If you are fitting a new kitchen in your home, what kind of furnishings do you look for? Well, apart from putting in kitchen cabinets in the color and material of your choice, you will very possibly consider adding in a counter depth refrigerator. Counter depth refrigerators are so called because they are built to fit into the breadth of the kitchen counters.
Do not mix up counter depth refrigerators with bar refrigerators, which fit in under the counter, or freestanding fridges, which stand next to the counters. These fridges are the same size as your counters, so they don’t jut out. This means they are between 25-27 inches deep (as opposed to 30-32 inches), but they are slightly taller and more elegant-looking. As we always pay for aesthetics in this world, they are a little more expensive than the standard refrigerator.
The main advantage of counter depth refrigerators is that they look very good, making your new kitchen look far more chic, and they also save space as they don’t jut out and take up too much of the floor. One of the reasons why they look so good is that they come in a variety of styles and types. For instance, you could buy a counter depth refrigerator with the freezer underneath. This is annoying, however, if you have to bend down to lift out a chicken instead of reaching upwards to pull it out. So if you don’t like that, there are still plenty of more traditional models where the freezer is on the top and the refrigerator is underneath.
And what about the doors of counter depth refrigerators? These can also vary according to taste. Do you want swing doors? Double doors? French doors? Your supplier can help you choose something that blends in with the doors of the surrounding cabinets, and your fridge does not need to look like a fridge at all. Then, of course, there is the side-by-side counter depth refrigerator, which is essentially a fridge and freezer adjacent to each other.
Some counter depth refrigerators offer a variety of extra features that come with them, such as a precise-fill water filter, an ice machine, electronic controls that show the temperature on an LED screen, and a slide and store freezer basket. About the only thing they don’t provide is the actual food, and no, they don’t make the tea.
Some counter depth refrigerators come with wooden paneled doors, while others have a stainless steel front. The way that you want your refrigerator to look all depends upon your personal taste, as well as the funds that you have available. The cheapest model on the market is going for $484, for a narrow one door model with two shelves. The most expensive, on the other hand, will cost you about $3,000. In this case, it has four shelves, a stainless steel front, an ice-water dispenser, and all the other features you have dreamed of.
So which model will you choose? It depends. If we are only dreaming about a new kitchen, we can probably choose one of the most expensive counter depth refrigerators on the market. But if this is real life, you will have to plan accordingly.