If you're like most homeowners, you have a refrigerator in your kitchen, a back-up fridge in the garage and you may also have a deep freeze for storing your garden's bounty or the frozen meat from a great deal at your local market. Wish there was a way to condense and make things a little more efficient? There is: The Frigidaire Convertible Fridge and Freezer.

Free Up Garage Space & Enjoy Efficiency After Your Chicago Kitchen Remodel

The new Frigidaire Convertible Fridge and Freezer can go from refrigerator to freezer, or vice versa, in just 24-hours. This is a very handy appliance for those who entertain often, who want to free up space in their garage or who like to preserve and can seasonal produce, sauces and soups. It has a simple, white box design and also comes with flexible shelving and door racks, just like a traditional refrigerator. The FKCH17F7HW also boasts frost-free operation and an energy-efficient refrigerator mode.

Currently, the convertible Frigidaire (MSRP $<900) is the only appliance like it on the market. Here are some of the ways you will be able to eliminate one more appliance in your garage or integrate an extra appliance into an upcoming Chicago kitchen remodel.

• Seasonal storage. If you like to purchase meat when it goes on sale, and spend the beginning of fall putting up your own garden harvest, or seasonal fruits and vegetables from your local farmer's market, odds are the contents of your deep freeze fluctuate. It's burgeoning in the late fall and winter, and then thins out again in the spring and summer. Once the contents have been reduced, you can migrate the stragglers into your kitchen refrigerator and convert the freezer to its refrigerator mode. Now you have lots of storage for cool drinks all summer long.
  
  
• Prepare for the big event. It will double as an extra refrigerator anytime you're hosting or getting ready to attend a big event. The 12.7 cubit feet of interior space means you'll have plenty of room for catering trays, extra party platters and appetizers as well as your drink selection.
  
  
• The ultimate side-by-side. Sometimes more is more and we've also seen customers who purchased two of these units for the ultimate side-by-side refrigerator and freezer combo. If you want to do this as part of a kitchen remodel, we recommend integrating the units using matching cabinet faces to prevent the eyesore of appliance faces.

While Frigidaire is the only company (so far) to make a full-size convertible refrigerator and freezer option, other companies do offer successful convertible options built-in to their existing refrigerator. Example of this include the Samsung RF32FMQDBSR (MSRP $3,999), which has an area of the freezer that can be converted to a refrigerator when needed. However, with that hefty sticker price, you may find the Frigidaire model is the right one for your needs.

Would you like assistance integrating your refrigerator, freezer or other appliance selections into your Chicago kitchen remodel? Contact Kitchens & Baths Unlimited.