While I love the function of refrigerators (I’m dreaming of some ice cold lemonade right now), I’ve never been a huge fan of the sight of fridges.  They always stick out from the counter and break up the look of all of that lovely cabinetry – unless they’re built-in fridges, and who can afford those?  Not me!

That’s why I’m in love with fridge enclosures.  Keep fridge enclosures in mind when you’re designing your kitchen – it’s so easy for your carpenter to build a little enclosure for your fridge that will hide the ugly side of the fridge and make it look like it’s a high-end, built-in unit.  A little trickery never hurt anyone, right?  Here’s the enclosure we had built for our fridge:

I think it really gives our kitchen a seamless look that can’t really be achieved without a fridge enclosure.  And a great added bonus is that the cabinet above the enclosure is HUGE – I think we could fit an entire family in there!

What do you guys think about fridge enclosures?  Think they make a difference?