Large kitchen appliances.. white or silver?

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Does one age more than the other?

We currently have a mish-mash but need to upgrade some appliances.

Might just stick with the mix n' match scheme :D
 
Silver looks more classy IMO, especially if your oven and microwave is silver. It's a more professional kitchen look.
 
We have a colour pallet for the kitchen.

Sort of aquamarine colour, lower cabs, white above counter cupboards and full height units, black anthracite work tops and dark anthracite backsplash tiles (about 30cm high), light grey walls, black oven (in the white units), which fridge, silver gas gob in the worktop, silver extractor hood above it and then white dishwasher and washing machine. All on light grey tiles. Works nicely - quite bold and the white appliances don't look out of place due to the amount of white elsewhere.

Also a floor to ceiling athracite (matches counter top) radiator on the opposite wall.
 
Have a silver american style fridge and a largish silver double oven/hob, wouldnt work in ours with white appliances. Depends on colours I guess but imo silver looks better than white in most cases.
 
For me if its on show i'd want to get silver, our range cooker and american fridge freezer are silver.

Our washing machine and tumble drier are white as they're in the utility and they were a few quid cheaper.
 
Integrated or utility room anything else looks naff.

Only if you're slumming it.. after all - who cares what the help thinks.


All depends on the kitchen design. However most of the continent thinks the UK is odd having washing machine/drier in the kitchen. All comes from UK house design in the 50s..
 
Only if you're slumming it.. after all - who cares what the help thinks.


All depends on the kitchen design. However most of the continent thinks the UK is odd having washing machine/drier in the kitchen. All comes from UK house design in the 50s..
I’d much rather have the washer and dryer hidden in the utility, of only my house had one! I can’t think of any good reason to get a non integrated dishwasher It’s not like they are smaller or less efficient or anything and I just wouldn’t have a non integrated washing machine as I think they are hideous and ruin the look of a kitchen!
 
Yeah have to say im with the continent on this one, why would anyone want a washing machine in the kitchen if you've got space anywhere else in the house.
 
I’d much rather have the washer and dryer hidden in the utility, of only my house had one! I can’t think of any good reason to get a non integrated dishwasher It’s not like they are smaller or less efficient or anything and I just wouldn’t have a non integrated washing machine as I think they are hideous and ruin the look of a kitchen!

Utility for sure if possible.

On my end don't have one, so I put the dishwasher integrated, but the washing machine not. I wanted a bigger washing machine and they move around a fair bit, so stuck with non-integrated one. Don't really notice it too much and it's on the end of the worktop run so doesn't break up the cupboards.
 
Yeah have to say im with the continent on this one, why would anyone want a washing machine in the kitchen if you've got space anywhere else in the house.

As you mention that, I am in the process of moving our washer UPSTAIRS and getting a dryer to stack them... in small room off the bathroom.
 
Silver is for people who like cleaning; white goods are far easier and quicker to keep presentable IME. For those of us in smaller houses (ie most of the population) white is also more reflective and less 'bulky' presence, especially for fridge freezers.
 
Silver is for people who like cleaning; white goods are far easier and quicker to keep presentable IME. For those of us in smaller houses (ie most of the population) white is also more reflective and less 'bulky' presence, especially for fridge freezers.

Your are right about the "bulky" presence in smaller rooms. Also, unless you can afford proper "stainless steel", silver plastic can look "grubby" compared to white appliances for some reason at times.
 
Upstairs is absolutely the best place for a washer and dryer. You don't need a huge space and it stops all the upstairs/downstairs trips with dirty/clean washing. I loved it when we had an upstairs utility room.

Unfortunately our present house has a downstairs utility room and it feels a real downgrade.

As for colours, if real stainless steel then that looks great, but not the silver coloured plastic - stick to white in that case.
 
Stainless steel is nice but it was stupidly expensive to get an american fridge freezer where the front was stainless steel and there was no ice/water dispenser on the front as well.

Very few models seem to meet that criteria as 95% of them had water dispensers, and I didn't want one (not plumbed in etc).

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Stainless steel is nice but it was stupidly expensive to get an american fridge freezer where the front was stainless steel and there was no ice/water dispenser on the front as well.

Very few models seem to meet that criteria as 95% of them had water dispensers, and I didn't want one (not plumbed in etc).

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Fisher and Paykel do loads, think ours was circa £1400, no ice/water on it, though they all seem to have gone up 5-600 quid now!
 
Fisher and Paykel do loads, think ours was circa £1400, no ice/water on it, though they all seem to have gone up 5-600 quid now!

Yeah I looked at those as well, but they tended to have the bottom 1/3rd being the freezer bit, then the top 2/3rds being the fridge, I wanted left/right sections instead.

Mine was similarly priced, but a lot of the fisher & paykel ones were £2k ish

Happy with the result on mine though, even the sides are proper metal and not cheap plastic :)
 
I actually don't like integrated.

I like black.
Have a range master oven and black dishwasher. I'm even thinking of getting a big American type fridge freezer.

I personally don't like white or silver.

Surely this is just a taste thing?
 
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