Over Fridge Space?

[just]

Any cool things you've seen for the space over a fridge? I've done some searching and I've seen wine racks, open space for books, microwaves - none of which really appeals to me. If it makes a difference, it will be for above a counter-depth unit.

[af1212]

Mine is a pile of crap which looks horrible and is useless. I hope someone has a great idea!

[pierogigirl]

We have doors. Inside is a lazy susan. It's so high that we can't really use the top part of it. It's usually where we keep chips, lunchboxes, etc.

[libbygrl109]

We're going to have sections for baking pans. Something like this:

[stemmie]

In my old house, I used it to store cleaning supplies as a baby-proofing strategy.

[af1212]

Jul 29, 2021 22:13:08 GMT -5 libbygrl109 said:

We're going to have sections for baking pans. Something like this:

This looks amazing! Mine is not tall enough to put pans on their sides.

Sometimes I wish I lived in newer construction so things would be standard sized and easy to fix.

[Susie]

Jul 29, 2021 22:13:08 GMT -5 libbygrl109 said:

We're going to have sections for baking pans. Something like this:

My parents did that when they redid their kitchen.  My late mom was only 4'11" so in order for the space to be useful, she needed something she could grab just from the very bottom.

At 5'2" I'm not much taller, and I haven't seen any ideas I like better.  

[macmars45]

At 5'2" the cupboard space above my fridge is useless to me. Even with a small step stool I can't reach it. H sometimes puts stuff only he uses up there. *shrug*
The world was made for tall people.

[dr.girlfriend]

I am only five feet tall, so even with a kitchen stool I still need my husband to access that space. We have a double-door cabinet that holds big rarely-used stuff like cheese trays, casserole dishes, etc. Right now they are kind of nested flat in two stacks, but I think vertical dividers would be a nice idea to easily pull out one. I wouldn't put something there that I couldn't access on a regular basis, and I don't like the idea of having anything open there (bookshelves, wine rack) because it would be hard to dust.

[libbygrl109]

af1212, We have an older home (1959), with 8' ceilings. We will have about 24" of space within the cabinet, I think.

I have also seen pictures of the cabinet broken up into sections to fit things like casserole dishes, platters, etc.

[af1212]

Jul 30, 2021 11:30:29 GMT -5 libbygrl109 said:

af1212, We have an older home (1959), with 8' ceilings. We will have about 24" of space within the cabinet, I think.

I have also seen pictures of the cabinet broken up into sections to fit things like casserole dishes, platters, etc.

I just measured my space. It’s slightly less than 10” tall and approx 46” wide.

Would love suggestions!!

[TBM]

I had our cabinet guys put pullouts in a couple of upper cabinets next to our fridge, but wish that I had done them over the fridge too. I might just buy some at the store and install them myself.

The cabinet guys thought that I was nuts, since I wouldn't be able to reach them without a step stool, but it really makes it much easier to access everything in the cabinet, instead of just what is in front.

[RockNVoll]

Y'all need taller step stools! I'm 5'1" and wouldn't be able to access half my kitchen without my trusty 2-step stool (kinda like this one).

To answer the original question, ours is a sizeable cabinet over the fridge and I just store stuff we don't regularly use up there, like our multi-cup coffee maker, large drink dispenser, etc.

[definitelyO]

my friend has what libbygrl109,showed - but open w/o the doors.

one half of ours has my cookbooks -the other half is the liquor cabinet.

[wildrice]

Jul 30, 2021 9:39:14 GMT -5 macmars45 said:

At 5'2" the cupboard space above my fridge is useless to me. Even with a small step stool I can't reach it. H sometimes puts stuff only he uses up there. *shrug*
The world was made for tall people.

FWIW, I'm 6 inches taller than you and don't really use those cabinets either. They are hard to reach. I do have a couple of things shoved in the one on the right, but the left one is against a wall so I have no idea how anyone could get to it.

As taller people, we do not own a step stool so I guess I'd need a ladder if I wanted to use them?

I wonder why every house has these cabinets. It seems like mostly wasted space.

As far as on top of the fridge, I have a huge wicker basket on mine. We store things like bags of chips and cereal in it since we don't have a pantry, and the basket hides that. We just grab the basket down from up there when we need something in it. It doesn't look amazing, but I think it could be worse and at least renders that space functional.

[expectantsteelerfan]

Jul 29, 2021 22:13:08 GMT -5 libbygrl109 said:

We're going to have sections for baking pans. Something like this:

We have shelves like this.  I don't actually put my 'use every day' baking pans in there because I am short and I really do use 2 of them pretty much daily, so those are in the pull out drawer under the oven, but I have muffin and cake pans, pie pans, and other things that get used occasionally up there and it works well.

[origami]

I used to store our wedding china there, since we hardly ever used it. Now we have a cabinet for that so above the fridge is empty.

[aprilsails]

Here is my cabinet of shame.

We keep liquor and wine up there, silverware in the box since that gets pulled out twice a year, extra platters, kitchen aid mixer accessories and a cake stand. Ours is a regular depth fridge with high ceilings so that cabinet is deep.

[spinnaker5]

I’d avoid wine storage options- the heat from the fridge is no bueno for wine.

[devonpow]

I keep holiday serving pieces/decor there. So I only need to pull it down once a year.