do need to have matching appliances

7 years ago

I have a black stove top, white oven,which I will be updating white microwave, Can't find white Frigidaire that I want so was thinking of going in with a black stainless.

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auntthelma

7 years ago

You can't find a white refrigerator? Ask the sales guys. Many times, the model comes in more than one color. You should be able to locate a white one.

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Bev
7 years ago
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For resale purposes, you need all of your appliance colors to match! Unfortunately, when we were moving into our new house last year, I had to buy a stainless steel dishwasher and all the rest of my appliances are black. The only reason we purchased stainless steel is due to the dishwasher price. It was $100. off the regular price but we had to purchase stainless. It's a good thing that I do not plan on selling this house anytime soon!
KD
7 years ago
When my housemate bought this house the appliances didn't match and I can't say anyone even noticed. It probably depends on the price point of your house and your local market - I mean, there are some places and price points where trying to sell a house at all if the fridge doesn't say SubZero is asking for trouble, you know?

But one of the things about this house was that it was one of the few with the size and location and price he wanted that didn't have a stupidly laid out kitchen. Many of the others the kitchens were small or had the appliances positioned badly (fridge and stove directly opposite each other so you couldn't get into the fridge safely if someone was cooking, for example) so even though the kitchen itself is older in general, the functionality was good. Matching appliances would not have made up for bad functionality in the kitchen. (In fact, I don't even remember what brand appliances I saw in the various houses, because if the kitchen layout was bad I didn't look that closely at anything else in the room.)
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shirlpp
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You do not want to be match your furniture pieces(sofa, chairs, etc), but you definitely want to match your kitchen appliances. Keep looking until you find a white refrigerator....Good Luck.
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Linda
7 years ago
I have a black stove, stainless hood and dishwasher and a white fridge. No one ever comments that the stove doesn't match the hood over it. It is a unique vintage Crown six burner stove sat in a tiled alcove...who cares that the range hood doesn't match?

If you are in an ordinary house built in the past 50 years, matching appliances are expected. Once you move out into quirky cottages, vintage homes, custom properties or other unique properties, the kitchen appliances pale in comparison to the other attributes of the property. Another exception is properties with a low market value
shirlpp
7 years ago
There aren't many, if any, photos of kitchens done by designers on Houzz with mismatched appliances.
Bruce Crawford
7 years ago
When our house was built in '73, avocado was the fad. Original owners got avocado range, hood & d/w (& yucky avocado shag carpets!). When we bought in '76, we owned harvest gold Amana fridge. Then builder's grade d/w croaked & we bought white replacement. So then we went from 2-color appliances to tri-color K. A little later we replaced lousy builder's grade avocado range w/ white Kenmore. We now had white range w/ avocado hood. Then I got tired of banging my head on cheap, builder's grade under-cab range hood, so got white slide-out hood (could've had panel, but cab stain too old to try to match). We finally made transition to all white when we replaced 20-y.o. Amana w/ one more energy efficient. Harmony at last! W/ K reno, we replaced all appliances, and now fridge & d/w paneled, rangetop, hood & wall ovens SS. Tri-color appliance K's impose 2 drink maximum.
xxxxx x
7 years ago
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I've usually had mismatched appliances as I was always buying only what was on sale - now retired at 73, I'm doing over what will probably be my last house and I'm going over the top as much as i can afford -- all Pro series stainless MATCHING appliances including the toaster oven and my kitchen is the best looking room in the house! Should have done this years ago for me not for future buyers....
diyher
7 years ago
my dishwasher will have a walnut stained door, the rest are stainless steel except for my microwave that is an offwhite that is with the upper cabinets that are antique white, so that it blends in rather than standing out. So it probably depends. 10+ years from now, I don't intend to change my appliances just to sell the house.
Casandra383 Dean
7 years ago
I am intentionally mis-matching my appliances. I am doing white appliances everywhere but the stove wall. The stove and hood are stainless, but will be against a backdrop of white tile.
I am keeping my fingers crossed and hoping it turns out like the vision in my head!!;). I just couldn't bear to buy all stainless appliances! But, the stove and range hood only came in stainless so I had to improvise!
Maureen
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
If you already have black and white appliances, I wouldn't be adding a 3rd with black stainless...I would go black or white.
muffy1972
7 years ago
I have a new kitchen with stainless steel dishwasher, microwave and range. The cabinets are gray. What do you think about a black (not stainless steel) refrigerator to break up all the gray. The range and microwave have black on them.
shirlpp
7 years ago
muffy1972, that refrigerator looks like it is black stainless. To me, it works well, however, if it was white - it would be a try again.

You can add some colorful curtains to help break up the gray. You'd want to pick a color that is in your stone.
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Arturo Crispin Shivèrs | CIPS, GREEN, FIABCI
6 years ago
Very clever muffy1972!

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