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A lot of people don't care for white appliances and they have very little "wow" factor with wood cabinets.
The only "wow" I want in my appliances is for them to work consistently and for a very long time.
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Originally Posted by Twinkle Toes
Whatever you personally like in your own home is "in". [snip] My new red appliances are so easy to clean and they are just really cool! I love red!
Preach it, sister/brother! I'm mighty jealous of your red applicances, but when I redo my kitchen (Lord willing and the creek don't rise/job don't fail), I'm getting white cabinets, red Corian countertops, a grey slate floor and I will be in heaven! LOL
twinkle toes - there are actually appliances that are red, refrigerators, stoves etc? I thought they only made washers and dryers like that. Great to know....I am going to jump on that next time I buy... I am jealous!
The only "wow" I want in my appliances is for them to work consistently and for a very long time.
Preach it, sister/brother! I'm mighty jealous of your red applicances, but when I redo my kitchen (Lord willing and the creek don't rise/job don't fail), I'm getting white cabinets, red Corian countertops, a grey slate floor and I will be in heaven! LOL
That does sound like heaven
My current kitchen is black and white - black major appliances, white cabinets and tile floors - and red counter-top appliances. Would love to upgrade to high gloss white cabinets and red counter-tops, either quartz or recycled glass, and add a red sink.
Stainless belongs in restaurants.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
Set a little money aside monthly so when it does break , you can pay maybe pay cash and not get further in debt
Buck the trends! be original
No doubt home equity loans funded the majority of major kitchen improvements. No doubt, home equity loans eventualy put millions of homeowners into upside down mortgage situations that did not have to be, had homeowners resisted being manipulated by home improvements trends designed to make consumers want new stuff.
No doubt home equity loans funded the majority of major kitchen improvements
I can't tell you how many offers a week I get for home equity loans. Leave me alone -- I put 35 percent down on my house for a reason! And that reason wasn't so I could borrow against it 18 months after moving in. Oy ...
That article also mentioned that house size will trend towards smaller homes. Our first home is 1100sf, second 2200 sf, third 2800sf, fourth 4500sf, now 4800sf. Now we are looking at over 6000sf.
twinkle toes - there are actually appliances that are red, refrigerators, stoves etc? I thought they only made washers and dryers like that. Great to know....I am going to jump on that next time I buy... I am jealous!
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That article also mentioned that house size will trend towards smaller homes. Our first home is 1100sf, second 2200 sf, third 2800sf, fourth 4500sf, now 4800sf. Now we are looking at over 6000sf.
Our last house was 3200 sq ft. The house we just bought is just over 1900 sq ft. Family of four. I'm done throwing money away on heating and cooling spaces we don't use. My electric/gas bill is less than half of what it used to be. We're not wealthy, just your average working class family.
We've ditched the irrational exhuberance lifestyle. The SUV's are gone, too.
Our last house was 3200 sq ft. The house we just bought is just over 1900 sq ft. Family of four. I'm done throwing money away on heating and cooling spaces we don't use. My electric/gas bill is less than half of what it used to be. We're not wealthy, just your average working class family.
We've ditched the irrational exhuberance lifestyle. The SUV's are gone, too.
I think you'll see more people doing this over the next decade. Not only as the older generation ages will they want smaller homes for cost reasons, but I also think younger families who are in tune to what is going on economically will take this as a wake up call and think carefully about their spaces in their future. Lets face it, the cost of heating, electricity and maintaining a home isn't going to go down so I just don't see people continually buying into these large homes. I would rather spend my money on some nice vacations anyway!
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The only "wow" I want in my appliances is for them to work consistently and for a very long time. 
