There she is, waiting for us. It's a Samsung with stainless interior and hidden controls. After hours of searching, and poring over Sears Outlet's website (and purchasing dishwashers through them that apparently didn't exist), it was waiting for us in the scratch and dent aisle of Lowes that we stop at a few times a week. Go figure.
And since it's pointless to keep things simple, we'll go ahead and buy and install a garbage disposal too, just for giggles. Two appliances that have never been in this house, I almost feel ashamed...
And yes, until an appliance company comes out with an iron finish (or gives us the Jenn-Air suite in oil rubbed bronze that was out a few years back) we'll use the stainless. I've been into plenty of historic places with steel worktables and stoves, and the shiny white or black textured plastic just makes me gag, and the pseudo antique ones are almost as bad.
Do you have any idea how excited I am to buy dishwasher detergent?
That's a nice one, Mistress Mayfair! We ordered a stainless steel fridge ... I've never had stainless anything before. Hope it's easy to keep clean!
ReplyDeleteThe electrician asked where the dishwasher was going yesterday so he could wire for it and we said, 'Never had one and we're not getting one now.' He just shook his head. ;)
Well, I hate to say it, but stainless doesn't seem that easy to keep clean - as evidenced by the original stickers on our fridge we bought two years ago. This will only be the second time I've had a dishwasher, and since we eat three meals a day at home, it'll be a nice change...
DeleteI have a stainless steel sink. I loathe it, as it is impossible to keep clean.
DeleteWell, I'd say I'm glad it's not just me, but that would suggest I'm happy your sink is a smudgy mess too...
DeleteRub it over with several coats of Tung oil and you should get the oil-rubbed bronze effect. (Try on a hidden place first, of course!)
ReplyDeleteThought that looked like a Lowe's scratch-and-dent aisle. Haven't I been confronted by it enough times coming out of the back after putting on my red vest?
I can't imagine dealing with the customers at Lowes, God forbid someone tells me they're remodeling a historic house. I'd chase them out with an armful of brooms from the cleaning aisle... Then there are the customers I'd convince to go elsewhere in the name of doing things right. Oy,,,,
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