How To Build Refrigerator Cabinet

Once your refrigerator is in place you can start building the cabinet around it.

How to build refrigerator cabinet. If your kitchen plan will allow it this is probably the easiest and most cost effective way to get the look because you can make the opening the exact width and depth you require. I never would have guessed that i would get excited over building a custom refrigerator cabinet. You ll probably have to shim the top as well. A hallmark of high end kitchens built in refrigerators such as the one illustrated right integrate easily into surrounding cabinets and create a sleek fitted flush appearance.

You need to make sure that you are using your level while you are building so that your cabinet is even with the wall and floor. Then use the top of the refrigerator to make sure that the cabinet is level. So when it came time to build the momplex kitchen you can bet i wasn t going to spend 500 on a 30 wide sheet of plywood. That s where an also less than schmancy 19 cabinet from the habitat for humanity restore mentioned yesterday came in handy it s 12 tall and 36 wide the exact width of our fridge.

I saw several people on the blogosphere built enclosures for their refrigerators and added it to the current cabinetry. And that was it. Here is an example of what i am talking about. There had to be a way to make it look like it belonged in the kitchen and not just shoved at the end of the cabinets.

I still feel robbed. Just add a box simple right. We learned with our first kitchen that building in your fridge is a huge help in making a kitchen look fancy schmancy. And at the moment our floating fridge was looking pretty much the exact opposite.

I mean i have a beautiful tongue and groove plank ceiling and newly painted white kitchen cabinets to gaze at. But instead we got two sheets of 3 4 plywood not even whole sheets and an above the fridge standard cabinet.