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Hot Trends In Home Appliances

Trends are always important when you are discussing a kitchen renovation: beer dispensing refrigerators, stovetops that boil water in record time, and appliances that keep track of your grocery lists. These are just some of the options available to consumers.

Yet there is one type of style that is starting to take hold in kitchens around the world.

An integrated kitchen.

This European design adds a flair to your kitchen by allowing you to blend your major appliances into your cabinetry. These types of kitchens can also be extraordinarily efficient. One of these “green” blended appliances, which is soaking up 50% of the high end market, is an induction stovetop. These ranges convert 93% of the energy used directly into the pot.

So if you’re looking for a new and modern way to reno your kitchen look into an integrated kitchen and you might like what you see, or don’t.

Top Links for information on integrated kitchens:

http://site.integratedkitchens.com/

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704132204576190583636061262.html

Tags: Appliances, European Kitchen, Induction Stovetop, Integrated Kitchen's, kitchen appliances, Trends

Uncategorized | Linda Meehan | March 21, 2011 10:55 am | Comments Off

The Industrial Look is in, in Your Kitchen

A recent trend in kitchens is to install professional or professional-like appliances that give you the confidence to cook like an Iron Chef. Ok, it will help if you have some skills to go with these solid ranges, ovens, and refrigerators. This look has several key elements:

Stainless steel
Larger knobs
Larger surface areas

The two major benefits of professional appliances are consistent cooking performance from the appliance, things like accurate temperature controls on ranges, ovens, refrigerators and freezers. Also more room to allow multi-course meals to be delivered at the appropriate temperature. That’s the area where I mess up the most, vegetables are too cold or items on the plate are not ready in unison.

I’m not saying you’ll be able to challenge Bobby Flay to a throwdown, but your family may appreciate dinner time. The operative word in that sentence is may.

The professional appliances being made in a consumer line oven include wall ovens, indoor grills, and sub-zero refrigerators. These comparatively small investments in the kitchen are sometimes the best values when looking to resell your home. There is nothing like having an open house with new shiny appliances. Penny for penny, it just may be the best purchase you can make with daily and long-term benefits.