I have the Miele 30" all fridge and all freezer, and love them. I essentially approached the problem backwards. I do freeze a lot, and have had an upright freezer in my kitchen or pantry for the better part of 20 years. I would be fine with a freezer on bottom, 36" fridge if I had an attached garage or other easy access place for the freezer. In this house the kitchen was the best place for the freezer, so a prettier full sized upright freezer was part of my remodel plans from the beginning. And having that, I didn't need a freezer in the fridge. I've seen two 36" over/under units installed side-by-side, mostly before the column units became popular. This is good if you want/need more fresh food storage than frozen, but there's more that can go wrong. Either your fridge-freezer units have one compressor so they share air and sometimes compromise between the two compartments to maintain temperatures, or you have dual compressors with the fresh and frozen compartments on separate systems, and essentially four units instead of two. An all fridge and all freezer are just larger, simpler units. As to looks, 6' of uninterrupted refrigeration can be a bit...blank. You can use styling to make this better. Some people have cabinetry panels made so that they look like a bank of smaller doors and drawers. Some people put art on the doors. Some use large, decorative pulls. I have 5' wide, tall units, which gives more of a vertical appearance to the refrigeration, with big, honkin' custom pulls that break up the space. Some all fridges (a certain model of SubZero, for sure) have a window, which breaks up the surface and gives you deeper shelves (no door storage. Another option is to put the fridge and freezer in different locations. Many people find that they don't need both at the same time/place. The freezer might be closer to the pantry storage and the fridge closer to the prep zone, for instance. Other people have done very clever designs that make the pair with a surround so they look like an armoire, or other kind of contrasting idea. And some just leave them as they are, figuring that appliances should just be and look like what they are. You haven't mentioned your price and performance preferences. I believe Frigidaire makes freestanding all fridge and all freezer for a very reasonable price. Thermador makes mid-range built-in columns (i.e., integrated all fridge and all freezers in several sizes). The top end are built-ins by SubZero, who make a lot of different sizes and shapes, and Miele, whose columns are the same size and shape as Thermador (same factory), but whose electronics and features are by Miele. Which ones you choose depend on your budget, style and preferences for interior arrangements and features. If you go to a website like AJMadison you should be able to get a good overview of what's available.

Yes, I did research there. I have a local store who will order me anything and match prices. My husband wants to see everything in person. I will look at Lowes, thanks for the advice.

eenie meenie miney mo and cross your fingers. We went through this last year. Fingers still crossed. And blanked out the whole experience for the most part. Did research but as mentioned above they are all about the same, then not. So far so good with what we ended up with. It is just too big, huge. They sent the wrong one but close enough. I've not had one in the past to compare, except a horrid small chest type in my vacation home that needs defrosting monthly. And a countertop upright that was free from a friend that works great so that one will go to that home. In short, we ordered a number of times with e-mail confirmations, then out of stock...repeat. We used Lowes and they we very helpful with all the troubles. I find it easy to keep organized with some added baskets that i can pull out onto a counter next to it. The door itself holds all my spices nuts grains...the main reason for my choice. As mentioned, assess your needs and start from there. If we purchased in bulk like ducks chickens turkey or end up with a moose tag a chest freezer would make sense. The wire shelving in most uprights would not hold or store or even makes sense for storing big bulk things. For garden harvest and meats packaged in meal portions i think uprights work really well. Two different ones are on this page. We ended up with the bigger beast. It is Frigidaire.fridge

Mine was from a previous house but still going strong. My current kitchen is somewhat like yours. Since you have the drawers for ice and other frequently used items, I highly recommend getting a manual defrost model with freezer coil shelves. It's not worth it if you're opening it constantly. If you're using it for storage, and only opening a couple of times per week, you probably won't need to defrost more than once a year, or for opening once per day, perhaps defrost twice per year, so it's not that onerous. What you get in return is a more constant temperature, and the freezer coils in most of the shelves (often there are a couple moveable wire only ones) make sure your items cool down quickly, which helps prevent things from going weird. I try to space them out directly on the coil shelves, then stack after they're fully frozen to make room for the next entries. Mine is GE. I would be surprised if the current offerings are very different. It's old tech, but good tech. Simple. Reliable. My fancy built-in can't touch it for long term storage. Much better than something with a defrost cycle, and some better than one with an evaporator, though the latter is great for a freezer that's being accessed a lot (like my built-in). A chest freezer, from the physics of how it's configured, is even better than the manual upright, but not so convenient to use, and best for things like bulk meat and farm produce, that are expected to last a really really long time.