Thursday, September 2, 2010

The Refrigerator

About a month ago Auntie A called. She said she was making some upgrades to her kitchen and wanted to know if we wanted her current fridge and oven. Immediately I said yes. She has a counter-depth stainless steel refrigerator with water and ice in the door. We have a floor model plain-jane giant white box that has made strange noises since the day it was installed.



Too make the deal even sweeter there was a stainless steel oven rounding out the package. All we had to do was drive to her house and pick it up.

Last weekend Dear Husband took a quick road trip with Nana and Papa to retrieve our new appliances. DH installed the fridge last night and it looks fabulous.

We have had the giant white beast for over ten years. Every time we go to Home Depot DH checks the part of the store where they keep the stuff they dropped off the truck in hopes of finding a slightly dented counter-depth stainless steel fridge in our price range. Our kitchen is average size and it’s designed for a counter-depth fridge. We didn’t want to spend the extra money for the fancy fridge. We didn’t think it would make that much of a difference.

We were wrong.



It’s amazing how a couple extra inches of floor space will open up a room. Our kitchen looks so much bigger. So if you are in the market for a new fridge and have a small kitchen, I’d highly recommend spending the extra cash on the counter-depth fridge. Thanks Auntie A and Uncle L, we LOVE our new fridge and we can't wait to get the oven installed!

3 comments:

Wanda, Melania & Mishayla said...

Plans for your old appliances? June might consider using them in her apartment... Serious budget considerations!! The "new" one looks great!

Homestead said...

You kept the overhead cabinet! Did you move it up or luck out??

It looks so gorgeous.

kae said...

Wanda-I'll let you know about the old appliances....Nana might need some of them but she's not sure yet.

Homestead-yes, we got to keep and cabinets. DH had to move them up a couple inches but you don't notice they aren't perfectly even with the other cabinets unless you are standing at the right angle in the back corner of the kitchen. The kitchen looked unfinished without the cabinets so it wasn't much of a decision....and we didn't have to find a new home for the stuff in that cabinet. Now we need to work on the oven.