Is that Liebherr the French Door (FD) model? If so I would try to talk you out of it. I hated it when I actually saw and touched it on a showroom floor. My main reason for not liking it was that you cannot just open one door, the design of it always opens both doors.

I'm sure it works just fine, I just hated that aspect of it.

My wife and I just had demo start yesterday on our remodel and we have already purchased our Liebherr fridge, but we went with two (2) 24 inch columns that we will put side-by-side to make it look like one 48 inch unit.

Good luck,
Phil

Yes, philwojo - the Liebherrs are both FD models. Many thanks for your input - will definitely get our hands on anything before we purchase & be alert to that aspect; wish we had the room for your solution. Major congrats on the start of demo - how exciting!

I did more searching for fridges on AJ Madison site & eliminated "panel-ready" filter; came upon neat-looking Heartland FD model, but no reviews for it. Anyone here have experience with Heartland refrigerators?

Here is a link that might be useful: Heartland FD CD fridge

You will be hard-pressed to find a non-stainless steel island hood unless you go with one of Viking's painted pieces. I also suggest staying away from a downdraft because performance is so poor. Perhaps you should look at a more traditional island hood that might fit the craftsman style such as the Zephyr Napoli or Best IP29.

Thanks, jahrms - I will add those to my list to check out! Too bad that downdraft just doesn't seem to work if one actually cooks.

We had an island cooktop and used a frigidaire 36" "downdraft". It actually is a powered backsplash that rises up 15". Its so-so effective, better on the back burners. But if you, like us, do not want ruin the sight lines of the kitchen its a good alternative, The hood will either be very high above the stove and you'll lose some fumes, or it will be so loud you wont be able to speak.

hmm, I just looked and it appears they discontinued it. The one on the web site only rise 7". still, something to consider. We have not been terribly unsatisfied with ours, but would have had we interupted the site-lines.

Wianno, thank you for posting your experience and for checking on the Frigidaire model you went with. Everything seems to be a trade-off one way or another. I searched the forum here & found some discussion of the intriguing "Cirrus" flat-to-the-ceiling model by Best - neat idea, but the consensus of learned folks here seemed to be that one would need several of them in an array to be effective - and at who knows what cost, since I haven't seen any prices listed!

Sorry, the manufactuere is thermador.

Here is a link that might be useful: 15