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Bespoke Design: Housing The Fridge Freezer

When it comes to the decision about whether to hide away your fridge freezer or let it be on display in your kitchen it is a matter of your preferred taste. Here are a few tips on what to consider when making your decision: 

  • Understand your colour scheme: When designing your bespoke kitchen try to imagine both scenarios and make mood boards for both. Think about but the kitchen cabinet handles, hinges and colours to get a better understanding of whether they will all go together as a united design 

  • Consider your needs: Some clients prefer American fridge freezers; some do not need too much space so will go with combi fridge freezers whereas others like separate floor to ceiling fridge freezers to store their food items 

  • Visualise hiding the fridge freezer away: When it comes to hiding them away, we enjoy building “secret doors”, aka bespoke floor to ceiling cabinets, that act as housing units for fridge freezers. Make them seamless with the other cabinets and ensure they fit well to the doors to avoid any breakages. You can add hidden storage above them too  

  • Put it on display: When putting your fridge freezer on display you have the option to also “encase” the unit with further kitchen storage. Build around it and add cabinets above the fridge freezer. It’s a design that helps add even more kitchen storage and offers a fitted bespoke look

Our in-house interior designer can help you decide on what design is best for you and let you know how the design will come together. Book in a consultation to get started with our design team.

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