My appliance handles don't match and it doesn't bother me. I think your fridge and oven handles are quite similar. How close will the dishwasher be to them? Plus if your wife likes to put a towel through the handle (like I do!) it will be covered most of the time.

It would be a HUGE mistake to buy appliances based on them matching. Buy the best appliance based on how it performs. Tell the salesman to keep his opinions to himself. No one, and I mean no one notices if handles or appliances match.

I think they all look really similar.

They all look good together to me. My appliance handles don't match either. Get the appliances you like and will function best for you. Cpartist is right, no one will notice if the handles or appliances match.

Ok thanks guys, this is the push i needed.

I like the fridge and the oven together because they both have similar "professional" style handles. I personally wouldn't add a dishwasher with a euro style handle because I don't like that look, and having a totally different handle style bugs me. I know because I bought a house with a fridge with a bowed euro handle that I can't justify replacing, paired with a pro style handle on our newly purchased range. I don't like it and am looking forward to the day it dies. But then I don't like bowed euro handle anyway, and I f it doesn't bug you, it's your kitchen so go for it!

Just a thought about hanging a tea towel on the door though: Drip marks all down your stainless dishwasher all the time.

I would do the no-handle look on the dishwasher; the other handles are similar so they work together. Distinctly different handles like the dishwasher would bother me. I throw a towel through the stove or fridge handles since I have a no-handle Bosch dishwasher and Samsung range/fridge.

Handles? Really? I'd never notice unless those 3 appliances were right on top of each other. Mine are on 3 different walls.

I have the Bosch 500 series DW with the handle. My son liked it so much he got one but chose the recessed opening. My experience with recessed openings is that sooner or later you tear off a fingernail plus multiple near misses. DS lives in a tiny condo where a handle would reach out and put a bruise on your hip on a regular basis. For him, the recessed opening was the better choice. For me, with a larger kitchen, the handle was the better choice.

I have different handles and never had an issue with them - they all look fine together - as will yours. (GE Profile Ovens + GE Profile Refrigerator + Bosch DW + Sharp MW drawer).

I would prefer the DW with the handles. Regarding drips on the DW - you'll get them no matter what you do. We don't hand dish towels on ours and we have drips! We do hang our dishtowel on the freezer drawer handle and there aren't drips - in fact, it has the least amount of drips/marks of all my SS appliances! Maybe the towel is actually protecting it...

I would think that the recessed handle would cause more drips b/c you are opening the DW from the recessed handle and bringing your dripping hand right up to the DW instead of a few inches away like your hand would be if using a handle. (That's assuming, of course, that your hand is wet when you open the DW door.)

I do want to ask if you're sure about a side x side refrigerator...most people get rid of them when they remodel b/c storage is so inefficient. Yours, at least, is 48" so you will have a bit more space on each side compared to a 36". But, have you considered a bottom freezer with the refrigerated section the full width for more room for veggie bin, fruit bin, deli drawer, etc.?

Buehl is right about side by side fridges.

Have you considered getting the dishwasher you want but in the panelled version?

Another vote to nix the side by side. We rented a condo for a year and it had a side by side. Hated it!

We're in a rental now with a SxS. Hate it because nothing fits.

Different handles- I would not give it a thought. I would purchase the best appliances you can afford- function and quality overrule form in this case.

We have a different brand (and therefore different handles) on our fridge and range. The microwave is hidden in a cabinet and the dishwasher is panelled, so has a handle that matches our cabinet door pulls. I never thought twice about the handles matching. Go for the appliances you like!

We bought a suite of appliances in the Black Friday sales last month in anticipation of our remodel that should be starting in 4-6 weeks. It is the first and very likely the last time in my life my appliances will ever match. Oh wait. No they won't. Because we're adding a wall oven that won't be a Samsung. :) but Dont really care because I'll have a kitchen full of beautiful new appliances!

My appliance handles do not match, and I love my side by side fridge.

Thanks all for your opinions. We are sticking with side by side 48" gives us plenty of space and you don't have to dig in the back to get anything. My wife hates the flapping of the french doors, and the bottom freezer is a pain for all our frozen goods being piled on in drawers.

We considered panel dishwasher, but we are going with a lot of paneled items such as mini fridge and wine cooler, so we wanted some stainless appliances to offset the look of ALL cabinetry.

Thanks again!

I have had different brands mixed up but in the new kitchen I went with all Kitchenaide ss appliances so everything does match and I have to admit I definitely notice it and am very happy with the results . The Kitchenaides handles are very distinctive anyway and I like them. They do make an excellent towel holder but I don't do that very much . The only thing not Kitchenaide yet is the fridge because it survived the flood . I plan on getting a Kitchenaide in the future .

The sales man recommended that we do not go with the one with the
handle because we have two many different brand appliances and the
handles will not match.

What? Pick the appliances that work the way you need them to work - that make your life easier. If the handles don't match, they don't match.

Wow. Your salesman either had a diagnosable case of OCD, or he didn't want you to cherry-pick less expensive appliances, cutting into his commission.

Thanks nightowl. you can never tell on the fridge reviews online cause only angry people seem to come back online to write about their horror stories. We have a freezer in basement as well. Looking forward to the wider/shallower fridge so i don't have to go digging around for lost items.

Hoping the ice maker doesn't cause issues, freeze over, break etc.. that was the only decision that we struggled with. Less mechanical parts, less opportunity to malfunction...but oh how i like to stay hydrated with cold filtered water.

Cheers.

re ice maker. We have had this model twice. We had a 2008 model in a prior house that we did not buy. That one had the ice freezing problem. It wasn't a huge deal - we just thawed the ice every few weeks and start over. This one we have now is a 2014 mode that we plugged in about a year ago. No ice trouble. It is very quiet.

The filtered water works great. No complaints. I found a bunch of the filters in a mark down section and bought them up. So far, they last us about 6 months each. Easy to replace. Don't throw away the plastic part that attaches to the filter. I did that the first time by mistake. I had to order another online.

Handles are important to function but are otherwise to your taste. If you had two stainless appliances next to each other you may not like the color variation but if a cabinet intervenes it would be a non-issue. Over the years I have come to regret matchy matchy where function wasn't the first motivation for the purchase and nearly always ended up replacing the item for one that functions better...that said you have to be careful about function I need solid performance not a thousand optional cycles attachments that I may never use.