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Post by Chuckie on Sept 7, 2012 13:39:16 GMT -5
At last, it sounds like America is waking up!!! Is this the end of a 25-year run for stainless steel? Wall Street Journal" Appliance makers bet on finishes that say just enough is different.
Major manufacturers are placing bets on different potential successors to the shiny, upscale appliance finish, which surprised everyone with its resilience.
It is a pivotal moment in kitchen design: While stainless steel is still the dominant look, there are clear signals it has outworn its welcome, even with no clear successor in place." Read more here: shopping.yahoo.com/news/is-this-the-end-of-a-25-year-run-for-stainless-steel--.htmlCHEERS! Chuckie
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Post by eidos on Sept 7, 2012 17:41:29 GMT -5
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Post by vaporvac on Sept 7, 2012 19:49:38 GMT -5
Joined: Jul 2012 Gender: Female Posts: 72 Karma: 0
Re: Stainless Steel Modern Appliances « Reply #1 Today at 3:05pm »
And not a moment too soon, I say. It has its place, but not with cherry cabinets. Whirlpool just introduced its White Ice collection which reminds of the Apple aesthetic. The White glass finish can also be found at Ikea. However, I wouldn't knock SS as not being a correct vintage choice My original Ice Box replacement is a solid SS interior/exterior Victory Mfg. built-in, dating from at least the early 1940s. It's still going strong after a few tweaks. It has a remote compressor in the basement so it's very quiet. It's also very energy efficient as there are no heating elements or digital C@#p to suck up electricity. It's a thing of beauty with its french doors, beautiful latches and capacious interior. When I saw it, I knew this was the house for me. Really, the refrigerator sold the house! While the pic is good, it's even more beautiful in person. Unfortunately, directly after taking this pic today the door flew off its hings nearly missing my foot. No damage except to the gauged wall. This is a VERY heavy door. While it's very well made, I can't say the same for the c@#$%y Chinese screws!!!!! VV P.S. eido, beautiful wall oven, BTW. P.P.S. there's no option to post pics. I'm going across the road to try!
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Post by pooka on Sept 8, 2012 14:02:33 GMT -5
While you can't beat stainless steel for durability & easy maintenance, it's sales pitch is really more about that fashionable LOOK. I contemplated it when I bought my new fridge when my twenty five year old GE died. The old one was Harvest Gold & matched my GE electric range. I bought them as a set at a thrift store when I moved in here almost twenty years ago. What was here then, was a late 50's or early 60's stainless steel Kenmore electric cook-top & stainless steel & chrome oven. I've still got them stored in the basement. I really need to get rid of them. Anyway, I ended up buying a gloss black Whirlpool with concealed handles. I couldn't see buying a blinding white one. It would have just looked out of place, & a stainless steel version of the same model was $200 more. I thought it was crazy to spend that much just for that LOOK. I should have bought a smaller one, but the old slightly smaller one always seemed to be full while my brother was still living here. eidos, that is a stylish looking oven. While I'm not a fan of that era, it really looks much more modern than some I've seen. If you put o digital clock/timer where the old one is, it could almost pass for new. vaporvac, I just made a post a couple of days ago on how to post pictures. Here's a quote of it. See if it helps you to post your pictures here. Now about picture posting. There are a number of post about this subject in the "Forum Issues" section if you want to look them up. I'll tell you how I do it. First you have to upload your images to a web hosting site. I use photobucket.com/. If you do a search for "image hosting", you'll find a number of other sites too. Anyway, once you've uploaded your picture to your chosen site, you have to copy it's location into your post that you are composing. At photobucket for instance, let's say this image; s1189.photobucket.com/albums/z427/model74/No%20Evil/?action=view¤t=threeJapanesemonkeys.jpg. At the top right, you'll see a box that says "links". Simply click on the one that says "IMG code". It will automatically copy's the link. Then paste it into your post where you want it. like this. Presto, you should show the image when you preview your post. If you are viewing the album it's in like this; s1189.photobucket.com/albums/z427/model74/No%20Evil/ , hover your mouse cursor over the image & a similar box appears & then follow the same step of copying the "IMG code". If from that popup box, you click on "share" at the top, another little window pops up. At the top, click the tab that says "Get link code". an expanded version of the same link codes will appear. Each one has a question mark next to it. If you click on the question marks, another little box will pop up giving you a little explanation of how to use them. I hope that's not too complicated for you. It's really not as bad as it sounds. I kind of guessed my way through it & through trial & error to figured it out. Once you've done it a few times, you'll master it in no time.
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Post by marka on Sept 9, 2012 11:46:30 GMT -5
I read that about SS yesterday, it's about time! I have a SS fridge and I hate it, dang thing is never clean and it's out of place. Which is why I'm restoring a 1948 GE fridge to replace it with! It's ready for paint, all I need to do is get the painter to give the go ahead!
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Post by pooka on Sept 9, 2012 14:36:18 GMT -5
I like the looks of my black one. A stainless steel one would look strange up there, but a white one would look even stranger. It has a slick gloss black door with textured sides & top. I love the concealed handles. It's way too big for just me though. It's really only used for overflow from my downstairs 1953 GE. I don't do any cooking up there. All my cooking is done downstairs on the chambers in my more rustic kitchen. I haven't turn on that GE stove on since I got my little model 74. Once I get my big chambers in up there, I'll use that kitchen more. I'm more comfortable in grandma's basement kitchen as cluttered & rough as it is for now, see. I wish I had gone & looked at & bought this old 1930's era Electrolux gas refrigerator that was listed on Craigslist locally, but I never got around to it. It would have been the perfect complement to my model 7141 in that small kitchen. I wonder if they still have it? I think that something like what was up there originally, because there are two gas pipe holes drilled in to the floor. When my ship comes in I'll replace the ugly & damaged vinyl flooring. I'd like to put down Linoleum. Sheet Linoleum is what's there now under the vinyl from 1939 when the house was built, but I'm also leaning toward toasted bamboo. But for now, I'm just dreaming about it. The only stainless steel appliance I had was a Kitchen Aid toaster as seen in the above pic, but I bought that cheap at sears as a returned item, because I loaned my black & stainless steel Krupp toaster to my brother when my mom's old one died. I have since traded them back.
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Post by vaporvac on Sept 9, 2012 15:55:29 GMT -5
Pooka, you really need to check out that old fridge. i'm also groovin' on the one in your basement kitchen. i love the idea of a basement kitchen. I save my elecctric wall ovenes that were in my kitchen originall thinking I'ld use them Never did, but a Chambers may someday find it's way down there.
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Post by pooka on Sept 9, 2012 16:30:28 GMT -5
It's been quite a while since that fridge was listed. I contacted them about it & got a phone number for the guy's kids that own it, but never got around to call them. I don't know if I still have the email with their number. That old GE fridge has been in the basement since it was new, I think. Grandma had a sitting room, kitchen & sewing room area set up down there when my uncle got married & moved in there with his wife. She let them have the upstairs kitchen for themselves, & later their two kids. When she died, the cousins took away her old 20's stove, Hoosier cabinet & oak pedestal table that used to be there, but left the fridge. I've found a table just like her's for sale nearby in someones driveway for $35. I searched for years for just the right stove to put back there, but never found one that felt right until I found my little model 74. The rest is history. I caught the chambers bug & was lost. ;D This fridge has some things like pics of my family on it that have been there since before I moved in almost twenty years ago. It could use a new coat of paint, but it still runs like a top. I did have to replace the cord some years ago, because the old one had gotten pretty dry rotted & scary. The inside is still perfect.
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