My mother in law has a small freezer in the kitchen, and a bigger freezer in the basement. That way she can load the cooking ingredients into the smaller kitch

My mother in law has a small freezer in the kitchen, and a bigger freezer in the basement. That way she can load the cooking ingredients into the smaller kitchen freezer before cooking, can keep most of the stock in the basement. Best of both world, assuming you're sufficiently organized to actually remember to move the stuff to the kitchen in advance, and not forget half of it :-)