A Rabbit Hutch From an Old Refrigerator?

Something our family has struggled with is what to do when an appliance gives up the ghost and how to keep it out of the landfill.
   Our youngest came home from the Town wide yard sale carrying a shoe box. As soon as I saw the little holes in the top I began to panic. "Oh dear" I thought. "What now?". We have always been a family that winds up with oddities. "Momma you will never guess what I got for the $1.28 I had in my pocket!". I, at that point, figured perhaps a mouse of sorts. He carefully opened the lid and when I looked inside, I saw the tiniest little bunny. I could not say no at that point. We had an issue. What were we to do about housing? My husband and I, after much thought, concluded perhaps the old fridge in the junk pile would suffice. It may work, and it would keep it out of the landfill.
  We took both doors off the the fridge. We removed all the tubes, light fixture, and the motor. We built a frame for the front using scrap shelf boards and some left over chicken wire from the previous years garden. We added a solid panel (made from old plywood) where the freezer door was to adhere the bunny's water bottle to in winter. We also found some scrap sheets of metal that we adhered to the roof and side to help protect our new little family member.
   Looking back, it seems like a crazy idea. It worked. Our rabbit is insulated and safe in his hutch. It works perfectly and since we built it on saw horses, we can move it easily if we need to.
   A simple idea that worked wonderfully!