TILT! (Young gamers will have to look that up)
The kids just got a new Frigidaire refrigerator with "black stainless" finish. It looks good -- as far as blending with their older black appliances, but it's probably going back. It makes weird noises like chickens pecking at something. I think that's normal, as I've heard a much older GE do the same thing, but to me (and them), it's unacceptable. I've yet to advise them that the Frigidaire brand as a whole is unacceptable. Nate got a new Frigidaire due to sudden failure of his old Hotpoint a few years ago, and that thing makes weird noises too, like moaning sounds a la "What a world, what a world."
As for kitchen design, I have a higher tolerance for granite counter tops than I do for the trendy (more like '70s throwback) Arabesque tile that's being used for backsplashes and bathrooms all over HGTV, as is dark blue cabinetry in kitchens, sometimes with gold hardware. The half-life for that crap will be very brief, I think.