Freaking out about counter-depth fridge sticking out past pantry cabs!
Erica L
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Comments (22)At this late date you have limited solutions to the poor layout your designer produced. Counter depth refrigerators are somewhat of a misnomer because they are typically a little deeper than 25" (cabinet plus 1" counter overhang). In a typical install the depth of the door and handle is going to protrude past the cabinets, but not nearly as much as a standard depth fridge. In your case the fridge location kills the counter space immediately to the left. Typically I would recommend pairing a regular depth fridge with 30" deep base cabinets and 18" uppers on a short wall for a flush look. Instead of paying more for a smaller fridge, you pay more for more cabinet storage while getting the benefits of a standard depth fridge. That won't work in your current layout. At this stage my suggestions would be: 1) move the pantry to the far left on the cabinet run containing the stove, and move the stove about a foot to the right to hopefully have 30" of countertop between the pantry and stove. That and the island gives you a landing zone for loading and unloading the pantry. A 30" drawer base between pantry and stove would be good location for pots and pans. 2) move fridge to current pantry location, with a fridge surround and overhead cabinet. This gives you much more space on that wall that is convenient to the stove and sink. You can use the island and the increased countertop space as a landing zone to load and unload fridge. 3) use a recessed outlet in the wall behind the fridge for power supply and a similar approach for the water supply. This will allow the fridge to be as snug to the wall as the installation instructions allow. 4) consider extending the wall to the right of the refrigerator about 6" into the kitchen if needed to cover the side of the refrigerator. Not sure if this is needed. Not sure a standard depth French door would work because of proximity to the island but a counter depth should. Essentially on the refrigerator part of the L you would have the refrigerator at the far right protruding somewhat, with uninterrupted counter to the left all the way to the stove. 5) depending on clearance between island and the refrigerator wall of cabinets, make the base cabinets between the refrigerator and the corner 30" deep and the uppers 18". This will work if the fridge depth (excluding doors) is 30" and provides a flush line other than the door. Wouldn't do using cabinet depth fridge. 6) instead of Lazy Susan, use angled drawers in the corner. Here is a reverse pic )under construction) with a 30" surround enclosing a regular depth French door refrigerator....See Morerefrigerator will stick out 3-4 inches beyond pantries
Comments (62)Ours is 33" and sticks out 8" from our 25" countertop but only on one side, as there is a wall on the other side. It looks fine and it doesn't block any path. I thought about a counter depth fridge but decided against it; I'd rather have more food space than suffering a shallower fridge with less food space. I think of it like having a long nose as opposed to a short button nose :) No big deal. It looks fine especially since the wall is on one side of it so it's really only sticking out on the counter side. Home and kitchen styles come and go but more depth space in a fridge means more space to store food which is the real reason we own a fridge....See MoreCounter depth fridge yay or nay?
Comments (50)Just an update for anyone who happens upon this thread. I went with the larger than current fridge, 29 cu ft LG. The counter depth were too small for me. This fridge is perfect and while it's technically 2 inches deeper it fits similarly in the space and gives me all of the room I need. It's nice to have the extra fridge in the garage but definitely didn't want to depend on it....See MoreH202
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