California Meryl recommended this refrigerator for those of you with tight spaces. The Fisher Paykel ‘curved door’ also gets a little extra zing from the … curved door, and it’s available in stainless steel or white. The fridge is just under 32″ wide, and just under 67″ tall. It appears to be counter depth – 28″ deep including the door handle.
Please note, retro renovators – I really recommend trying to create a “built-in” look for your refrigerators if possible so that they don’t dominate your kitchen. This is most easily done be setting them next to at least one pantry cabinet. Also, have the soffit follow the perimeter of the fridge. And finally, choose counter depth. Back in the 50s, refrigerators were smaller . These these tricks can help you create a seamless integration of your modern fridge.
Thank you, Meryl! How’s that kitchen coming? Did you try those paint colors yet?
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I have this fridge! We had to replace the fridge that came with our house (a 194o’s Cape) and this was the ONLY refrigerator we found at the time that would fit in the same space as the old one. It took us a while to find it and we were starting to worry that we were going to have to remodel the entire kitchen (something we couldn’t afford) just so that we could have a new fridge!
I have no idea how old our original fridge was, but the people who moved the new fridge in and took out the old said it was probably from the 60’s.
We have this fridge too, in stainless. We did not want to alter the cabinets, and it’s just the two of us so it woks well.
Yes, yes and yes! We also had real constraints in space for a fridge, so when we replaced the original behemoth white double-door fridge we inherited from our previous owners, we went with the Fisher Paykel counter-depth stainless model (to match our stainless countertop edge.
It has been just great: I never realized how much better the counter-depth fridge was for not losing leftovers at the back. And with the freezer on the bottom, the fridge area is even more accessible.
Last-but-not-least, it was not extremely expensive. Certainly you can pay WAAAY more for a good retro-ish fridge!
We are building a new home off the grid and need energy efficient appliances. I really love the look of this fisher-paykel–it would look great with our 1930s chambers stove. How can I find out more about this specific model? Thanks.
Hi Tracy, Fisher Paykel has a website. I am sure you can find lots more info there.