Depth of panels for counter-depth refrigerator?
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Comments (9)Before the remodel, I sold my perfect condition 4 year old Kenmore fridge on CL. At that time I purchased a 3 yr. old counter depth SS KitchenAid for $1000 from a young woman on CL who had received the appliance as part of her divorce settlement. There are bargains if you are diligent about scouring CL daily even beyond the new Liebherr. Most of the folks who buy Liebherr have really tiny kitchens and need taller, thinner fridges than standard CD. How many sq. ft.is your kitchen? You may not need to go the more expensive Liebherr route. I would not buy the 14 year old KitchenAid. Even if the mechanics are great, the plastics inside become brittle and deteriorate over time. Three years age my 32 year old Montgomery Ward fridge was left with the house I sold still running great. However, the door lining was pulling away, and the door would not close completely due to a loose door casket. Neither of those items could be replaced any longer. I should add that we were a small family and careful with our possessions so this occurred due to age, not abuse. Paneled fridges are one technique to make a small kitchen look larger. However, door panels are an expensive option. You are at the beginning of your remodel, and there is frequently project creep. My approach was to go with SS and use the money for all built in appliances in my small kitchen so that the counter flow is not interrupted. I put the money in an induction cooktop over a 27" wall oven. This is a long way of saying go with the Liebherr over the KA but before you do, make sure you need to spend that extra money on the Liebherr over a standard counter depth like a KitchenAid. My apologies for rambling about on this post and good luck with your remodel....See MoreNon-counter depth refrigerator. How did you handle yours?
Comments (17)Our fridge went in a spot where one side was flush with a built-in pantry, and the other side was adjacent to the range-wall cabinets (base cabinets only). We were stuck with the depth of the pantry, which left a little bit of the side of the fridge showing. So we pulled out the base cabinets on the other side to match. We initially planned to put a panel there, but the dimensions weren't workable with our stock (IKEA) cabinet components, and we didn't want to spend the $$ on custom. So then I hit on the idea of building a wall to box the fridge in an alcove. It meant losing about 6" of base cabinet, but it fit the modern look of the house, nicely isolated the over-fridge cabinet (the only upper in the kitchen), and looked super-custom. DH and I built and finished the wall. We made it the same thickness as the wall on the other side for the sake of symmetry. Before: After: considered putting in a panel on the other side...See MoreLooking for pictures of paneled counter depth refrigerator
Comments (13)The biggest issue with counter depth (paneled or not) is that are not really counter depth, they stick out past the surrounding cabinets by three or more inches. When I first remodeled our kitchen back in 1986, I used a panel ready Amana that was 27" deep, plus the door thickness. I built the whole surrounding cabinet wall 27" deep all the way to the end of that run, so only the doors stuck out past the cabinet. The first photo is what it looked like in late 2012 just before my last makeover. This also made for nice 27" deep pantry pullouts on the left end, and extra deep uppers. Another benefit, is that the counter overhang (butcherblock) has a place to die into on the side of the refer cab. The next photo shows my fully integrated 30" Liebherr a couple months later, the old Amana was 32", so I had to add to the face frame, and the Liebherr is a foot taller, so the upper needed modification as well. There is now 3" dead space behind the fridge, but who knows, or cares? The big 27" deep drawers where the oven was ended up being one of the best windfalls in the recent makeover :) third drawer down is a warming drawer .......See MoreQuestion about building in countertop depth refrigerator
Comments (13)Joe, that looks great. The other thing they did that I hate, is that they ordered a cabinet for above that is too short - there is a huge gap between the bottom and the top of my refrigerator. They will fill it with trim, but I've lost 3" of usable cabinet above the refrig, and now cannot put awkward size appliances up there. I am going to insist that they replace this...at their cost. They DID measure the refrigerator and saw all my pictures. I think (heck, I KNOW), that I"m much pickier than clients they usually have. My city is sort of a laid-back/lethargic/accepting kind of place. I constantly hear friends say that something that was done by remodeler or designer was not really what they wanted, but their reaction is always "...oh well" and they always tell the person who has done it that the just love it...it would be "rude" to complain. Did I mention that this is a somewhat southern city? My grandmother may have been a Lee but I am NOT a Southern woman who thinks it rude to complain if something is not done right....See Morecherylbirth
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