help with fridge

18 years ago

Hi Everyone -

I am normally lurking on the decorating forum - but we are slowly making updates to our kitchen as well. Let me preface this by saying that eventually down the line we would be doing a complete reno but its just not in the budget right now. Thats why I ended up painting the cabinets and we will prob be replacing the counter with a sheet of formica for the meantime.

We had older appliances and are slowly replacing them with ss. The oven was first - had no choice - we found out that while the house was vacant there were mice living in it - I know GROSS...

Anyway - we painted the dishwasher blank temporarily since it was almond before. We just replaced the OTR Micro with a SS one.

The refrigerator is the problem. The location is not ideal - and when we redo we will prob rearrange.

Overall view of the kitchen - view from entry hall

As you can see the door to the garage is right next to the refrigerator. There is a light switch there, so we can't go mich wider than what we have 30". Our options are either another top-mount fridge or a smaller bottom mount fridge.

I wanted to know what people think of their bottom freezers - do you like them is there as much room in them??

Any advice??

Thanks in Advance!

Ruth

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lascatx
18 years ago
I'm not sure what you are really asking for, but I think you are liking a bottom freezer and want something about 30" wide and not finding it. You have plenty of options if that is what you want.

I've been looking for something similar for my laundry room. I have copied a link below to AJ Madison. Just in the 29-30" bottom freezer category, there is a whole list of choices. In addition, I know that Samsung makes one that comes both 30" and 32-5/8". I think Lowe's carries the larger one and Best Buy the smaller one, but I may have that reversed. They can be seen at the websites for those stores.

Most of the bottom freezers seem to be rated a little smaller that the top ones, but half a cubic foot to a cubic foot can sometimes be lost in dead space or may not be as easy for you to organize and access, so the smaller one may give you better use in some cases. The Samsung has a really deep baskst, a large ice bin and no shelves on the door. Those may be pros or cons for you. Look at them in terms of how you would use them.

Another thought -- you might want to move that light switch. Might not be that big a deal and could give you even more options (but they wouldn't line up with the trim if you use a larger fridge).

Hope that helps. If not, reply with more info so you can get more replies.
roorezzi
Original Author
18 years ago
I was a little exhausted and all over the place with this post - so I apologize for that.

I guess my main question is which fridge would be better - another top mount or a bottom mount.

I have seen the bottoms around 30" W - about the same size as my old fridge but I think the space will be more usable. My current fridge has only the crispers and some shelves - and the freezer is just one half shelf - hard to stay organized.

Another question - would be for those that do have a bottom - do you like it? Does the freezer seem to hold enough? Is it easy to stay organized with the freezer?

THanks in advance for any help!!
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