Sunday, June 24, 2007

‘mouse shot his fridge

The meme that’s going around the ‘net for at least the second time is of refrigerators.  This time it caught me right in the middle of a changeover, from the very large and quite convenient, but not quite “it” GE side-by-side that came with my new house (that would satisfy 99% of the folks in the world) to the Mrs. ‘mouse dream refrigerator—a 48” wide, counter-depth Kitchenaid.  Thank god Mrs. ‘mouse dreams practically because this puppy, while expensive, was 1/3 the cost of the Sub-zero and still half the cost of the first Viking that caught her eye. 

Without further ado, and with no hope whatsoever of identifying all the ... er, stuff… in that fridge, here’s Before:

During

and After (If you look carefully, you’ll see there’s plenty of room for more food in ther for a creative packrat like the esteemed Mrs.

The real story, however, involves removing cabinets to make room for the new fridge, widening the kitchen entry, since the old standard-depth fridge no longer intrudes, and moving the 700LB (700LB!!!) fridge around the house, through the patio doors and into position—which involved removing the kitchen light fixtures in order to have a higher-than-8-foot tipping radius to get the new fridge upright.  No wonder I sometimes see these monsters listed on Craigslist as “New / didn’t fit.” 

All said and done, this is the best fridge ever, and since Mrs. ‘mouse is pleased and enjoying trying (unsuccessfully) to fill it up, I’m ecstatic about the change. 

P.S.: the bruises on my legs have faded to a dull yellow and my back may actually recover one of these months.

P.P.S.  Look at all that icemaking (read “margaritamaking”) power there in the freezer!

Edit:  For the true voyeurs, here’s the link to Flickr where you can see the partial inventory and a picture big enough to read the labels.

Posted by 'mouse on 06/24 at 09:23 PM
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