does not stick out at all. It is very streamlined and looks very classy w/o the built-in price tag. You made an educated consumer decision.

I love the look of the Liebherr fridge! But the reviews I've seen say the shelves do not have many adjustment options, and you cannot stand anything tall, like a quart of milk in it. Anything tall must go on the door. Have you found this to be true? Thanks so much!

Crazybusytoo -- I have looked at the Liebherr refrigerators on display in appliance stores several times. They do have options to adjust the shelves, but I haven't really looked closely enough to see how they would actually work. I'll have to take a look next time I go in!

I have the 30" freestanding model, and it does sit very well inside the opening, but I can't post a photo because I'm on the wrong side of the Atlantic right now.

You should know that Leibherr includes one or two shelves (depends on the model) that will divide in half - you slide the front half backwards, over the rear half, when you want to stand tall things in the fridge itself instead of the door - I have one shelf left this way all the time. The half shelf is then perfect for keeping things you need all the time - like butter, yoghurt, coffee, parmesan (in our family) etc: they're right there in full view.

The shelf options in the Leibherr are excellent, and a salesman at a family run appliance store told me that they'd done a comparison with a regular depth GE model, and the 30" Leibherr actually held more, and more visibly too. I can confirm the same - I've also found it helps to have rectangular food storage boxes, instead of round bowls - uses the space much more efficiently.

Thanks, Sara. I was looking at refrigerators yesterday, and did not see the dividing shelves you mention in any of the 36" models. That is a nice feature that I have in my current Samsung fridge and I'd like to have it in a new one. Perhaps it is only available in the 30" version? I'll make a few phone calls Monday to check on that.

I'm glad you are happy with your Liebherr. I certainly hear good things about them, and am looking at the new, single-door option. We want a built-in look, so it seems we need to go with a built-in, or perhaps the freestanding Liebherr. I haven't been successful in actually seeing what the freestanding model looks like sitting flush in a cabinet, and am hesitant to go that route without a visual.

At this point, our front-runners are the built-in Liebherr, the Miele and the SubZero. Yikes! The prices are crazy, but we really like the look. May have to rethink this one. :)