Here's a look at my fermentation freezer and keezer (keg refrigerator). They are both built from simple chest freezers that have had a wood collar installed between the base and the top-opening lid. The extra height allows for taller objects to be placed inside and, for the freezer, faucets to be installed without drilling through the freezer walls. The thermostats are over-ridden so I can precisely set the internal temperature over a much wider range than the manufacturer intended.
Four forward sealing Perlick faucets. No plated brass or hard to clean pistons. The rightmost faucet has a lever that allows the flow to be constricted, making it act like the expensive stout faucets when desired.
The inside of the keezer has a distribution manifold for pushing CO2 to 4 kegs plus an extra length of tubing that is used for purging containers and a counter-pressure bottle filler.
Inside the fermentation freezer. The height afforded by the collar allows me to ferment/condition 10 gallons where before I could only fit one large carboy. There's usually a single gallon vessel or two in here as well for small projects like mead or cider.
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