Hide your Refrigerator vs Display your Refrigerator

Refrigerators Can Strut or they can Disappear

Make your choice at Universal Appliance and Kitchen Center

Universal Appliance and Kitchen Center (UAKC) is your best choice in Southern California for refrigerators of all styles and colors. Take a look at just a few of the different configurations of refrigerators available today at UAKC.

Refrigerators that disappear

Some refrigerators can be hidden from view with cabinet panels so that they blend into the surrounding cabinetry. When even hinges, grills, and toe-kicks are invisible the refrigerator qualifies for the designation of “integrated”.

The photo below depicts a GE Monogram Integrated refrigerator and wine storage unit.

GE Monogram

Non-integrated refrigerators

It's a matter of degree since some refrigerators have cabinet panels that match, but parts such as hinges or grills are still visible. These built-in refrigerators are not integrated, but still match existing cabinetry. The photo below shows a Sub Zero built-in refrigerator with cabinet panels that is not integrated because the hinges and toekick are showing.

Sub Zero Refrigerator

A refrigerator doesn't have to be built-in to accept cabinet panels. The french door refrigerator below from Jenn-Air is a cabinet depth model. While it isn't going to be flush with surrounding cabinets it does blend in nicely, and is much less costly than a built-in refrigerator.

Jenn-Air Refrigerator

Refrigerators that show-off

There is also a school of thought that a refrigerator should be a showcase and the center of attention in the kitchen. No refrigerator does a better job of calling attention to itself the the magnificent Sub Zero Pro 48 refrigerator below.