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Should I get a mini fridge or a full size for my basement?  email this discussion to a friend?

elamborn6 (1) 3 years ago

We are finishing our basement and I can't decide if a refrigerator would work best, or if I should get a mini fridge instead. We have company over a lot, and part of our basement is going to be a gameroom, so people will be drinking a lot.

A mini fridge would save space, but it won't hold as much, and when there are 5 or 10 people over, a case of beer isn't going to be enough, so I worry that a mini fridge won't hold enough.

I was reading about mini fridges here ( http://www.mini-fridge.org/ ). I know there are some bigger ones, but I'm just not sure.

At the same time, a full size fridge would work perfectly, but it would take up too much room.

Do you think it would work if we got a full size fridge but we kept it off to the side in an unfinished area of the basement, perhaps by the furnace and stuff? It wouldn't be a fixture in our basement then, so it might look funny, but then it wouldn't take up any of the space in the gameroom.

Thanks!

 

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1. myLot reputation of 90/100. maezee (8840)   3 years ago

Do you have a full sized fridge upstairs that you could use to put the majority of your groceries in? And just possibly use the mini-fridge for snacks or stuff you don't want other people to accidentally eat? (Or beer). I would say go for the mini-fridge only because it's so much cheaper than buying a full sized fridge - and will save you money on electricity AND conserve space.

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2. myLot reputation of 81/100. damalimcpherson (194)   3 years ago

i would say a full size fridge because since it can hold more and it can effectively accommodate your guess. also maybe you can find use in putting some stuff in it that can not hold in another fridge in the house.

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