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On The Top of Your Fridge--What's There?
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Cabinet. I've never kept much on the top of the refrigerator, had cabinets over them the last 20+ years and love having the extra-deep storage.
My fridge has cabinets surrounding it so there’s not much space on top. I do have the habit of throwing odds and ends up there that I have confiscated from my kids. For some reason it just seems really practical to toss something up there after I’ve taken it away. They can’t see it or reach it up there so eventually they forget about it entirely. Someday I will lose this valuable hiding space because it’s only a matter of time before the kids start getting tall enough to reach up there.
The cookie sheets just fit into the slot made by the built-in overhead cabinet. God save us when that refrigerator (20 year old KA Superba SxS) goes...it's full-depth (not cabinet-depth) but wide enough to fill the niche.
I have a machete stashed up there, a fly swatter (my mother always kept hers on top of the fridge too), a couple of candles, and my Titanic replica White Star Line mug. It's built in so there's only a narrow area to set stuff.
Stuff... and dust
Here you go...
Here you go...
Oil, vinegar etc.
This house has two kitchens - the main one in the house proper, and an enclosed patio kitchen at the side of the house. The fridge in the kitchen has a cabinet over it, although I've pulled the sxs fridge out a ways so that I can open the doors enough to pull the veggie and freezer bins as needed to remove them. Once in a while I'll set something up there when I'm in a rush loading the fridge. But sometimes I forget it's there and then ... spoilage ... so I try not to do that very often.
The patio kitchen has a top freezer unit. For a while I was putting a slab of styrofoam on top of there in the belief that it would help insulate. However, it turns out there may be some heat exchanging plumbing up there, and after a few times where the freezer started weeping from its roof inside, I pulled the foam slab. Now I just have three items up there: a little used party chip platter still in its box; a cute little two tone cutting board with cute little feet; and my Peewee's Playhouse lunchbox. And yeah it gets dusty out there but who cares? It's a patio.
The green wall is the outer wall of the house. The window is a jalousie for the 1941 bath in the main house. The opposite side of the patio has a bank of similar jalousie windows at ground level, which makes for nice ventilation when needed.
The patio kitchen has a top freezer unit. For a while I was putting a slab of styrofoam on top of there in the belief that it would help insulate. However, it turns out there may be some heat exchanging plumbing up there, and after a few times where the freezer started weeping from its roof inside, I pulled the foam slab. Now I just have three items up there: a little used party chip platter still in its box; a cute little two tone cutting board with cute little feet; and my Peewee's Playhouse lunchbox. And yeah it gets dusty out there but who cares? It's a patio.
The green wall is the outer wall of the house. The window is a jalousie for the 1941 bath in the main house. The opposite side of the patio has a bank of similar jalousie windows at ground level, which makes for nice ventilation when needed.
oliger
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1970's Tupperware cereal keepers neatly lined all the way across. With cereal, pretzel sticks, chips, etc. I prefer to have nothing on top of my refrigerator, but I have too much kitchen stuff to put them somewhere else.
twintubdexter
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;">Those Whirlpool "Sidekicks" in my photo...you're limited as to what food stuff you can place on top. These units have wrap-around condensers. Nothing on the backs or underneath with a fan. It can get pretty warm up there. Nice that there's nothing to clean, but of course common sense tells you it's like having your fridge in a hot room which translates to higher energy use. I guess if you live in a high-humidity area it'd be a good place to store crackers.</span>
A boom box (used mostly for radio; NPR fan here) and a little Bose system for my iPod. The iPod is so old it won’t sync/update anymore, probably because I subscribe to iMusic (Apple’s streaming service). The powers that be want to make sure my “rented” music doesn’t wind up becoming permanent on an iPod that has no wi-fi.
Suppose I’ll eventually get a new little Bose system with Bluetooth and stream from my iPad or laptop; but for now, this serves my purposes in a small apartment.
Love to listen to music, old-time radio shows or NPR when working in the kitchen.
Suppose I’ll eventually get a new little Bose system with Bluetooth and stream from my iPad or laptop; but for now, this serves my purposes in a small apartment.
Love to listen to music, old-time radio shows or NPR when working in the kitchen.
My hermetically sealed compressor lol
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