A refrigerator for tight spaces - Fisher Paykel curved door
Mid Mod Pam on Apr 16 2008 at 8:01 am | Filed under: kitchen
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?
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.
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