Wayne Boatwright said...

> On Thu 19 Jun 2008 06:26:00p, sf told us...
>
>> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:53:29 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\""
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>"jmcquown" >
>>>news >>>
>>>> Andy wrote:
>>>>> Are your appliances color coordinated?
>>>>>
>>>>> I bought a cobalt blue kitchen aid mixer for it being my favorite
>>>>> color, that didn't match the kitchen or other appliances.
>>>>>
>>>>> You r.f.c-ers got kitchen color coordinated "STUFF"???
>>>>>
>>>>> Andy
>>>>
>>>> Not really. Everyone seems to adore [large] appliances in stainless.
>>>> Not me; give me basic white. Your blue mixer will go with it just
fine
>>>>
>>>
>>>We went with basic white too Jill. I never saw much point in the
> stainless
>>>look. I'm sure it scratches easy but then I'm seldom right
>>>
>> Personally, I love ss. I was brought up with it and feel comfortable
>> with it. As far as scratching, well it all depends on how you handle
>> it. You can scratch porcelain too. In fact you can gouge it. When I
>> bought this house, my lovely *pink* kitchen sink looked like a crane
>> had dropped a wrecking ball on it. There was a huge chunk of
>> porcelain missing - I never found out how it happened.
>
> I wouldn't want to take care of stainless steel, although I do like the
> look. Personally, I prefer black appliances, which is what we have.
> Although our black refrigerator has what "appears" to be stainless steel
> doors, it's actually brushed aluminum under a layer of matte acrylic. It
> neither spots, fingerprints, nor stains. Right now we have a stainless
> steel sink which will be replaced with a black cast iron sink as soon as
> finances permit.


When we moved in to the house, when married, we installed a sub-zero fridge
that we had the option to surface the doors. We matched the walnut cabinet
molding design and it virtually disappeared. First time company would ask
"where's your fridge?"

Andy
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