How To Build A Refrigerator Enclosure

The first thing we did was build a refrigerator enclosure.

How to build a refrigerator enclosure.

Building a false wall requires construction work and the space between the two walls is unusable. Then use the top of the refrigerator to make sure that the cabinet is level. The custom refrigerator enclosure is attached to the end of the cabinets and has a shelf to hold my cookbooks. Everything is built in and usually covered with moldings.

After looking through so many pictures of beautiful kitchens i decided to enclose that big monster in order to make it look a bit smaller and to make the overall space look more professional. Building the refrigerator enclosure by cristina garay. Not a fun job but it gave us more room to build our custom refrigerator cabinet. Once your refrigerator is in place you can start building the cabinet around it.

Take it out. We added both to our kitchen on a budget. We learned with our first kitchen that building in your fridge is a huge help in making a kitchen look fancy schmancy. 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.

Create a built in if there isn t one. My picture perfect kitchen was a traditional in style with moldings i love them but with a. And at the moment our floating fridge was looking pretty much the exact opposite. Building the fridge cabinet once we figured out all the logistics in this small space the build was pretty straight forward.

To polish it up i added trim around all the edges filled all cracks and. A false wall allows the cabinet depth to match the refrigerator depth without cutting into the wall or requiring custom cabinets. The basic pieces are an mdf wood panel for the side and a box for the cabinet also made with mdf. 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.

Custom homes have a space for every appliance.