Do you have an aversion to white appliances and cabinetry?

The problem is that they show *every* little dirt. Am I supposed to scrub every single inch of my appliances after every time I've handled them? Hell no, I have better use for my time, I won't be around forever and I don't want my final moments in life just be images of me endlessly scrubbing my white appliances.

Also, they show scratches and get yellow over time, can't scrub that away.

Absolutely!

- Ta Nehisi

Never noticed them yellowing R1 but repainting them helps. My beef with stainless steel appliances is, while sleek and modern, always show smudges and fingerprints.

Not a fan. I prefer Stainless or Black. White cabinets scream grandma to me.

I just bought all white. Do not like stainless. I have a small kitchen space and stainless is just too over powering. And white isn’t always dirty unless you are not wiping up messes like a slob.

A white kitchen with stainless steel appliances reminds me of those two cunts, Christina Hall and Joanna Gaines, the biggest bores/no-talents in interior design history.

I'm an Oscar Madison-level slob and still have the white appliances that came with my pre-owned condo. They are easy to keep clean.

We have white painted cabinets and stainless appliances, we have the stainless that doesn't spot easily, we made sure of that, cabinets need wiping down whether white or other, you're a slob if you think it's not there because you can't see it, cabinets sprayed so they have an easy gloss finish.

My home had Whirlpool appliances in their bisque color when I moved in.

Over time I replaced every one with a white appliance.

Are white, stainless and black the only colors? No.

R8, I didn't say I had white cabinets. I said I have white appliances.

White appliances generally look less high end (there are exceptions), but not everyone has $100k to spend on a kitchen.

White appliances with white cabinets is hard to pull off. I like white painted cabinets at long as they tie in with the trim, windows, and maybe doors in the kitchen and adjacent areas. But white painted cabinets that are consistent with the other woodwork are not usually pure white. So they aren’t going to color match white appliances perfectly and the texture / materials are different. It’s an “almost match.”

Pure white thermofoil cabinets will match appliances better, but they are pretty cheap looking. I’d prefer inexpensive wood cabinets with white appliances and the cheapest possible white solid surface countertop if that were my budget.

I’m on the messy side and have never, ever had an issue with keeping white cabinets clean. I haven’t had white appliances, but they are plastic. How hard is it to pull out a Clorox wipe and clean the areas around handles?

Appliances are plastic? Where? In the USA?

I have a custom maple kitchen painted in Ben Moore CC40, a cloudy white shaker cabinet. I just replaced the hardware to update it since there no was 8 years ago and chose a champagne bronze theme.

Even after 8 years I still love my cabinets. They're easy to touch up and and clean - and the cleaning is minimal bc I am a clean person. Anything worth it takes some work and care.

I miss yellow and avocado appliances. I don’t see why we’re forced into the neutral zone of black, white, and stainless steel. I had to buy SS for my kitchen because even white wasn’t available and I find black overpowering in a space that I want to be bright.

One of my friends got a fridge with a changeable facade with front panels that snap on and off. I was jealous.

When I was house hunting I kept seeing stainless steel and gray interiors. They would have been good enough but when I saw the condo I’m in now the white appliances seemed like a refreshing departure from the trend. It took me quite a while to realize that they were just old but I do still like ‘em.

Oh gurl, we all know my cultural impact resulted in the demise of white appliances. I said what I said!

Cabinetry, no. Appliances, yes. Though, if I purchased a new home with white appliances that were relatively new, I wouldn't rush to replace them immediately. I'd get a few years out of them, though maybe not keep them through their useful life.

I miss almond.

[quote]Cabinetry, no. Appliances, yes.

Whereas I'm okay with white appliances but not cabinets.

White appliances and cabinetry looks very 90s (sort of like oak furniture). It might come back, but now you look dated.

Hot take: it's okay to look dated - if you, the homeowner, like the dated look. Most people aren't going to rehab upon ever change in trend and styles.

Renter here. I think my unit was built and set up in the '90s. White Kenmore refrigerator and stove.

White thermofoil cabinets (thanks, R12, for putting a name to it).

I like the white.

Yes, the thermofoil seems somewhat budget. Plus, the foil part does start to peel in high-use areas (near the handles of cabinets that get opened a lot).

I'm okay with it.

I went with blue cabinetry in my kitchen. I regretted it immediately.

I would love to have one of those refrigerators with the color panels. Not sure which color I'd select.

I love white appliances and cabinets but it’s old school-no good-not cool- not what ‘’Martha’’ would have in her cunt-kitchen. Can’t even find white appliances anymore and I hate having a refrigerator/full-lenth mirror in my kitchen. Yes yes paint-panels and wraps but such a hassle and expense.

Yes.

I have white applilances. I prefer them to stainless that gets fingerprints.

As for "showing dirt" more readily, I'd rather be able to see the dirt and grab a sponge to wipe it than not be able to see it and let it get crusty before finally cleaning it, especially on the stove where baked on foods and spills are so much harder to clean once they dry.

You're deluding yourself if you think that not seeing the dirt equates to it being clean or cleaner than when you can see it.

I thought the stainless steel refrigerators were harder to keep a clean look on, due to fingerprints.

The only thing that I end up wiping down (white refrigerator) is the very top part (dusty) and the handles.

I couldn't match my oven/stovetop and dishwasher which were almond, so I went with stainless, and like with the above poster, and the fingerprints drove me mad!

So I bought some patterned contact paper, which I'm happy with, though I know not many would like. A swirling marble type patter, in light brown and tan.

* pattern

Cheap stainless shows finger prints, why do you buy cheap stainless? It costs more, shame for you poor folks.

My condo had all white appliances when I bought it a couple of years ago.. Even though I don’t really like them, they are all still really nice (I love the Bosch dishwasher) and work fine. Maybe one day I’ll replace everything..but I doubt it. I hate the cabinets though…it’s that yellowish tan with the dark grooves you see in a lot of kitchens. I hate them and they are hard to keep clean.

Are you handy with a screwdriver ? Remove exterior panels and take the to a metal finishing shop and tell them what color you want.

As far as finger prints - The fingerprints have to be pretty narrow in their location and they're really not hard to wipe down quickly unless you have children. Yes, annoying, but driving people crazy?

What’s a metal finishing shop? I was thinking shop that paints cars?

I think cream is lovely. Stark "polar bear" white is best suited for the walls.

White appliances look cheap and dated. They remind me of the '80s.

[quote] Stark "polar bear" white is best suited for the walls.

Not really, unless you want to drive someone insane.

I have all white appliances. Love the clean look.

I can't believe that kitchen fashion/forward DLers haven't discovered refrigerator and appliance wraps. During COVID, I was trying to spruce up a dated white refrigerator whose side faced my dining room. My kitchen doesn't have a built in refrigerator cabinet. I had a moment of genius, when I said to myself, "I should invent a refrigerator magnet that covers the entire side of front of a refrigerator". Before I applied for a patent that would have earned me $10,000,000, I googled refrigerator magnets that cover the entire side of a refrigerator and, lo and behold, someone beat me to the idea. The nice thing about them is that you can change them out according to the season or your mood. They are not terrible expensive. I'm lazy and not particularly imaginative, so I settled for a gorgeous photograph of the Keukenhof Gardens in the Netherlands. Year-round I'm looking a field of beautiful tulips and other bulbs, but especially in our dreary winters, it's a very welcome sight. . I suspect there are other brands, but I'm linking one website below. I don't think I'd use this material for a stove/oven, but you could also cover your dishwasher. "

This is another company that makes a similar product, and I'm pretty sure it's the one I used

There is nothing wrong with white appliances, you puffed up kweens.

But I do have a problem with white cars and I'll never have one. To me they all look like fleet cars for businesses.

I like white cars.

Just realized that the top picture of the website load for best appliance skins is the exact match of the one that I have on the side of my refrigerator.

For me, Just like paint, it depends on the white for cars.

R42

I have a cheap stainless fridge in my Galveston house and these would be absolutely perfect. Thanks!

Hi NoPalm. Be sure to test out your refrigerator with a small refrigerator magnet. Not all stainless appliances are magnetic, although many are. But if a small refrigerator magnet sticks, these large ones should be just fine.

Yes-you’re all a bunch of puffed up Kweens on a 1.99 a month message board-ground yourselves for Christ's sake.

Op is Sunny Hostin

My refrigerator, stove, dishwasher and microwave are white. My cabinets are light wood and they look good together.

r42 Surprised that isn't more popular. Seems cool. I would buy it. Great way to change up your home.