And The New Color is .....

[chachp]

Stainless appliances

I hear so many people complain about how difficult these are to maintain. That has not been my experience. I use a spray cleaner from ACE hardware that cleans them right up. And I don't do it more than once a week or so. We have a dog and a cat, and cook everyday. My kitchen gets a lot of use and I don't think they are any easier or more difficult to keep clean than any other appliance.

I especailly love the stainless interior of my dishwasher. Does anyone hate those? I suspect probably not. I love how clean and shiny it looks when the load is clean.

 

[frigilux]

I love the look of my stainless steel kitchen appliances and have learned not to let my blood pressure rise whenever my dinner guests (and especially their little tykes) leave them full of fingerprints---especially the fridge, which has some strange allure because everyone has to run a hand across it at least once. I found an aerosol SS cleaner in a can which makes cleaning SS less of a hassle than other products I've tried.

Like other SS cleaners, the overspray can make your vinyl floor treacherously slippery, so I lay a flour-sack dish towel on the floor below each appliance when I clean it.

Yes, taking a damp cloth and quickly wiping my old white appliances was easier, but I do love the look of the SS, so I endure the bit of extra attention it requires.

 

[chachp]

Foam Cleaner

Frigilux, This stuff I found at ACE Hardware sprays on as a light foam so I don't have a problem with the overspray. I wipe with one side of the cloth to clean and flip to the dry side to kind of polish and I'm good to go.

My partner "USED" to put his big hand in the middle of the frig door to balance himself while he watched me do the dishes. He hates cleaning anything so now he leans against the wall if you get my drift.

Check out this stuff from ACE if you have one.

 

[petek]

I don't have one preference over another really and it all depends on the design/style of the kitchen. Where it goes wrong is that suddenly a color comes into vogue and everyone rushes out to get one,,i.e. black, where black appliances just don't fit into the scheme of things for their decor. Stainless steel combines with more color schemes but that doesn't mean every one. It looks out of place in a country theme when the kitchen is tiny or small but can look fine in a very large kitchen of the same theme.