Im basically in the same exact boat, going to do stainless steel and mix everything. In my opinion it doesnt matter at all, as long as you arent mixing colors. Check out your local home depot, lowes, and best buy for scratch and dent appliances, a lot of time you can get an appliance for a fraction of the cost because of a small imperfection.

Kitchen: Depends a lot on your budget and the level the rest of your kitchen is at. The last couple I did ~same time were inexpensive black Whirlpool range-dishwasher-microwaves I bought on discount from either Lowes or HD, however the fridges were Frigidaires. They were all the best values/best reviewed at that time (other things equal I try to put in stuff people have found reliable as I'd want for myself).

Not something you'll care about but an observant home buyer might - but that will be more than offset by the fact that they're new. In fact you can sometimes have a SS fridge with black other appliances and have it look okay. As long as they generally look the same and are set up in a typical triangle layout you won't care. The only exception is matching the range to your microwave if it's an OTR/vent setup since they're located in the same direction and you look at them both at the same time.

Essential features for those, not really, they have to fit. Self-cleaning ovens are nice. Good to have a water line to your fridge so you can have a water dispenser and have an automatic ice maker. But if a line isn't in place and it's too much to put one in don't sweat it.

As to washers and dryers, you'll never regret buying a good set which typically means big standalone sets. I'd never say tear walls down though but depends on lifestyle/family size. Without more info just try to get a good deal on an all in one with at least 3 cu ft of space in the washer, the attached dryer will be fine with it.

If vertical space and budget allow, look into better stand-alone units that are stackable. I like the front-load washers with lots of space so I can throw blankets and comforters in regularly (we have dogs). YMMV.

Check them hard in person and pay special attention to the quality of the knobs, because the cheap plastic ones can break easy and are sometimes hard to replace because of inconsistent sizes. Those little pieces of plastic can be very expensive.

Last thing - the last time I looked the energy savings between better high-efficiency models and cheaper ones was net breakeven at around year 5 or 6 so not a big deal. Most of the running cost is more dependent on the efficiency of your water heater.

Are you remodeling to sell, remodeling but will be moving in five years, or remodeling and staying put?

As someone who might remodel but definitely staying put, I am not going to worry about the appliances being by the same maker, but I will make sure they are the same color.

New roof went up in about eight hours. Drove by around nine, and the crew was on the roof starting. Went back by after five and the crew was close to done. We didn't stop because the current homeowner was there during this time to make sure everything was picked up.

Re: appliances

No one is really making anything better than anyone else. Whirlpool owns maytag. Electrolux (frigidaire owns GE). Would personally stay away from any Samsung.

I'd avoid the stack washer and dryer and just purchase a matching set and buy the stack kit.

I work for a pretty major parts company so I see lots of stuff. Try avoiding bells and whistles that you are not going to use, this mostly goes for washers and dryers. Pretty much everything now is going to have at least one electronic control board in it with some of them having 3 or 4.

Please please please do not use the self clean on your oven, it is the #1 way outside of a power surge to fry the oven control board.

If anyone itt ever has any repair questions, needs help finding parts, etc.. feel free to PM me, don't check this thread a lot

What's wrong with Samsung appliances?

I can't remember specifically what he said, but a seemingly reputable appliance repairman advised me to avoid Samsung appliances like the plague.

I generally go with Kenmore across the board, which is usually just Sears' version of Frigidaire or Whirlpool, but Kenmore is continually rated at the top and I've never had issues with any Kenmore applicance I've bought. Bad news is you can only buy them at Sears.

Thoughts on Kitchen Aid for kitchen appliances?

My only experience is with their dishwashers which were damn good. Pricey, but very solid.

i purchased a samsung fridge against my better judgement. the GE i wanted was just too expensive in comparison.

compressor went out and required replacement within 3 months.

Closing on my house in a week.

Going through the list of all the upgrades and changes the fiance and I want to make is going to total about $40k in the next two years (and that's with me self-performing all but carpet installation). The fights are already starting to happen with me telling her to "calm the F down, we don't need a new kitchen" and other less than important u[pdates.

I look forward to posting the before and after pics.

We did get a large load of salvaged pine from an old barn/house and will try to incorporate that where we can.

This will also be my first attempt at installing built-ins around the fireplace. Any hints, ideas, and information will be greatly appreciated.

sounds healthy

sounds like you need to calm the F down and consider both parties of your future marriage.





#justsaying

She has a bad habit of not being able to put on the breaks when she gets going. If I don't stop her, she will just keep going and I'm trying to play ps4.

She knows I love her and we'll get the work done.

I seriously hope you didn't use the F word. I have got a wife who is hard to stop when she gets going but I want her to be my last wife and not my next ex so I don't use the F word with her.

I'm sure I didn't. The f word will be in plenty of use while I'm working though, and she knows this.

Awful to troubleshoot problems. If it never breaks, it's nice but good luck with that

KitchenAid is nice. Going to be about 75% the same parts as the stock whirlpool model tho.





Kenmore models are exactly the same as the other brands. They recently started using LG and Samsung so watch out. Easy way to tell is the first 3 numbers of the model number, that will tell you who actually made it

I am a patron of the arts (need to lose the placemats and dead flowers and awful ceiling fan).



Here is the artist: http://triciaskoglund.com/ My gf and I happened to drive by an art fair in Palm Springs, felt very fancy/domestic to actually buy something. I was looking for something large and square for that spot. You can't tell but it's pretty large at 4x4'. I have vaulted ceilings - only luxury I could possibly afford in my neighborhood. The artist is the nicest person in the world. She drove it up from San Diego for me and her husband hung it.

After using the self clean feature for the first time ~ 10 years into owning my stove, I'm willing to take that gamble.

Yeah ive heard bad things about Samsung appliances too, but as for Kenmore isnt Kenmore looked at as bottom of the line now? I think the top "affordable" appliances are GE and whirlpool.

GE Kitchen stuff is pretty nice but laundry is junk

non appliance talk now because it's like work for me.. Hardwood floors were put in!!!

We did the main floor of the house. The kitchen was original hardwood from when the house was built in 79 and the rest of the house was carpet put in around 2008 (bought the house in 12).

Demo action



Father in law did floors for 20 years so he came down for a weekend and helped out. In total it was about 800 sq ft of bamboo from Lowe's. I've never felt so old after 3 days of this.










Pretty awesome having free labor. FIL estimated if he did this job with tearing up the new floors plus laying new floors it would have been ~5k. Did it for half of that

Damn, nice floors, man!

Also, had a GE fridge that lasted over 30 years with zero service. Don't know if that's the case these days or an anomaly, but damn.

2 of my 3 kitchen lights are flickering and "burning out" when I turn them on (all on one switch). If I spend a lot of time I can get the bulb screwed in correctly and the lights back on for a while before they flicker and "burn out" again. The bulbs aren't dead and its clearly a wiring issue of some sort, but I know nothing about this sort of work.

I assume this is a problem that you absolutely don't try to fix yourself once you know its a wiring issue? If so then what questions should I ask an electrician before paying someone to come out? I have a condo in a high rise if it matters.

CDL,

I'm not sure what is causing your problem because I'm not well versed with electric but paying an electrician is going to way better than burning the highrise down.

Whenever I try to get all manly and it involves electric, the wife kindly reminds me (I told her to do this) to not **** with it