So I have refrigerator that bit the dust when my house flooded thanks to our friend Harvey. I only got 3" of water in the house, but apparently every single component that makes the fridge get cold is on the bottom of the fridge only 1" off the ground, so it's super dead. Had an appliance repair man that i trust take a look at it, and he quoted me $1100-1200 to fix it. For that price, we just decided to buy a whole new fridge.

So now i have a fridge box to do something with and was wondering if yall had any fun or creative ideas of what to do with it. It's stainless steel front and only about 1.5 years old, so the body of the fridge is still in great condition and looks nice.

Serious and typical OB answers welcome.

Tool storage cabinet in garage.

Yep. That's the video. But unlike that I don't want OP to fake it. I want to see it for real.

Take the panels/doors off and list them for sale. Someone will buy them to replace their damaged ones.

Put it on the curb with a for sale sign and wait for someone to take it and be done with it. Nothing screams white trash like discarded appliances and toilets in the yard.

munch96 said:

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Turn it into an smoker

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And place in on your front porch.

munch96 said:

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Turn it into an smoker

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If it were a commercial model that was all metal inside, I would definitely do that. But it's all plastic inside. I would have to build metal boxes inside of it. Still not a bad idea, but not as easy as it sounds.

Milwaukees Best Light said:

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Put it on the curb with a for sale sign and wait for someone to take it and be done with it. Nothing screams white trash like discarded appliances and toilets in the yard.

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Dishwasher tried to burn my house in Beeville down when the folks went to check on the place post-Harvey. I was working in the middle of nowhere West Texas. Ironically I was glad about this since the house was about to go on the market and last thing I needed was an inspector to find the problem or worse yet fire it up, then leave while it tried to finish a cycle.

I got back to Houston, ran to Beeville, and replaced the unit. Stuck the old one on the curb at mom & dad's house for heavy trash. Except I forgot it was Columbus day and no trash service. It was gone by 10am.

I took an old ugly orange chair to goodwill when I graduated. Goodwill said they didn't want it. I told them that if they didn't take it I was going to throw it on their curb that night. The lady changed her mind and we put it inside.

MROD92 said:

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My grandfather had one on it's side in the pasture full of manure. Had all his earthworms for fishing in there

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That's a great idea...have an old dead fridge in the garage I was going to put on the curb but just might do this instead.

I've been thinking about doing this with an old fridge I have in my barn:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mancavemaster.net/now-turn-an-old-fridge-into-an-ice-chest-in-7-easy-steps/amp/

Brush Country Ag said:

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Have seen people store welding rods in them to keep them dry.

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yep

I would also ask how much your guy could rig up the frig with old cheap stuff just to get it cold for a beer frig in the garage.