What is a Column Refrigerator

When most people imagine their dream kitchen, built-in refrigeration is a major component. Built-in refrigerators give the home kitchen a seamless, contemporary appearance, especially when complemented by a wall oven, cooktop, and other built-in appliances. We recently highlighted some great built-in refrigerators to consider in a list that includes built-in French-door, side-by-side, and bottom-freezer refrigerators. Still, there’s another option that allows for customizability that you can’t get from those more traditional refrigerators: column refrigeration.

Column refrigerators are all-refrigerator, all-freezer, and wine preservation towers built into a wall or cabinetry. Columns are modular and can come in various sizes ranging from 18-inches-wide to 36-inches-wide per unit. With columns, you can decide how much space to allocate to fresh ingredients, frozen foods, and beverages.

Let’s look at some of AJ Madison’s most popular—and our most recommended—refrigerator column and freezer column pairs.