I'm not especially tall, but whenever I go into the fridge, I have to duck to see what's where and then there's the awkward "removing the pickle-jar from the back of the first shelf trying not to knock over the milk or break the fridge light, while standing stooped over and hunchbacked in the cold.
The solution is one I've been contemplating for awhile, but since I can't be arsed to actually build one (yet), presenting....
The Fridge Pedestal: is a one-drawer box the width and depth of the fridge (+ cooling fins and clearance) upon which the fridge stands. Height would be up to the builder but I imagine a foot/foot'n'half would do. Use the drawer to toss all the crap that you usually put on top of the fridge, that you never use.-- FlyingToaster, Oct 08 2008 How to prevent hunchback pickle accidents: http://www.sunfrost...rator_cabinets.html [Amos Kito, Oct 09 2008] Upside down fridge models. http://www.comparis...-Type%3AUpside-Down [UnaBubba, Oct 11 2008] I saw something like this for standing a clothes dryer on. It was about a foot high and had a drawer in it.-- superjohn, Oct 08 2008 How about a dugout in front of the fridge instead, with a trench ladder down into it?-- coprocephalous, Oct 08 2008 Nice. Not sure why you'd want it but I feel I do.-- UnaBubba, Oct 09 2008 Perfick. The drawer would come in handy to store the crates of beer and piles of used shopping bags that seem to collect around my fridge. +-- sambwiches, Oct 09 2008 [AK] the linked units have the cooling stuff on top so without their supporting cabinets they'd be even worse than the one I'm currently putting up with.-- FlyingToaster, Oct 09 2008 I was thinking it would be a pedestal within the fridge upon which the choicest morsels are placed.-- Texticle, Oct 09 2008 How about a Fridge Jack? I like this too.-- daseva, Oct 09 2008 Maybe it's time you come to grips with the fact that you are too old to feed your self from the fridge and you require an assisted living facility. Or you could saunter off into the woods and die alone with your last scrap of dignity and self-respect. Either which way, have no fear. You will be remembered, [Flying Toaster].
<Moment of silence> </Moment of silence>-- MikeD, Oct 10 2008 ... and the unwashed masses speak: "just a minute of your time" "the workaround is..." "it's not illegal" "and when it breaks you buy a new one"-- FlyingToaster, Oct 10 2008 There is a solution, [FT]. Google "upside down fridge" for the range of fridges where the freezer (not often visited) is at the bottom of the unit, with the fridge cabinet from around table height to above eye level. See [link].
Are these unavailable in your country?-- UnaBubba, Oct 11 2008 quite available and alleviates the lack-of-design somewhat.-- FlyingToaster, Oct 11 2008 So, does their ready availability mollify your apparent indignation on this subject?-- UnaBubba, Oct 11 2008 "somewhat"... considering usage patterns vis-a-vis ease of access, I still think a freezer on top, fridge in the middle, cabinet on the bottom is superior to an upside-down fridge.-- FlyingToaster, Oct 11 2008 Build your fridge into your cabinetry.
We have a 900mm a x 600mm x 600mm hole in our home office cabinets to take a standard bar fridge. It's set at countertop height, specifically so as to make it easier to access.-- UnaBubba, Oct 11 2008 Given my 'druthers, I'd build a fridge from scratch into the cabinetry, but I'm not sure of how much coldth would get wasted from all those door seals.-- FlyingToaster, Oct 11 2008 A fair bit. You also need to be able to remove it when it needs to be replaced or repaired.-- UnaBubba, Oct 11 2008 could you make bigger sizes of pedestal to suit lanky persons such as myself?-- up_on_cloud_nine, Oct 12 2008 So you've invented a box. Bravo-- BunsenHoneydew, Oct 13 2008 That's what they said to Logie Baird.-- UnaBubba, Oct 13 2008 If you refrigerate the box you can store even more fresh vegetables.-- mylodon, Oct 14 2008 halfbakery