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Stainless for me all the way...can't wait to get my hands on it for the new home. I don't care if it goes out or not...as keeping up with the jones is less than important to me. I personally think it's timeless just like granite. In other words those looks can't get much better.
We like ours, but our SS range has a black top. I will never ever ever have another gas cooktop that is anything other than black! They stain and never come clean. It isn't extremely industrial looking...has a black handle...and the dishwater also has a black panel in it. I like the look of stainless next to our white cabinets.
I didn't read all 6 pages of responses, but I think the question(and answer) is similar to the one often posed regarding granite counter tops, and most recently discussed here:
Bottom line, faddish or not, most material/design choices have their roots somewhere in an appropriate application that made sense... and eventually culminated in a "fad" once people took note of the success that application presented. But over time the application became overexposed and perhaps even misapplied, and then the eventual backlash occurred.
However, I think that if one stays true to the appropriate application of a design/material to what makes sense, and matches aesthetically to say.... the whole house..... it is much less likely that specific example will come across as "faddish" and instead will just look and feel "right".
Conversely, when someone puts a style/design that is anachronistic or just an odd fit into an established overall design aesthetic, it tends to jump out and say "I'm dated" in a few years once the fad has passed.
Just look at any "uber 1980s" kitchen with beige 4x4 tile counters installed in an old bungalow to know what I'm talking about.
I don't mind SS appliances, but I do think they've been overexposed in the last decade, and as such will be "dated" to the late 90s and early 21st century when we look back.... for good or ill
Al
P.S.
Although I will say that the SS appliances that will likely stand the test of time from an aesthetic are probably going to be the true commercial grade equipment moreso than reskinned residential models.
In ”For Sale” houses, realtors always extol the presence of stainless steel appliances. I do not like them. In a black and white kitchen, they are like big gray whales that suck the light out of the room, whereas white appliances blend in to the 'look' AND extend the light. Furthermore, brown cabinetry does not go with gray appliances--CLASH. It's almost as if the stainless steel industry in in league with realtors. I must have white appliances for an even, reassuring, sublime look.
I love stainless, and would never choose black. But you need to be happy in your kitchen. I would never want your appliances though if I purchased your home. I would tell you to take them with you so I don’t have to dispose of them.
I don't hate stainless. It looks good in the appropriate kitchen, especially a sleek, modern one. However, it would look totally out of place in a vintage kitchen like mine, which has the original 1959 white-painted oak cabinets, built-in china display, and vintage vinyl floor. I knew when I saw the listing pictures that my restored 1953 Wedgwood stove in red and white would look perfect in the kitchen, and it does.
I know stainless appliances are all the rage right now, but I do not like the look of them at all. They look too industrial to me and I prefer the look of black applicnaces. We are building a house in 2 years and all these design shows say stainless will go out of style but will it really? We don't plan on moving out of our new house, but you never know what can happen in life so I want to make good re-sale decisions just in case.
thanks!
Well, it's now fourteen years later and stainless-steel appliances are still popular.
Well, it's now fourteen years later and stainless-steel appliances are still popular.
And many people still hate them for the same reasons! My current house was outfitted with the typical suite of stainless available from the nearest HD. It is functional and new enough that replacing all of it doesn't make much sense. If/when the things start failing, I won't replace it with more stainless. In the meantime, I just need to work a little harder to keep my seek and destroy fingerprint tendencies in check .
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