Does it actually matter? I mean, 5 yr old fridge. Decent chance that you may replace it in the 5-10 years before you sell--you could always do it right before resale, right?

I wouldn't worry about it unless you hate it (and if you end up hating it...fridges that aren't built in aren't THAT hard to replace!)

Or maybe I missed some other white appliance? Stoves often don't match perfectly anyhow.

I posted a similar question though I'm in a different position. We'll be moving in a year and I wanted to appeal to a buyer. We got the same recommendations-- go for SS.

Some people said it's fine and some said you could search on CL for a decent refrigerator. Another noted that it's the time of year that stores are trying to get rid of last years models so you might pick up a new one fairly cheap - then sell the white one on CL. Just a thought.

If you keep it, I think changing the handle would be a good idea but if the refrigerator is the ONLY thing in the entire kitchen that is white-- it might look off regardless. In my case, my cabs are white. Though your trim might be enough to tie in.

That is my long way of saying "I don't know either." Maddening isn't it?

Thanks for the shoutout :) Obviously, I'm fine with mixing the colors, and I wouldn't worry about resale - a 5-10 year old SS fridge isn't going to help you much there. However...$325 seems like a lot for SS handles for your fridge, although I agree it would tie everything together. Any chance you could paint them or something? It has the possibility of looking cheesy, but if it does, you can go back to buying the handles, and are only out the $8 can of spray paint.

$325 seems like a lot for SS handles for your fridge

Not sure what handles you're looking at, but we paid $100 per for the handles for our Thermador refrigerator and freezer (or maybe yours is French Door so you need 3?)

Thanks, everyone, for chiming in. ;-)

For the record, I like my white fridge. In fact, I've always liked white appliances although I have to say that SS has grown on me. I wouldn't want a SS fridge because I don't want to deal with fingerprints and I don't want to give up the magnetized pad of paper that we use for our grocery list.

The KA badge on the fridge has SS (or SS coloring) in it so it's already got a little bit of SS and white going on.

Your comments got me wondering, though. A fridge is not a built-in appliance, unlike a DW or an oven, so maybe it's not included in the sale of a home. When we sold our first home, we took our fridge with us to our newly constructed home. I don't remember the contract being written to specifically exclude our fridge from the sale but that was 20 years ago so I can't be sure. Anyway, if fridges aren't generally included in a home's sale, I'm not going to worry about it and I'll go with SS ovens and hood. Sure would like to find more inspiration pics, though.

The handles are through KA - they are replacement parts - so perhaps I could find them cheaper elsewhere. However, I think I may have confused you about the cost. $325 buys us 3 handles (it's a French door fridge with a bottom freezer); the per handle price is $108.11.

rmiriam, I thought about painting the handles - heck, I thought about painting the whole fridge - but I'm worried about how good a job I could do. Badly painted handles would be worse than white handles. I'm great at painting rooms but spray painting is a whole different skill set.