Beyond Stainless Steel BlueStar™, the manufacturer of professional cooking equipment for the home – takes color into another dimension with a new line of 10 textured paints and finishes that add depth and fresh appeal to kitchen appliances. With the addition of the Textures line, BlueStar is now available in over 750 colors and finishes, [...]
GE New Slate Appliances on Sale Recently, GE launched Slate appliances – a collection of appliances in a new finish. Not stainless, and not glossy, but….well, SLATE. It's really quite attractive – substituting a longed after subtlety and quietness to the bright sheen of stainless. The slate collection is available now at Universal Appliance and [...]
Colors in your Kitchen What does it mean when we hear the phrase “POP of color”? Ask a designer and they will describe a room full of neutral colors that is brought to life by a bold and surprising use of color. Sometimes it's a bright accent wall. Sometimes it's colorful throw pillows and flowers. [...]
More POPS of color to make kitchens lively Today's kitchens are often a sea of stainless steel, contrasted perhaps by a granite top or wood-grained cabinets. In some contemporary-styled kitchens, the stainless may even be offset only by stark white cabinets and walls. Designers have taken to adding what they describe as “pops” of color. [...]
Slate: A new color from GE that's not quite Stainless Steel GE has launched a new appliance color, Slate, that quite literally takes the shine off stainless steel. It's worth a look. The muted grey finish really goes well with a variety of cabinet as well as countertop finishes. GE says that it not only [...]
Is Stainless Steel on the way out? Whirlpool and GE have recently launched new appliance colors in an effort to unseat stainless steel as America's favorite appliance finish. Even Wolf has begun production of its ovens in black in order to provide an alternative to stainless steel. The Wall Street Journal recently ran a feature [...]
Tired of a sea of stainless in your kitchen? Add a pop of color. If you’re remodeling or just looking to spruce up your kitchen, here are some ideas from the color trend experts. The designer of this Jenn-Air display followed one of the color trend predictions from kitchens.com and added an orange backsplash. This [...]
One of the trends most talked about at the KBIS 2012 Kitchen and Bath Industry Show was more color in kitchens. Of the colors shown and discussed, black was a clear winner. Black can provide a nice contrast with almost any color scheme, and works very well to complement the sea of white and stainless [...]
