Soon the moment of truth came when the refrigerator was delivered. The old refrigerator was moved out of our kitchen and into our garage so that it could be picked up by our utility company who was going to recycle it for us. Our utility company offered a small rebate for buying an energy star qualified refrigerator and another small rebate for having it recycled.
When the new refrigerator was slid into the open space of our old refrigerator we found out that it was a little wider and a little taller than our old refrigerator, but that it will fit with the removal of some of the "trim" on the bottom of the cabinet above the refrigerator. Well removing the "trim" was easier said than done since these cabinets are over 60 years old and are solid wood. It took several hours of chiseling and smoothing out and shaving off the heads of nails and such, but we careful removed enough of the "trim" without causing any real damage to the cabinet or leaving the cabinet unsupported.
The end result was worth it to us. We got a beautiful new side-by-side refrigerator with ice and water in the door, complete with a lock for the ice and water. That being said there is no way that a bigger refrigerator would ever fit in that space without removing cabinets so we will enjoy our version of a jumbo refrigerator and just feel spoiled as if this were the biggest refrigerator ever, because for us this is the biggest refrigerator ever to fit in this house.
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