The toe kick for the beverage fridge should look really interesting floating up in the air like that.

And the heat from the fridge running will go into the cabinet below -- as well as anything that ever leaks, etc. And that lower cabinet will have to support the weight of the fridge and everything you could conceivable stuff into it.

Change the plan to get fridge drawers. You might spend a bit more, depending on the fridge you were looking at, but the access into them will be so much easier and it will look a lot better. Fridge drawers come out to you instead of making you bend and reach back into a cave. Love mine.

Is that 16 inches depth? For the fridge? Check your plans.

The refrigerator is deeper than 16 inches but the GC has designed a plan to recess the beverage center into the wall with venting and airflow and extra support the refrigerator.

I agree wtih you that it won't be aesthetically pleasing but my husband is standing his ground and finds resolution for any functional reason I can find not to raise the refrigerator...such as air flow and weight.

I am just trying to design the storage and shelving around in the best way to minimize the awkwardness.

Please see lascatx's first paragraph. This isn't about aesthetics. It's about practicality and functionality.

Do you need the fridge to hold those metal keg-balls of beer, or just bottles and/or cans? If the former, I'm not sure how fridge drawers will work.

Truly, having the fridge raised up will be a pain: just slotting it into its niche will be a back-bender.

Why does our husband want the fridge raised to such an odd height? He must have a reason!

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Remind the DH that when it doesn't work out well and you have to redo the whole area, it will cost a lot more than doing it right to begin with.

And you can think you won't have a mess, but as long as you put in cans and bottles, it's just a matter of time until you get one that isn't perfect. Been there -- on my new hardwood floors. Fortunately, it was a slow drip that left a bit of concentrated sticky goo that didn't damage the floor. But the sticky was nearly endless.

The refrigerator is for cans and bottles of beer. My husband is a homebrewer and has a kegerator with two taps on the back porch. Before the remodel, he kept the bottom two drawers of the kitchen refrigerator full of beer. I suggested a beverage center for the remodel but didn't realize he would want it off the floor.

We purchased the Haier 150 can beverage center before we started the demo and he has already been utilizing it in the dining room. It sits on the floor and he doesn't like everyone having to bend down to browse through the different types of beer - thus the request for raise it. And of course the GC who loves the beer - said sure we can do that and they drew out a sketch.

I've since modified the sketch and am trying to compromise without the beverage center ruining the design of the rest of the kitchen and looking like an eyesore.

Besides dripping beer, I am also worried about dropped beers (which has already happened during the trial period - which was too bad since it was on the floor).

Thanks for all the additional reasons to share with DH on why not to raise it. If the additional comments don't persuade him, any thoughts on the compromise design itself?

Hre is a pic of the refrigerator currently installed on the floor.