Well, the side by side I have right now doesn’t have space in the freezer for anything at all. There’s probably more cubic footage, but I can’t even fit a full size frozen pizza in there if I want one, let alone cookie sheets and stuff for freezing. It’s really irritating. I don’t use my freezer so much that I’d mind the stooping.
I hope the icemaker doesn’t leak - this one never has, at any rate.
Moving existing cabinets is doable, but you probably want to check on a few things first – that you can access the screws or nails that are currently holding them down and that the countertops aren’t attached to the wall such that you’ll have to rip the backsplash off in order to do the move. If the cabinets are nailed down, be prepared for some cosmetic damage (and cussing) when you try to lever the nails out.
That said – $2100 for a refrigerator? Wow. I thought the side-by-sides costing $1300 dollars were expensive when I was remodeling.
Count your blessings. I’m in love with a stove that is 63" wide.
Yeah, it’s vintage. No, it won’t fit anywhere. Yes, I’m moving. No, I don’t think it will fit in a new space either. No, I don’t think any of that has any bearing on my deep, deep desire for the stove.
Now if I can just keep my job long enough to get this blasted house sold!
Guess what! The cabinet on bottom isn’t nailed down or anything, it’s just sitting there on top of the floor! SCORE! (And, uh, nervous now about when I slide the drawers out with my Le Creuset pots, huh?)
The upper cabinets are gonna need movin’. I see a great deal of bad language in my future before the new fridge gets here on Tuesday.
You could attach barn boards to make it look rustic. They might sell it in barn red. You won’t know if you don’t ask.
I can see a 4 foot by 4 foot addition on the house. What’s that jog on the back of your house. That’s the fridge addition, so we could get one for the house.
It’s a good thing I’m not married. Otherwise I’d foresee a divorce before this fridge thing is all said and done.
If I pay $4,000 for a fridge, I’d better be able to commute to school in it.
Auntbeast - Is your dream stove a Chambers, by any chance? I keep looking, but I’m not willing ot pay too much or drive more than 200 miles to get one. My dream stove is a Chambers 90-C in powder blue. A copper 90-C that had a non-working oven went for $2600 on e-bay. That’s for a 60 year old stove!
I need a new fridge, but it’ll have to wait. My current refrigerator was purchased new 15 years ago. Bottom-of -the-line, no-frills (not even an ice-maker), but its’ still working. My current need (as opposed to wants) is a new water heater. My keeps having to be reset, which means it’s terminal.
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My mother-in-law got one recently, and she hates it. I thought I wanted one, too, but I won’t even take her four-month-old one now that I’ve heard about how awful it is.
[Walter von Huene voice] We’ve got to find a way to make this, fit into the hole for this … using nothing but that. [/Walter von Huene voice]
Not only that, but they need to have a fridge that pees ice cubes when you push a lever on the front. That’s at least 4" more width right there. After all, lots of Europeans have been going to the hypermarket once a month and the super once a week for years; they just don’t throw everything in the fridge or expect it to pee ice.
I was completely befuddled by those the first time I saw one - have seen only one in Europe, so far, and it was in a store.
My apartment came with all-new kitchen appliances. The fridge, which is much bigger than I need, cost less than €500. My brother’s whole kitchen (cabinets, appliances and installation) came up to €4000.
I’ve got this one in basic black. You can have it when you pry it from my cold dead fingers.
Upper cabinets should be easier to move than lower ones. What kind of backsplash do you have? If it’s just painted drywall, I recommend screwing a 2x4 into the wall (into studs, of course) along the bottom of the cabinets before you unscrew them from the wall. Take down all the cabinets, then use the 2x4 as a sort of shelf to rest them on while you screw them into their new positions (again, making sure the screws go into studs, not just drywall). You’ll probably want a helper for this project, but it really shouldn’t take more than an hour or two unless you have some strange cabinet arrangement. Completely doable.
Oooh, yes …
Followed swiftly by the warm, happy feeling of realising that this is not my kitchen, and I’m not going to be the one up a ladder, balancing a cabinet on my chin when I realise I’ll need to go out and buy a left-handed variable speed torque hammer to put the thing back together.
http://obviousdiversion.com/seattle/frigidaire-flair/
Nay sir, and I’m afraid to look at yours. The Frigidaire Flair Custom was the stove that Samantha used on Bewitched.
My dirty secret? There is one in the employee lounge at work. I’m plotting to purchase it. It has probably been there for decades. It still works and is rarely used.
I feel your pain. My oven died and there was* one* oven in the entire country that fits the slot. The door on the new one has 1/8" clearance, but I’m relieved to say that it opens.
Not trying to ruin a good rant, but Sears’ web page has a nice sort feature for that sort of fridge. with lots of freezer on bottom, french door, with ice & water in the door models.
Auntbeast - The Chambers stove is the same model that Rachel Ray uses on 30-minute meals. Designed back in the '50’s, they are so well insulated that you get the oven up to the desired temp then turn it off. It’ll retain the heat for hours, long enough to cook a roast. The gas knobs were the first in the country to have safety latches so your kids can’t turn it on accidentally. On the top there is a built-in 1 gallon crock-pot that has can be divided up int three 1/3 gal pots. There’s also a stove-top broiler. It’s just spiffy!
BTW - I’m a lady - well, maybe not a lady, but a female-type person.
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Ice AND WATER? Because I never found one that had ice, just water. It’s very deceptive because they look like ice dispensers. They’re liars, all.
Anyway, please don’t show me one that’s skinny and has ice and a bottom freezer, 'cause I ordered one too big and I’m trying to bribe the boyfriend’s friends into moving my cabinets even as we speak. 