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Appliance color help

17 years ago

Have oak cabinets. Would like to get black galaxy granite. What color appliances would look best Stainless steel or white?

Comments (7)

  • 17 years ago

    Of the two I would choose Stainless, but you could also consider black appliances.

  • 17 years ago

    I'd go with black (simply bec I'm finding my stainless to be a pain to keep clean)

  • 17 years ago

    Black is an even bigger nightmare to keep clean - my mother has them and you see every dust particle when the sun shines on them - even when they're "clean" they don't look clean. She absolutely hates her black appliances. I think for resale (if you care about that) SS is your best bet. I also think it would be better than white with your cabinets.

    Chloe's mom, have you tried stainless steel magic? I used to buy it at Restoration Hardware, but I know I've seen it elsewhere. It made cleaning it a breeze. But I don't little kiddies to leave their fingerprints. :-)

  • 17 years ago

    I had a black elephant skin fridge (my term for textured), and while I thought that it was an eye sore (black is not slimming when it comes to fridges), it behaved well, despite being in a southern facing kitchen. My shiny black island top and stove top were another matter....

    I've found that mineral oil does the trick, and I'm not sure why I find it so labour intensive. Maybe I'm just complaining unduly, as I don't really care for white, black or stainless fridges (I WANT MY OLD BISQUE BACK! Boo hoo!) I was happily blaming the kids for the messy fingerprints on my fridge until I realized that most were at, well, my height :)

  • 17 years ago

    I have black, and don't find it a nightmare. Could be though, if you live in a very dusty climate. I think any of the three would look good with what you have, but I'd probably like the black best, then the stainless. In my case, my kitchen won't have dark cabinets and is very country, so I didn't think stainless would be a good match.

  • 17 years ago

    I also think I would like black the best, but you didn't give us black as a choice so between white or stainless I would go stainless. I think it would be the most difficult to keep clean.

  • 17 years ago

    Since everybody and her cousin is doing stainless maybe white would be a change.