Mixing stainless steel and black/white appliances. Yes or Not?
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Comments (3)This might be a good time to look into getting a panelled DW to match your cupboards. someone a few weeks ago found a MW that was SS with white. Can the trash compactor be panelled also? I have white appliances, but everything on the counter is SS. Toaster oven, coffee makers, faucets, etc. Is your MW going to be built in, over the stove, on the counter...?...See MoreCan I mix a white fridge in with other stainless appliances?
Comments (53)I prefer all white appliances. I can't stand Stainless Steel, it feels hospitalish, and shows every single fingerprint. PLUS, EVERY house/apt you go in has it. ZERO uniqueness. Black shows EVERYTHING, just like a black car, same with the new black stainless. I looked at slate and decided no. There is something about it that makes me believe it will not age well and will become the gold/green/copper of days gone by. White is eternal. For me white is it and I hear it's coming back. It never left for me. I've replaced with white TWICE. Do what you want in your house....See MoreBlanco sink color with black stainless steel appliances
Comments (4)I was called to enlarge a cutout for an Elkay quartz sink. That went fine, but when I attempted to finish drilling the knock-outs for the faucet, despite lying flat on the countertop, the double bowl sink split. I about flipped. This is manufacturer error; they designed quartz-on-the-flat with no support between bowls to prevent splitting. That's an outside corner. I suppose I should be grateful to just lose a few hours; the customer said he'd try to take the sink back to Home Depot for a refund. Good. I hope he rehires the HD sink installers now that I've pulled the old sink (they wouldn't) and got the cutout resized. Since this, I've bid on installing a new Elkay quartz apron front sink. It retails for $1,400.00. I'll be shaking in my boots cutting those holes, but no quartz-on-the-flat on that one. In fairness, I've seen some 20+ year-old quartz sinks that look like the day they were installed....See MoreMixing stainless steel & white appliances?
Comments (4)OK I have been there and I can relate. So take my advice in the spirit in which it's intended, which is kind. Get over it and embrace stainless for the neutral material that it is. Honestly. I belabored it and put off replacing appliances, or insisted on white, only to realize it's no big deal. Get good looking stainless and you will forget about it in no time, I promise you! The thing with white is that it's not going to match your other whites anyway. And even if it does, guess what--it's going to change in a few years and you'll be like me staring at white cabinets next to a white dishwasher and wondering in my head "which one of you discolored?" The SS bothered me at first, especially fingerprints. But if you choose attractive ones, I almost guarantee you'll be happier than if you went through all the trouble to go with white. Panels are nice, if you can afford them, but really the lower-end brands that advertise "panel ready" products are disappointing at best. A cabinetmaker that I know tells me they're simply not designed for a good-looking panel installation. Share some pics of what you've got, and maybe people can help you out. In a small kitchen, I'd choose appliances (especially the fridge) with the fewest bells and whistles on the surface. Ice dispensers and curved fronts are really distracting. Go for low-profile, streamlined stainless and you'll be surprised how much it just disappears. I do totally understand your dilemma, but I think you'll be just fine ;-)...See Morebelkat
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