Fridge getting crowded? For ‘just’ £40k, join the really cool set – and have a fridge WALL!
We have a his ’n’ hers section
LISA ATKINSON, 49, owns a travel franchise, travel counsellors, and lives near Wakefield in West Yorkshire with her partner Peter, 58, who owns an import and export tree business. Lisa’s children olivia, 21, and Harvey, 18, live with them, and Peter also has a daughter Francesca, 31. Lisa says:
There are only two walls in my kitchen: one is a bank of cookers, the other is filled with fridges. We wanted one huge fridge but couldn’t find what we were looking for, so went for a fridge wall costing £20,000 and measuring over three metres wide instead.
It features an extra wide Gaggenau fridge, a slimline freezer and a wine cooler, each costing almost £7,000.
We built our five-bedroom home ten years ago with an ‘olde world’ stone front to blend in with other houses in the village. The £70,000 kitchen with two islands is the centrepiece. While some may baulk at the cost, it’s been worth every penny. The refrigeration is amazing, with various drawers at different temperatures. The shelving can also be moved up and down electronically if I need extra space.
The wine cooler can store up to 50 bottles at a time and is currently housing some lovely champagne, plus bottles of Peter’s favourite Albarino white wine. Peter and I joke that we have his ’n’ hers fridges because it is split into two halves by a ‘wall’. In my fridge you’ll find fish and prawns. On Peter’s side, there’s always traditional British fodder including cottage pie.
My son, harvey makes a beeline for the fridge every day when he comes home from college. Francesca also heads straight for the fridge when she comes to visit.
The fridge wall gets more attention from the family than Peter and I do!