Looking for some color alternatives to stainless steel appliances?
You now have more appliance choices for color in your kitchen than ever.
In this video, you'll learn about the best
companies to consider for different colors.
Stay to the end,
We'll show you how to apply the most popular colors and a few cautionary tales
about the wrong way to place color in your kitchen.
73% of all blue star ranges and over 50% of True refrigerators
selected at Yale are in a custom color, so you don't have to default to stainless.
Placing color in your kitchen is risky.
We want to make sure your kitchen looks
unique and stylish. Not just now, but over time as well.
Presently, Cafe only has four colors, white, black, stainless, and mirrored.
They'll be adding green and gray later this year.
However, Cafe offers some customization
with stainless, black, copper, and brass handles for a unique look.
Cafe has primary colors for some customization.
They also manufacture functional, well designed appliances.
Their double oven, 30 inch ranges,
French door refrigerators and matching dishwashers perform well.
Many companies place style ahead of performance.
Speaking of which, we don't sell any of these ranges.
However, this video is about color, not performance.
Also, the colors are attractive and these ranges are offered at much lower prices.
Bertazzoni is the most well known of these Italian manufacturers.
They produce in five colors, black, white, yellow, orange and red.
In their Portofino series, SMEG offers
gray, black, cream, green, orange, yellow and red.
However, they have a few collaborations
as well, like Dolce and Gabbana and Peanuts.
That's right, Charles Schultz peanuts.
My daughter would like that.
ILVE offers colors, including white, blue,
burgundy, emerald, black, a matte gray, and antique white.
You also get also have the trim
possibilities of copper, brass, bronze, and stainless.
First, the Italian ranges are inexpensive and look good in color.
So if you don't cook or want to flip your
house with a unique look, consider all three.
Their performance and serviceability, it's a concern.
Cornue Fe is the less expensive, less
customizable French looking range available in two sizes, 36 and 44 inches.
They feature eight colors and three trims,
matte black, gloss, black, pure white, stainless blue, gray, green, and cream.
Trims include polished chrome, matte chrome, and polished brass.
Cornue Fe is a good option for a French looking range without the price tag
of a La Cornue or the complexity of a La Caranche.
Viking was the original company
to introduce stylish color back in the 1980s.
Style is subjective, however,
Viking Florence green was better than the old Avocado back when I started.
They've added new looks with their Tuscany line for more of an old world feel.
They also partnered with Sherwin Williams
for 14 updated colors, plus white and black.
You have many choices for high output range.
The colors are new and bold. You want to have some fun?
Go to True's website, play with different combinations.
Their refrigerators feature 13 colors and 6 hinge options.
Want a white refrigerator with black or copper hinges?
How about blue and brass?
Gray and gold?
Later this year, True will be introducing
new racing car finishes with shiny surfaces.
True is the unique refrigerator on the market.
This video is about color.
However, True is all stainless, commercial
grade, and even rated for outside use with incredibly solid construction.
What a stunning range.
If you're looking for a French country look, then La Carange is a consideration.
You have 31 colors and four trims, along with your traditional classique
look, or the more contemporary modern style that sizes up to 71 inches.
You also customize the ovens, boilers, and warming cabinets.
La Carange has rich colors and allows for customization.
However, you may want to read our blog
post on French ranges before you consider one.
Blue Star is one of the fastest growing premium appliance companies.
They have 1,000 colors and 10 trim packages.
You can even customize another finish if the other thousands don't work for you.
Blue Star has the industry's highest
output for a range, along with some customization on the top.
The refrigerator and ovens can handle full size baking sheets.
La Cronut only has 56 colors and eight trims.
However, you can completely customize the range.
An F1 drive is specified at a range out of carbon fiber like its race car.
The ranges are also the best looking
from the refined style to the richness of the color.
La Cronut uses the best process
to colorize a range along with finish metal for strength and longevity.
The world's only fully customized range looks the best in color.
You only need a pop of color, although you can buy all your appliances in a color.
In the best kitchen design of centralizing
sink, stove, and dishwasher, your stove is the best place for color.
You can also add color to the hood for an additional accent.
For a brand like True, the refrigerator is a focal point.
I'm more of a purist and believe you should centralize color.
However, the color in a refrigerator with a glass front is also attractive.
You probably thought red, orange,
and gray, but the most popular colors other than stainless or black and white.
Both matte and gloss white are popular now.
Look at the cafe with copper accents for a design detail.
You can also accent your cabinet hardware to match.
White will always be popular in New England, especially with brass accents.
Publish is more of a New England thing.
If you live in Florida, the Southwest,
polish is probably not part of your thinking.
Green is the new trendy color.
However, green was always the least
popular when we sold lighting, so be careful.
Black stained inless, it's simply an oxide coating.
It's simple to scratch.
Once marked, you'll see dots of those scratches forever.
Those scratches are not reparable or covered under warranty.
Oil rub bronze, toast, cappuccino, coffee, and truffle all have one commonality.
They never last and are often discontinued shortly after the grand introduction.
Appliance brown never matches
cabinets and doesn't fit with the popular white or gray kitchens.
The first problem with totally colorized
new kitchen is what happens when that finish is discontinued.
Let's have another look at that stylish appliance from SMeg.
Look at the stove closer.
The word retiring means discontinued, but what happens if you need it replaced?
Many companies will discontinue colors,
leaving you a mismatched kitchen in the future.
My best friend's family
moved out of their home into a new place on the other side of Needham.
They did Gaggenol appliances,
did an excellent job with the finishes and the overall layout.
The master bath, they had salmon, veluroy, Bach toilets and sinks.
Flash for 10 years,
my friend buys the house from the parents, and those expensive toilets look pink.
You can be trendy, but you can risk looking dated over
over the years with a kitchen full of trendy colors.
Click this link to learn the appliances you should avoid
in 2023 and thanks for watching.