How to Choose a Refrigerator for Your Kitchen
Moving into a new home or renovating your kitchen? Your refrigerator plays a key role in keeping your food fresh, so be sure to include it in the planning stage, too. Here are 5 things to consider when choosing a refrigerator: 1) Positioning Your Refrigerator: Just Where Should It Go? Positioning your refrigerator within close proximity to your kitchen counter would be best. It allows prompt loading of groceries when you get back from the supermarket and convenience when gathering ingredients for cooking. This also means the fridge door is open less often, so there is less impact on temperature variance within the appliance. Secondly, some may not realize that a refrigerator has to work harder to maintain appropriate internal temperatures when exposed to heat sources. This affects the energy efficiency of a refrigerator and potentially shortens its functional lifespan. So avoid positioning it near an oven or even under direct sunlight – think energy efficiency! 2) Left Or R