Leta
Lovin' The Homestead
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We don't have an upright fridge. We have three chests that, altogether, use less electricity than one energy star upright- one very big freezer in the basement, one medium chest fridge in the basement, and one small (dishwasher szed) chest fridge in the upstairs kitchen.
The stuff in the basement is perfect. The one upstairs is just okay. I mean, the energy savings are fabulous, and I can't see myself every going to back to conventional refrigeration, but things have been getting tipped over in the bottom. I have been thinking about ways to intentionally make it less deep. And it is just a white box. Nothing special or attractive.
I love old iceboxes. They are surprisingly cheap, at least around here, and they would fit right in with the era of our house and our unremodeled kitchen. So I am thinking of getting an icebox to have an upright cabinet for cold food storage in the kitchen. I'd use our downstairs chest freezer to freeze bottles for ice for the ice compartment, so I wouldn't have to deal with dripping/runoff. The chest freezer is in use anyway, so the icebox (vs. the upstairs chest fridge) would use even less electricity.
We'd still have the basement chest fridge if we went away or something.
Does this sound insane? Does anyone else do this?
The stuff in the basement is perfect. The one upstairs is just okay. I mean, the energy savings are fabulous, and I can't see myself every going to back to conventional refrigeration, but things have been getting tipped over in the bottom. I have been thinking about ways to intentionally make it less deep. And it is just a white box. Nothing special or attractive.
I love old iceboxes. They are surprisingly cheap, at least around here, and they would fit right in with the era of our house and our unremodeled kitchen. So I am thinking of getting an icebox to have an upright cabinet for cold food storage in the kitchen. I'd use our downstairs chest freezer to freeze bottles for ice for the ice compartment, so I wouldn't have to deal with dripping/runoff. The chest freezer is in use anyway, so the icebox (vs. the upstairs chest fridge) would use even less electricity.
We'd still have the basement chest fridge if we went away or something.
Does this sound insane? Does anyone else do this?