why not look for a stainless steel in a different configuration? Or is this one a special deal of some sort?
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why not look for a stainless steel in a different configuration? Or is this one a special deal of some sort?
No special deal. It's just that in our mind's eye it looked really good and that particular side by side fit perfectly in the space we had.
shop around... I'm sure you can find a stainless steel or black that would fit too, in a configuration that might work better.
This here is a configuration I LOVE....
The other thing is that I got tired o standing on my head trying to find stuff in that chest freezer. That lower freezer bin or drawer looks like it might have some of the same problems.
lol... well, they're not deep like a chest freezer, so no hanging over the lip to do a handstand to grab that last popsicle that fell to the bottom. And the ones I've seen are slide out drawers, so there's no mussing around. Go check them out in a store and see what you think.
Like I said juan... it all depends on your family. Plus, you do have a chest freezer for things like turkeys and such (ours wouldn't fit in the freezer.. about a ft wide too). And if you don't buy frozen pizzas, or you keep them in the fridge, then again, a non issue. I just have never met a single person who liked their side by side. I don't mean to bash your choice. It might be perfect for you guys, you never know.
We did entertain the idea that we would eventually get rid of our chest freezer but a twenty pound turkey would definitely not fit in that sxs freezer. About every two years we get all our children and grand children over for a weekend and the simplest meal is either a big turkey or a big roast. I thought we could store frozen pizza on edge in that freezer but I'd have to take one of the shelves out.
That's part of where we ran into major frustration is that we didn't have the chest freezer plugged in, because we didn't want to be using that energy just for a couple odd things. So, we would forget about the size of the freezer, and grab something like a frozen lasagna or a pizza, get home and go to put it in the freezer and then realize it was impossible, because removing a shelf when that's your only freezer isn't an option... it's being used.
Definitely go with the convection feature. Down the road you will regret not having it.
We've ordered the stove with the convection oven. It is about a four hundred dollar option(depending on the brand) that we've gotten along without for quite a few years now. Probably why we were so slow making our mind up.
Karrie you've been very helpful by making me think about some of these things. We'll go with the side by side and we will keep our chest freezer. We sometimes buy a hind quarter of beef that is cut and wrapped and it fills just about half of the chest freezer.
This morning we went over to the big Sears store in Rutherford. We looked at every side by side fridge/freezer, every two door bottom freezer fridge in the place and they've got many dozens to look at. At this point we are still undecided but we are leaning towards a two door bottom freezer model. The freezer on these models are generally quite small but we are keeping our chest freezer. We've ordered the dishwasher and the stove but we've decided to hold off on the fridge/freezer untill we are further along with the rest of the renovations.
Has anyone noticed that major household appliances aren't as reliable and durable as they used to be? My parents had a washer, dryer, fridge, and stove, that lasted for as long as I lived at home, and then some, over 25 years. I bought major appliances in 1975 when I got my first house, and they lasted 25 years. But in the last decade we've had to replace our washer and dryer twice for major mechanical failures and we're not impressed with the current pair. They've both had major repairs several times, and the washer is starting to mess up again, not draining at the spin cycle and leaving rust marks on the sheets. And these are top line Maytag appliances. The fridge and stove we've replaced only once in the last decade, but they've both had major repairs too, fortunately under warranty. I am not impressed. In our basement pantry is a 1930s vintage fridge that belonged to my wife's grandparents originally, and it's still doing its job flawlessly, and there's a similar fridge at the lakeside cabin, also still performing perfectly. They're not as energy efficient as modern machinery, but I can't see any justification for replacing them with modern equipment that'll run for only 5 years.
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There is a very large frig, I looked at in Home Depot, that had two doors, and a big drawer at the bottom, but very expensive, and large, don't know if you want that size or
spend that much, but if your chest freezer isn't far, it doesn't really matter.
I agree with everything you say Dexter but there is something else going on as well. In the topic opener I mentioned a new dishwasher that was in our current house when we bought it. This was a new Frigidaire dishwasher that appeared to have everything, the pot scrubber cycle, the regular wash cycle, a rinse cycle, but this batty machine has only one propeller sprayer on the bottom, and none in the middle or on the top. To make a long story short, it doesn't work. We've had this machine for almost four years and I was quite surprised to find out that Sears has that very same machine for sale right now for about two hundred bucks. Was the whole point just to make something that looks like a dishwasher, made noises like a dishwasher but could not do anything but rinse clean dishes....It sure can't wash dirty ones but a few shady contractors can stuff these pieces of crap in the dishwasher space and some unwary home buyer will look at it and think he's getting a dishwasher.
Fridges are another thing. You can buy a fridge for as low as four hundred dollar and as much as five thousand dollars and how long they last is a lottery. We have a chest type freezer that we've had for thirty years and it still runs perfectly.
Hi talloola
We are leaning towards that kind of fridge/freezer but we are waiting to see where the rest of the renovations take us. One of the problems with bottom freezer fridges is that the freezers are quite small.(usually about six cubic feet) Our kitchen is big enough to accommodate an island unit. What we are deciding is; an island unit with a sink, or an island with just a cutting surface. ( A nice marble cutting surface is what I am lobbying for.)
I love kitchen islands, and maybe someday we will rip our whole kitchen apart, and start
over, and, I like them 'big', with lots of room to work and eat, and a big overlap counter
for a seating area, and cabinets below, and open shelves for 'stuff'. I think I would like
an island 'without' sink, as I don't want to have to clutter it up with dirty dishes, so
I would have the sink on the main cabinet unit, by dishwasher, and leave the island for
breakfast/snacks, and preparing dinner or preparing baking dishes etc, as you can be working and
visiting as well, facing into the room instead of toward the wall, depending on your
particular room of course.
Enjoy your project, it sounds like fun.
Well, I agree whole heartedly about making it a cutting surface. The reason being, that any island we've ever had ends up being used a lot by company as a sitting area. People seem to prefer an island to a kitchen table IMMENSELY. We used to have the island, and the kitchen table was three feet away. People would ignore the table to stand at the island. The table barely got used. A sink would have been very much in the way.