Paneling in a fridge: Flush with cabinets? Fridge cabinet? Door?
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question re: pulls on integrated french door fridge door panels
Comments (0)We are in the last minute stages of choosing pulls for our kitchen (in our newly completed house, yay!). We are planning to have a fully integrated french door fridge with the freezer drawers on bottom and cabinet panels on everything. I came over here to look around at the fridge we have already decided to buy (Themador Freedom) but I got sidetracked when a thread mentioned the appliance pulls on a french door fridge. The rest of the cabinetry in the kitchen is raised panels and I am realizing that the styles (isn't that what the border part around the edge is called?) are a tad narrow. Our dishwasher panel came and we were definitely surprised by the look - the scale up is not what we imagined and the pull we chose was too big so we are starting all the way over. The fridge panel hasn't been made yet (I don't think) and now after reading comments about integrated fridges here I am super nervous that we will have trouble with the appliance pulls being too close My question is - how can we plan for this? When the panel is made for the fridge door do all the dimensions get larger or should I expect the style to be the same width as it is on other cabinets? Maybe we can call the manufacturer and ask about teh dimensions of the panel? I can't believe we didn't think about this until the last minute!!! Of course, we haven't chosen pulls yet so maybe if there is limited space we could compensate some by not getting overly wide pulls. Here is a picture of part of our kitchen so you can see the cabinetry - obviously fridge will go there on the right. Excuse the dust the house is still under construction here I would love to hear experiences from other integrated french door fridges and even pictures of your pulls if you have them handy. Thanks!...See MorePanel-Ready Cabinet Depth Fridge -- Dacor --Any others out there?
Comments (6)I'm not sure if this applies to you but we just finished our kitchen. Originally we had the Kitchen Aid, french door, panel ready frig. When it was installed it stuck out like a sore thumb. The sides of the frig are black and my cabinets are white. The panels add an extra 3/4 of an inch to the already 4 or so inches beyond the cabinets and it did not look built in at all. Buying the panels was a waste of money. My kitchen designer (from the cabinet company) should have explained to me that a cabinet depth will not look built in unless you build the cabinets around it ( which in my case we were not able to do). We were able to swap it out for a Viking built in with panels. The Viking is a top frig, bottom freezer. I love it so much more than the french door cabinet depth. I have not found that the storage is a problem. And the look of it is 100 x better than the cabinet depth looked. I know a lot of people on this forum have cabinet depths that look built in but I think they may have had their cabinets built around it to look that way....See MoreKA cabinet depth fridge, w. panels?
Comments (3)I don't get why he would say that (or why he thinks he knows what you'd like best!) If you like the look on your cabinets why wouldn't you like it on your fridge? Maybe he thinks it would be too much of the cabinet in one space? (Did he see a cabinetry plan?) I Googled images for "kitchenaid refrigerator french doors panel" and there were several pictures (OK maybe a few pictures, repeated.) Most had a single panel on the freezer drawer and this one has 2 panels on the drawer. http://www.abesofmaine.com/abeimg/thrt36it71nnp.jpg Do you have a picture of the style of cabinets you're ordering? You could do a mockup of how it would look on the fridge (or I'd be happy to try to do it if you post pictures.) I don't have panels on my FD fridge but I've always liked the paneled refrigerators I have seen....See MoreFridge panel flush to cabinet box or cabinet door?
Comments (3)CP... I believe the fridge is below the double doors in the top pic and to the left of the drawer in the bottom pic. This design is going to leave you bothered one way or another... either the panel sits flush at the top and leaves things uneven around the drawer, or it is left even around the drawer and isn't flush at the top. I'd have done what you've got pictured. ETA: I'd actually cut down the trim piece below the drawer so it's the same width as the drawer and have the filler go to the floor. Better yet, I'd lose the trim piece altogether since it sits proud of the wall....See Morecocaty
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