Why Do You Rarely See Steel w/White Appliances? (dishwasher, pools, microwave)

[VGravitas]

Not long ago, I searched for a white & steel stove, and I found it very difficult.

Steel appliances are almost always matched with black (see photo below). Why is that?

[maggie2101]

I am not a fan of black appliances. I much prefer white or stainless steel. White and stainless steel sounds very cool.

[nightcrawler]

That's just the way they make them. I have never seen SS & White.

To me if it is going to be SS appliance, it should all be all SS, with no black or white, just SS.

I personally like the black appliances the best, oh wait, that's why all my appliances are black.

[jerseyj]

Look for Whirlpools' new line.

Kitchen Throw Down: White Ice Vs. Stainless Steel - Women You Should Know

White ice with stainless hardware.

[Pink Jazz]

Note that some newer stainless steel appliances are being matched with gray instead of black, as it blends in more (our LG French door refrigerator has gray sides).

[greg42]

Whirlpool's White Ice color scheme should be close. It might actually be a little more white than you mean. Instead of being stainless with white accent it's really white with stainless accent.

[VGravitas]

Originally Posted by jerseyj

Look for Whirlpools' new line.

Kitchen Throw Down: White Ice Vs. Stainless Steel - Women You Should Know

White ice with stainless hardware.

I wonder if Whirlpool's new line is expensive?

[greg42]

The color scheme seems to be trickling down into somewhat cheaper lines of theirs too. I was in Costco a couple weeks ago and they had a display of appliances in White Ice, with dishwasher, range, microwave and fridge I think, and the appliance features/prices were not at the outrageous top end. Although maybe those pieces are exclusive to Costco, don't know....

[jerseyj]

Originally Posted by VGravitas

I wonder if Whirlpool's new line is expensive?

Here is their website Whirlpool® Ice Collection Freestanding

I sure think that looks expensive but we are living with a 22 year old Kenmore fridge that is still chugging along. Replaced an old Thermador range with a Dacor.

I am looking at options for a new house build and bracing for the impact of our choices LOL!

[greg42]

Originally Posted by jerseyj

Here is their website Whirlpool® Ice Collection Freestanding

I did some more digging and this is why I said the color pattern seems to be trickling down into lower parts of the line a bit.

There is a less expensive freestanding range, $200 less MSRP at $999: Whirlpool® 5.8 cu. ft. Capacity Gas Range with AquaLift® Self-Clean Technology (WFG540H0AH White Ice) | There's also an electric one with the corresponding $200 drop. The electric ranges though, even the priciest one with the two ovens, all appear to have a black smoothtop still which defeats a lot of the effect. The grates of the gas ranges are a gray color. Not low low end because these are all still convection ovens and fast self-clean and so forth, but less than that "collection" link. The online Costco price for this gas range is $849 including delivery. I'd call that a midrange price.

There are two less expensive refrigerators that come in White Ice. The fridge on that page is a counter depth and they make 26 26 cu. ft. Whirlpool® Side-by-Side Refrigerator with In-Door-Ice® Plus System (WRS526SIAH White Ice) | and 30 Whirlpool® 30 cu. ft. Side-by-Side Refrigerator with MicroEdge cu ft regular depth side-by-sides at $1499 and $1899 list. The French door only comes in the counter depth and costs even more listing at $2599. Costco sells the 26 cu ft regular depth at $1249 including delivery, install and hauling an old one away (although it's out of stock online right now). Again this seems like a midrange price. (They also sell that French door one at $2099.)

There's not a cheaper dishwasher, but it's $529 delivered at Costco. Still midrange.

The OTR microwave goes for a $20 discount at $349.

Or Costco sells a set for $2999, $23 more than the price of those 4 put together, but it comes with the next model up gas range, the one that's in the collection link.

Personally, where I'm living right now, I'd pay a bit over $500 for a dishwasher (although the one I got about 5 years ago I got a better discount than that), might pay $850 for a range although it would really be overkill here, and probably would not pay anywhere near $1250 for a fridge. But I think for a fair number of places these prices would not be out of line.