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There's really only a few of these I like- they have to be bold and graphic IMHO. I've always liked the chalkboard fridge idea, but alas- chalk dust so close to food/food prep makes me shy away!

I agree with the chalk dust Cozy. I'm actually hoping for my small basement fridge to die out soon so I can buy a dry-erase one since the downstairs kitchenette is next to our playroom.

My favourite fridge is the one in the middle in the top row.

My fridge is beautiful (oak paneled http://travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/wardrobe.jpg), but I'll be painting the wood when I antique my cabinets this winter and now I'm thinking I might want to do something funky with the fridge panels. Like I needed more inspiration. :)

Chalk in the kitchen is definitely out, though. In a home this size, the dust would be everywhere in seconds!

That chalk board is just fantastic. Yeah, it would bug me to have to so close to the food, but its a great idea!

i have a subzero(salvage) w/panels that match my kitchen. Its a side-by-side, and i was thinking of painting the interior of the panels in chalkboard.
http://www.pcrichard.com/assets/product_images/styles/medium/M_BI-42SD-O.jpg like this, in white, no top panel, no ice in door.
i was also contemplating painting the wider fridge panel in chalk and putting thin cork in the narrower freezer panel.

There is "dustless" chalk (probably not 100 percent, but better than the regular stuff) and also totally dust-free chalk ink markers. The markers work best on non-porous surfaces, so the fridge would be an ideal 'canvas.'

i'm waiting for the post on how to make your pets into chalkboards. then this series will be complete.

i think the green chalkboard paint was a great low-budget solution to help make the green corian counters work - good job!

I just saw this great striped Smeg refrigerator at El Corte Ingles in Barcelona: http://bit.ly/38D5tK

Smeg also makes a pink dishwasher (and who knows what else).

Fun to look at.

When you rent and can't change the cabinets and fridge, you don't really have the option of matching the refrigerator to the cabinets, or, unless you want to replace them when you leave, covering them with chalkboard paint.

I covered my fridge in woodgrain contact paper. I know it sounds tacky (and I guess it is, a little) but visually it's less demanding, with dark wood cabinets, deep gray-green walls, granite countertops, and a brown floor ... it was the only white thing in the room and it drove me crazy.

My fave is the photo landscape fridge!

Reminds me of this console: http://tiny.cc/347bT

And my all time favorite hotel lobby: http://www.modernests.com/2009/07/mapungubwe-hotel.html

I like the chalkboard fridge. But all of the others are just way too much "look" to live with.

It's a great idea, but I know I would reach for the handle from just the wrong angle (likely during a hazy water run in the middle of the night) and accidentally drag my fingernails across it... makes me cringe just thinking about it!

Auugh Caitlinella . . you had to say it. Just reading that made my spine crawl!

I like the red one at the end, and the black fridge with the appliqués . . . but the others are a bit much for me.

Um... interesting!

#2 and #3 remind me of unfortunate van paintings from the 70s, though. Just because you can paint waterfalls doesn't mean you should. :)

I love #4, and #10 is cool.

I WISH I had a white fridge. Mine is harvest gold. (Rental.) These are cute, but decorated fridges just seem like more visual clutter to me.

Hmmm. I really like those (a fridge revamp is on the to-do list, dunno if I'll ever get to it!) but I don't know that I wouldn't get sick of them. I still like the idea of the chalkboard...

I turned my fridge into an old steamer trunk with paint and wood molding, and two [non steamer trunk but gorgeous] antique, heavy latch handles. It sits quietly in the kitchen, not screaming "look at me!" and causing confused guests to ask where my refrigerator is. I love it.

I was totally against the chalkboard fridge until someone mentioned those chalkboard markers and I started thinking bistro. Now I could envision a good use of chalkboard fridge, perhaps a black one, with the markers in use.

As far as the fingernails thing... you're on your own with that. I'm deaf. Trust me, that solves LOTS of late-night noise problems! :-)

Strange question but, we are talking fridges. Does anyone know the brand name of the fridge in the house of the main characters in BBC's series Being Human?

I've tried to find pictures online, no luck. The fridge looks vintage but, it's new.

Thanks in advance ; )

yeah some look a bit overdone. i like that vintage poster looking one at the end, a vintage looking map could also look really good.

I vote for an AT article on Aulaire's fridge-turned-steamer-trunk.