I think you can do it because the space is pretty wide. You might not be able to open the doors all the way though, but how often would you need to actually do that? Can you see one on display, open it up, and see how much space it requires at the depth you want to stick it to open?

And would it be all that bad to have the doors sticking out (by the way, cabinet depth won't get you any more flush than standard depth with the door issue--they are meant to have the door sides exposed also)?

You should be able to find in the specs online what is required for doorswing. It sounds like you Should have enough room to keep it pushed back. I actually do this when I design kitchens without a counterdepth fridge. I go a little wider than perhaps the strict minimum needed but I go Deeper for the alcove so it can be pushed pretty far In.

However, IMO, extra space on the Sides of the refrigerator is the lesser evil than having the refrigerator stick way out. I don't like looking at the sides of fridges sticking out.

I'm not sure what model you have, but the various 29 cu.ft. Samson French doors I googled say that they're anywhere from 33"-35.75" inches in depth. Even the 33" depth would extend the fridge slightly past your sidewalls because of the extra space you need behind the fridge...

One thing I've heard of people doing is opening up the wall behind the fridge and nesting the fridge between wall studs. This gives them a counter depth look but a full size refrigerator.

I have the 24.8 cu. ft. Samsung. Our contractor just cut into the wall a bit to help recess this fridge. The depth we have is 30". Our fridge will be exposed about three inches on the siide- which is fine with me. I, too, fell in love with this refrigerator and didn't want counter depth. You have a lot more room to work with than we do. It sounds like it will work. (But what do I know?)

I'm not familiar with this model of fridge, but check that you can still slide drawers, shelves out etc., clearing all shelves and seals with the doors in the position they will REALLY be in when the doors are open. Don't cheat and push the doors back that extra 2 degrees.

I have had fridges in rentals that have had drawers removed for just this reason.

I too looked at the Samsung and then I read the user reviews online and they were not favorable. You should search for reviews for the Samsung before purchasing. I was disappointed because it is at a great price point.

kmo1 -- Where did you see the negative reviews? I had done some research on the Samsung and didn't see the negative reviews (granted I did the research a while ago).

Thanks.

I am happy with mine. I just looked it up on Consumer Reports and it has a good rating.

I did a google search and came up with a lot of complaints. Here is one site but there were more. http://www.consumeraffairs.com/homeowners/samsung_refrigerator.html

Read the reviews of the Samsung refrigerators. WOW!

I think you have to research each model independently in addition to the overall brand. It appeared that most of the complaints/reviews I read involved their freezer/icemaker. I will tell you that we did have problems with ours. Ours is RF267AASH. About a year ago, we left on vacation for a week. My brother was here. When we returned, the icemaker was frozen. Had to have someone come out. He replaced the icemaker or auger (I can't remember). Just a couple months ago, the same thing happened. This time, he came with a service report from Samsung. Apparently they now have a fix for this problem. It included replacing the motherboard and auger. As I understand it, the ice trays were filling and not turning properly, causing everything to get backed up and frozen shut.

Other than this (major) issue, we have been thrilled with it. I imagine any new ones will be fine.

Something fishy about that consumeraffairs.com web site. MAny things.

-david