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Oiled Bronze Appliances????

12 years ago

Anyone have a source for the newest appliance color, oiled Bronze/copper? I'm so tired of stainless steel, I knew they would have to come up with something else. I have seen pictures of them by googling "oiled bronze refrigerator". Jenn-Air is listed as making them, but their site doesn't show any..

Comments (9)

  • 12 years ago

    This website says Jenn-Air has discontinued the oiled bronze collection. http://www.witbeckappliance.com/jenn-air-oiled-bronze-appliances.aspx

    Here is a link that might be useful: Discontinued

  • 12 years ago

    I would not buy appliances based on finishes but

    Several companies make ranges in custom colors.

    Bluestar makes gas wall ovens in custom colors.

    AGA makes suites of appliances in vintage white and cranberry.

    Several companies make fridges and dishwashers custom panel ready. It can get expensive but you can get really creative with custom panels.

    Viking makes an entire suite of appliances in custom colors.

    Ebay has oil bronze double wall ovens and microwave plus a scratched counter depth French door fridge.

  • 12 years ago

    I thought oiled bronze was on the way out on faucets and light fixtures??

    I'd also predict that stainless steel appliances are due for an exit to join black, avocado and harvest gold in the graveyard.

    My crystal ball guess would be multiple choices for colors. For example, Bluestar offers 190 different colors in three different textures and seven metallic textures. That would be for the high end, of course.

    On the low end, who knows? They tried to keep it cheap (for them) by taking a new color and giving it an upscale name (e.g. grey becomes 'slate') but that hasn't taken off. Because of warehousing, shipping, availability, etc., only a few colors could be offered and placing a bet on a small set of colors is risky but could have a big payoff if it takes off.

    Here is a link that might be useful: After Stainless, Now What?

    This post was edited by DreamingoftheUP on Tue, Mar 11, 14 at 7:49

  • 12 years ago

    I think the appliance manufacturers at the high end are still trying to figure it out...
    Miele offers everything in stainless/varying amounts of black glass + brilliant white.

    Gaggenau still everything in stainless only. I wouldn't count the finish out quite yet.

  • 12 years ago

    Since stainless is neutral it will never be avocado or harvest gold.

    Some high priestess of good taste has been annually forecasting SS's demise for at least 15 years.

    I have a Gaggenau oven in sand blasted aluminum. Gaggenau still offers it in addition to SS.

    Since the OP asked about Jenn-Air I assumed she was shopping at the high end.

    This post was edited by deeageaux on Tue, Mar 11, 14 at 15:06

  • 12 years ago

    That was only available very very briefly. And hasn't been available for maybe 4-5 years.

  • 10 years ago

    Beautiful incredible 3 M wraps!! N Jenn-Air!

  • 10 years ago

    I don't think of stainless as neutral, but as industrial/factory and not warm. I've gotten more used to it now though, and it looks good in some homes. I do hope it goes out.

    I've never seen oiled bronze/copper appliances -- I think in the right setting they'd be lovely but also very expensive just for the finish.

    Since my log home is rather retro to begin with, I'm not concerned if ORB features go out.

    At any rate, your best bet is custom panels because you'd probably want the best manufacturer for each appliance, and they're not likely to run the same non-standard colors as each other.