We ordered a thin/fake wood panel/sheet for our fridge through Kraftmaid that matches our cabinet, cut it to size on the table saw and put it into the metal holders. Plywood may be too think. Ours is really thin. I wouldn't glue it in case you ever need to remove it for what ever reason. I'd find a different material for the panel to use.

pcjs, do your metal holders also attach with magnets? Do they ever fall off? I think stronger magnets would go a long way except they could not be much thicker than the thin rubberized strip magnet material that is on there now.

The plywood is quite thin: the same thickness as the beige plastic sheet it replaced. I don't know what else I'd use: I really like the wood since it matches our cabinets. The frig is big and this way I don't have to see all that beige!

I'm surprised nobody has these (or almost nobody, pcjs). People in the kitchen forum are usually so knowledgeable, I thought for sure someone would have a solution for me! :)

Maybe my title is misleading. I guess I'd better post this in another forum. Some relatives are coming to visit: I want this solved!

Ours fridge is set up to add the panels and it came with screws. We got a kenmore counter-dept panel ready. (didn't plan too, got it online in a hurry to move in the house and got lucky as it was 1/2 off). I'd be worried abotu using a magnet as even though we used the fake wood panel front, they are heavy. I know exactly each step of our kitchen as we are DIY and I did 1/2 the work. A lot of people here are very good at the design and shopping but there are only a few of us who are DIYing our projects.

Thanks for responding again. I forgot to mention in my first post, that there are permanent metal slots on 3 sides that actually hold the panel: Top, inside opening door handle side, and bottom. So the weight is supported by something substantial, and it canÂt gap on those 3 sides. The 4th side (the problem side with the gap and the strip that wonÂt hold it in) is the one with the removable strip that attaches with magnets: because thatÂs the side where you have to slide the panel in.

We did most of the work ourselves, too. IÂm very comfortable working with wood, and my husband does the electrical and plumbing. Only the tile work we had done by a pro, and that was only because we had so much to do and needed a new subfloor.

I tend to forget that most other people donÂt do these things themselves: when I scanned recent posts on the Kitchen forum I realized that most questions were about design issues or which items to buy.

linnea...did you apply finish to both sides of the plywood?

I'd try some of that Quik Grab adhesive. Comes in tubes and is usually stocked near the Liquid Nails.

My refrigerator came with a frame, a metal trim piece, on the edge to hold in acrylic panels. I stained and varnished oak plywood to match the cabinets. No mater what I did, though, I could not get those narrow edges to hold the plywood. It kept falling out; I think the weight was too great, plus it was not as flat as a plastic panel would be. Nothing worked until I glued it right on the door with Liquid Nails. That makes it more permanent than I wanted, but, oh, well.....

If you do not have such a trim piece, though, what would you use on the edge of the wood?