hoover1060
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WOW
now that is one gorgeous washer! Coffee or whatever, it is stunning!
now that is one gorgeous washer! Coffee or whatever, it is stunning!
1982 Kenmore washer.. check out the color!
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magic clean
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In the late 1970's GE introduced the new refreshed unshaded "new naturals" color palette. Harvest Wheat, Coffee, Almond & Avocado comprosed the collection. Naturally, the other manufacturers followed with their versions and names like Tawny Gold etc.
Then in the mid-80's Whirlpool & GE came out with the new colors of Platinum & Toast(Whirlpool) Silver & Sand (GE). This lasted about 2 years and quickly faded. Leaving the choices of Almond, White & Ebony with chrome accents. Then the desire to not have to deal with chrome plating and the environmental issues associated with it, the ever popular monochromatic look was introduced.
Then in the mid-80's Whirlpool & GE came out with the new colors of Platinum & Toast(Whirlpool) Silver & Sand (GE). This lasted about 2 years and quickly faded. Leaving the choices of Almond, White & Ebony with chrome accents. Then the desire to not have to deal with chrome plating and the environmental issues associated with it, the ever popular monochromatic look was introduced.
danemodsandy
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Uh, Okay
"the ever popular monochromatic look was introduced."
Don't you mean "the grudgingly tolerated monochromatic look"? Major appliances have been boring as hell for about fifteen years now. You can hardly tell a TOL model from a BOL one without looking closely. It's cheap for manufacturers, but I don't know anyone who's really in ecstasy over it.
If the mackerels running appliance companies can make whole damn refrigerator doors out of stainless steel, why can't they make a little trim out of it, and bump up the excitement factor a little?
"the ever popular monochromatic look was introduced."
Don't you mean "the grudgingly tolerated monochromatic look"? Major appliances have been boring as hell for about fifteen years now. You can hardly tell a TOL model from a BOL one without looking closely. It's cheap for manufacturers, but I don't know anyone who's really in ecstasy over it.
If the mackerels running appliance companies can make whole damn refrigerator doors out of stainless steel, why can't they make a little trim out of it, and bump up the excitement factor a little?
At least if you saw a Kenmore with a side opeing lid,..it still on the surface had a distiction from a WP machine until you looked ..just.. a little closer. No distinction at all anymore. That company with all it's billions in revenue should be putting out the best of the best.
Washaholic
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I love that color. I wish they still used it.
magic clean
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Its all about a dollar
"If the mackerels running appliance companies can make whole damn refrigerator doors out of stainless steel, why can't they make a little trim out of it, and bump up the excitement factor a little?"
Yes and those stainless-steel models are much more expensive. Shoppers today want lots of features at a modest cost and most don't care about the lack of chrome trims. See the Sunday newspaper ad's for whats on sale.
If a more discriminating shopper wants chrome or stainless trims; its avaialable in upper end models at additional cost.
"If the mackerels running appliance companies can make whole damn refrigerator doors out of stainless steel, why can't they make a little trim out of it, and bump up the excitement factor a little?"
Yes and those stainless-steel models are much more expensive. Shoppers today want lots of features at a modest cost and most don't care about the lack of chrome trims. See the Sunday newspaper ad's for whats on sale.
If a more discriminating shopper wants chrome or stainless trims; its avaialable in upper end models at additional cost.
danemodsandy
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It'll Happen...
My feeling is that manufacturers are getting away with the monochromatic look for a time, but that more contrast will be seen in appliances again soon. Today's silk-screened control panels look cheap, even on expensive appliances. Sooner or later, a manufacturer will put a great-looking "retro" control panel on something, and it will sell well, and then other manufacturers will follow suit. It's all about fashion, really. There was no cost-cutting reason to change from silk-screened black control panels to white ones; it was just to get a new look into appliances, to make older ones look a little dated. Since manufacturers have done about everything they can with silk-screening, I predict we'll see a return to something more detailled, with some bright trim. Right now, white-on-white appliances look almost Soviet to me in their cheapness and austerity. Stainless fronts are a misguided attempt to brighten things up- they can be very high-maintenance, as anyone with a houseful of kids and a stainless reefer can tell you. Black is nearly as bad about showing every last finger mark.
It'll change, trust me.
My feeling is that manufacturers are getting away with the monochromatic look for a time, but that more contrast will be seen in appliances again soon. Today's silk-screened control panels look cheap, even on expensive appliances. Sooner or later, a manufacturer will put a great-looking "retro" control panel on something, and it will sell well, and then other manufacturers will follow suit. It's all about fashion, really. There was no cost-cutting reason to change from silk-screened black control panels to white ones; it was just to get a new look into appliances, to make older ones look a little dated. Since manufacturers have done about everything they can with silk-screening, I predict we'll see a return to something more detailled, with some bright trim. Right now, white-on-white appliances look almost Soviet to me in their cheapness and austerity. Stainless fronts are a misguided attempt to brighten things up- they can be very high-maintenance, as anyone with a houseful of kids and a stainless reefer can tell you. Black is nearly as bad about showing every last finger mark.
It'll change, trust me.
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