I have it narrowed down to three, all stainless, Samsung, all four-door French door. None are counter-depth because I don't want to give up space.
25.5 cubic feet (about the size we have now)
28.5 cubic feet
30.5 cubic feet
And yeah, I want to go for the largest one I can. I am so tired of not having enough room in the fridge, especially when we're doing dinners and picnics and holiday stuff. (The last big family picnic we had, my MIL had stuff in her fridge, my sister had stuff in her fridge, and my fridge was loaded to the gills.) There's just no room. According to Consumer Reports, those footages aren't accurate anyway; the 30.5 cubic feet is actually about 28 or 29, so the measurements aren't exactly correct. Depending on the fridge, some of them are inflated quite a bit (whatever happened to truth in advertising anyway?).
We talked to our nephew about installing the new water line for water and ice and he can do that even before the new fridge is delivered, so that's taken care of. I didn't really want a water line / ice maker; I think it's something else that can go bad. But try finding one without it these days. And Rick wants it, so we're getting one. We do tend to go through a lot of ice as I bring it to work every day and we put it in the cats' water dish....they like to play with the ice in the water. And Tabby likes to bat an ice cube around the kitchen floor sometimes. I let her go; when she's done playing, I just wash the floor.
My brother works at Lowes and can get us a discount, so we'll just give him the money and he'll take care of it for us. Then he and Rick will take the truck down and pick up whatever fridge I decide on, bring it home and get it working.
We were going to put the old fridge in the basement, again, for when I need extra room. But we bought this one back in the mid-90s and, while it still works OK, it's not as energy-efficient as the new ones are. Our local electric company will come and pick it up and give us $35 to boot. Good deal!
(Still have not found a kitchen backsplash that really "calls" to me. I will. There's something out there. All in good time.)
25.5 cubic feet (about the size we have now)
28.5 cubic feet
30.5 cubic feet
And yeah, I want to go for the largest one I can. I am so tired of not having enough room in the fridge, especially when we're doing dinners and picnics and holiday stuff. (The last big family picnic we had, my MIL had stuff in her fridge, my sister had stuff in her fridge, and my fridge was loaded to the gills.) There's just no room. According to Consumer Reports, those footages aren't accurate anyway; the 30.5 cubic feet is actually about 28 or 29, so the measurements aren't exactly correct. Depending on the fridge, some of them are inflated quite a bit (whatever happened to truth in advertising anyway?).
We talked to our nephew about installing the new water line for water and ice and he can do that even before the new fridge is delivered, so that's taken care of. I didn't really want a water line / ice maker; I think it's something else that can go bad. But try finding one without it these days. And Rick wants it, so we're getting one. We do tend to go through a lot of ice as I bring it to work every day and we put it in the cats' water dish....they like to play with the ice in the water. And Tabby likes to bat an ice cube around the kitchen floor sometimes. I let her go; when she's done playing, I just wash the floor.
My brother works at Lowes and can get us a discount, so we'll just give him the money and he'll take care of it for us. Then he and Rick will take the truck down and pick up whatever fridge I decide on, bring it home and get it working.
We were going to put the old fridge in the basement, again, for when I need extra room. But we bought this one back in the mid-90s and, while it still works OK, it's not as energy-efficient as the new ones are. Our local electric company will come and pick it up and give us $35 to boot. Good deal!
(Still have not found a kitchen backsplash that really "calls" to me. I will. There's something out there. All in good time.)