![]() ![]() It still works great, and I would prefer not to replace it. But over the stove, we still have a white exhaust hood. As you can see from this photo, Richard is happy with them, too.Q: Over the 20 years we've had our older home, we have needed to replace most of the appliances and have gone from white to stainless steel. It’s like my friend at the wine store recommending an inexpensive bottle: “It’s very good for the money.” The color and looks so good (for what it is), I simply never even notice. But I never, ever think about it since I finished the job. You can still see some texture through it, even thought I primed with two coats of Zinser’s to knock the texture back a bit. The paint merely changes the refrigerator’s color. ![]() The appliances are not big black eye magnets anymore, but basically complement the bland gray cabinets in their value. I probably would not recommend it if you have white appliances. The paint is not magic! The paint basically changes the color and value of your appliances. $6000, well, you see where I’m coming from!Ĭaution: YMMV (Your Milage May Vary). And so I was approved to paint the dishwasher, and the big black refrigerator.Īgain: If I could afford to just go out any buy real stainless steel appliances with no concern for how long I would have them, I would’ve done that. But when the compacter was finished, he was completely won over. He came out for a coffee, rolled his eyes and shook his head. ![]() I followed the instructions to a T and I was meticulous with my masking tape. I chose to do only the compactor (because we said we would get rid of it anyway when we tear out the old island). And the next Saturday morning I was off to the races, while he was doing dictation on the computer. The paint arrived, unmarked, unremarked upon. Let me say that ‘refinishing the appliances’ was something I snuck past Richard in passing, oh, so very lightly, that it barely registered on him. 150 years old (original) they're on my list when we renovate the whole shebang. I was completely skeptical of “stainless steel paint.”īut at less than $60 I could afford to give it the benefit of the doubt, and give it a test.ĭishwasher and compactor, updated. I fuss over the details of my home, and would not ever want to live with something tacky. I work each and every day at my job to make things that live online as beautiful and well designed as I possibly can. I would like to preface what I say next with the following: I am a creative director in real life. Some folks had painted their formica countertop with a stainless steel finish. “Can I paint them?” The Google-verse said “yes” with definate caveats. And yes, I was doing some very creative Googling on the topic. I wanted to change the look of the countertops, not replace them. That is actually what turned me down the “appliance makeover” path. ![]() I’d have to live with the dishwasher, refrigerator and compactor for the next few years.Īnd of course the white formica countertops are a problem too. So even a short term replacement was out of the question. I wanted a contemporary stainless steel appliances, but in a few years, when we do the big kitchen renovation there’s no guarantee that stainless will still be the trend. The kitchen, under old management (previous owners). ![]()
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