NGKUR AW your kitchen appliances

[acorn99]

My H and I are getting our kitchen remodeled in the Spring and we need all new kitchen appliances. We are looking to get an electric flat top stove, dishwasher and fridge. I have never gotten to buy new appliances and I feel like a super grown up. The internet is a scary dark hole of conflicting appliance reviews, so please to AW yours and let me know why you like them. Or, maybe just share with me your general recommendations or suggestions on what to look for. 

If you have any other new kitchen must haves, I would love it. Thanks

[pinkcat]

We just did this a few months ago, picking out appliances was so fun!

We went with Whirlpool for the fridge, oven (it's a flat top), and dishwasher and we have been really really happy with them so far. They were on the lower end of the price scale but still look a bit higher end.

Lowe's and Home Depot often do sales on appliances where everything is 10 or 20% off- I would make sure to wait for one of those sales because they are pretty frequent! Have fun!

[mustloveerica]

One of the best adult purchases I ever made was a double oven. It's sooooo convenient for hosting holidays and family events. I bought the LG one and haven't had any problems at all. We bought all new appliances but we didn't obsess over having matching brands. As long as the colors matched we were happy. So we bought them all one at a time every time we found a great sale.

[sleepymonkey]

We replaced all of our appliances in our old house with Samsung appliances. I wasn't totally impressed with the dishwasher but I loved the stove/oven. It was electric glass top and could be used as a double oven or single oven. On the outside, it looked like a single oven but inside there was a removable partition so it could be a single or double oven. I loved not having to heat up the whole oven for something small but I also loved having the option of having a big item for larger things like a huge Thanksgiving turkey. If we replace our appliances in our new house, I am going to get the gas version of that oven.

[titania]

Congrats on the remodel! I did this a few years ago and it was amazing! I had to get all new appliances (with the exception of the dishwasher) and so far the only one that we have had any problems with was the fridge - we had to replace a part, which was annoying cause it wasn't that old, but it wasn't expensive. My oven is wonderful and made such a huge difference compared to my old one. Our dishwasher is a Bosch and it is super quiet, which is nice!

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[requiressnacks]

I'm going to do the opposite of AW my appliances. I got all new appliances last year (all LG), now while they all work fine, the stainless steel shows EVERY FINGERPRINT ALL THE TIME. If I had to do all over again, I would choose appliances that are fingerprint resistant.

Don't get this fridge unless you want to clean it all the time. just my opinion.

[ellabee]

We remodeled one of our rental apartments and got a "builder's package" from HERE. We got a GE package and are super pleased with the appliances.

Their customer service is great and we were able to swap out a different fridge from one of the pre-set packages just by calling them. We got a stainless fridge, dish washer, range/oven and microwave for something like $2,700 I think.

I'll just throw this out there in case it matters to you - It was really important to me to get a "counter depth" fridge. Meaning, one that doesn't stick out way beyond the counter. We had a sort of built in spot for our fridge and if we didn't get a counter depth one it would have come out something like 8" beyond where we wanted it to. 

Pics below. 

[graysweater]

We remolded our Kitchen about 2 years ago and it was the best thing we ever did. WE already had a fairly new fridge and dishwasher that were black so we left those. But we got a new range and Microwave over the range. We went with the GE Adora series link. After we got it my MIL, SIL and FIL all got it after us. Everyone loves it and it has been one of the best investments.

[acorn99]

OMG. Thanks guys! I am getting even more excited for this remodel now!! So much new and fancy stuff!!

[joy]

<-- will not be helpful, but answering anyway.

We've only bought a new stove/oven together. My husband was appalled by our college dorm room oven in our house when we bought it. He insisted on a fancy, high end range stove/oven. I said "Whatever makes you happy." So, we ended up with a Bertazzoni one. Of course, our kitchen is small (yay, city!) so it's a small width. He loves it and that's all that matters. It's gas, though.

[jubilantsquirrel]

Yay kitchen appliances!

We've replaced all the kitchen appliances one by one over the last few years.

Most recently we bought a Bosch dishwasher, it's super quiet and I love it. The only downside is that it isn't the best with drying, we bought some of that Jet Dry liquid stuff and that really helps.

Our fridge is a Samsung with french doors. I personally like that sytle compared to the side by side doors.

Our oven is gas, but it's a Frigidaire along with the microwave that's mounted above it.

[sleepymonkey]

requiressnacks, I'm with you on the annoyance of stainless steel. We have all stainless appliances and they are always full of fingerprints, water spots, etc. The fridge is bad but the dishwasher is the worst. Fingerprints are relatively easy to clean but water spots are near impossible and our dishwasher always has water drip marks on it! Stainless steel looks pretty when it's clean but mine is rarely clean so what's the point?

[requiressnacks]

Sept 15, 2015 10:23:46 GMT -5 sleepymonkey said:

requiressnacks, I'm with you on the annoyance of stainless steel. We have all stainless appliances and they are always full of fingerprints, water spots, etc. The fridge is bad but the dishwasher is the worst. Fingerprints are relatively easy to clean but water spots are near impossible and our dishwasher always has water drip marks on it! Stainless steel looks pretty when it's clean but mine is rarely clean so what's the point?

I'm with you on that!  I got a really good stainless steel cleaner at Home Depot which can make it all look absolutely stunning - until someone touches it.  I started hanging a towel on my dishwasher to help with the water situation. 

[samanthasays]

I like the clean look of stainless, but I wanted something a little more unique. So we went with the GE Slate line. It looks super clean and is SO easy to keep clean. We have a 5 burner gas stove with a convection oven, but there is an electric stove in this line. Good luck and have fun with your remodel

[lgraceh]

+1 to requiressnacks and sleepymonkey. Stainless is the worse. We just purchased a new build last June and had to buy a fridge to go w/ the other appliances. Of course everything was stainless, so I feel like we didn't have a choice, but I really didn't like the look of the "smudge proof" stainless finish. Well, a lot must have changed in a year, because MIL just got a new smudge proof fridge and washer and I think they look great! I definitely recommend that finish!

[rablissful]

I have nothing to AW. I just wanted to say I'm obsessed with that finish samanthasays!

Also gas > electric. I miss having a gas stove so much. Nothing beats cooking with actual fire.

[samanthasays]

Sept 15, 2015 23:13:41 GMT -5 rablissful said:

I have nothing to AW. I just wanted to say I'm obsessed with that finish samanthasays!

Also gas > electric. I miss having a gas stove so much. Nothing beats cooking with actual fire.

YES! My apartment had electric and I am so happy to be back to cooking with gas. I know the flat top electric stoves are super easy to clean, but I love that flame