Can you use a clean, switched off fridge as a cupboard?

[cluckadoodlefoo]

I have no idea.

no

I don't see why not? So long as its not chilled food?

Yes
i have
my fridge broke so I used it as a cupboard for awhile. It was fine.

Theoretically but generally not a good idea because mould grows and spreads rapidly in a closed, switched off fridge. If everything is spotlessly clean all the time you might get away with it but generally if a fridge is turned off the door needs to be kept open.

I don't think so because it is a sealed unit and mould can develop from the moisture in your food

This woman on Instagram uses her fridge as a wardrobe.

Her house is amazing if you like that sort of thing.

eek - i seem to have posted too early but @Dotjones covered it.
The door creates a seal which leads to stale air and potentially mould.
They are well insulated so they get warm and stay warm, which really doesn't help. You could wreck the seal a bit so it's not airtight? but then if you ever want to use it as a fridge again that's not a good idea.

Ok thank you for the responses. Myself and my DP have been quite ill recently and I'm basically now looking for where could be causing an issue. We feel the same symptoms at exactly the same times, which is odd over a long time frame.

That makes sense, thanks.

Ok, thank you.

I've used our unplugged integrated fridge to store unopened tins, jars, packs of nuts, dried fruit and binbags etc. for years and it's fine, no mould, damp or smell.

Our old fridge was a built in type - we took the fridge doors off so there was no air tight seal, then put the wooden door back. - now we store tinned stuff in the freezer dwares, and dry goods etc in the fridge part - no problems.

@BlankTimes I thought we could do the same but it does smell a bit.