On Monday, February 11, 2019 at 10:07:15 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-02-11 6:05 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Monday, February 11, 2019 at 12:04:37 AM UTC-5, wrote:
>
> >> If you've got room for a side-by-side refrigerator then a standard 18, 20, 22
> >> inch refrigerator will fit in the area your present chill chest occupies.
> >
> > There might not be enough room to open the door on a standard fridge. I
> > had a layout like that. I ended up getting a new French-door fridge that
> > I put in the dining room and adding a base cabinet where the old fridge was.
> > It was better to have some set-down space next to the stove anyway.
>
> French doors work well if the fridge is easily accessed from either
> side, but not when it is against a wall on one side and a table nearby.
> However, it has to be a French door fridge with bottom mount freezer.
> Years ago we had a French doors with fridge on one side and freezer on
> the other. We hated it. Between the narrow width and shelving
> configuration it was hard to fit large things into either side and there
> was a lot of wasted space.

I've never heard anybody refer to that as "French doors"; only as
"side-by-side". "French doors" appears nowadays to be used
exclusively for a double-door fridge with a slide-out freezer
on the bottom.

Cindy Hamilton