Sunday Funday

I decided that every Sunday I will post about the fun stuff (not that dirt and septic tanks aren't fun)...like the things we are looking at to "furnish" our new space. Each week I will pick a certain room or "thing" and post about it and add some pictures! I thought this would be a great way to break up the weeks of actual construction with the stuff we are putting in the space once it's finished!


So this week I will talk about the appliances we will be getting in the kitchen! We did a lot of research on this, went and looked at a few places and got help from a friend of the family who works in an appliance store. We knew what we wanted, but we also had to keep a budget in mind. We wanted good appliances that would last long without dropping a ton of money. So as of right now we are going with the Electrolux brand. Some of it will be from their Icon series and some from their regular lines.


All of the appliances will be stainless steel and I really wanted the handles on everything to match....which is why we didn't stray from a certain line (except for the dishwasher which I will explain later).


Let's start with the fridge! It's the Electrolux Counter-Depth French Door Refrigerator with IQ-Touch™ Controls. I really just loved the look of it...it has the IQ-Touch controls and the lighting inside was so pretty (it's like a blue color)..it's Energy Star Qualified too! I decided against the water filter on the door, b/c I am a water snob and only like Poland Springs and since we have the water cooler already and get water delivered we opted out of that. It does have an ice maker in the freezer though.


Next up is the range....originally I wanted a Wolf, but then once I saw them I didn't really LOVE the look and Joe thought they were too big for the kitchen. I also decided that I really wanted everything to match and then the hefty price tag....the cons outweighed the pros...so we decided to go with the Electrolux Icon
36" Dual Fuel Range in the Professional series. I loved how it looked and then


coupled with this Electrolux 36" Chimney Wall-Mount Hood it was a perfect look!


The dishwasher was the toughest decision...I really wanted 1 single dishwasher drawer. For our family I thought it was the best option. We will have our dishwasher reinstalled in the butler's pantry, so we'd already have 1 full sized dishwasher in our house. In our daily lives we use more cups and silverware than anything else...the girls use paper dishes for breakfast and lunch and then we usually have 4 dinner plates and maybe 1 or 2 pots or pans (which I usually hand wash)...so right now..our top rack gets filled and our bottom rack just has a few dishes. It's never filled enough to run the dishwasher...BUT it's not a small enough load to wait for the next day. So we decided on a single dishwasher drawer...it seemed like the perfect addition to the appliances. I loved the look and the concept, but when we went to a cabinet store to have the kitchen designed he gave us a HUGE NO....and the reason was b/c the cabinets around it would actually cost more money and more headaches to make the single drawer fit than to have a regular sized dishwasher put in...so we decided to just get a 2nd regular sized dishwasher. I didn't like the Electrolux dishwashers, so we are looking at Bosch dishwashers...and the one in particular that we are look at is the 24" Ascenta Evolution.  We decided on Bosch b/c they don't have "handles" and it will match the other appliances.

We decided not to have a microwave built in..b/c there was really no practical place to put it..the range needed a larger hood/fan, so the micro couldn't go above it, I didn't want to put it down low under the counter b/c I was worried Ava would figure out a way to cook Muggsy (our 5 pound dog) or herself......and I didn't want to take up cabinet space. Sooooo we will get a smaller micro to put on the counter in the kitchen or butler's pantry. We haven't decided on that yet, and we really don't have to until out existing microwave dies!   Other options we are still toying with (and may/may not get now) are a drawer ice maker and a warming drawer.   The ice maker has been just about ruled out for now...but we are putting a small 15" cabinet  next to the sink in the butler's pantry that can eventually be replaced with the ice maker.  YAY!  And the warming drawer is something I go back and forth with!


So that's where we are with appliances!


 Hope everyone has a wonderful July 4th and is enjoying this beautiful weekend.....I am headed out now to enjoy mine and then to a family BBQ! 

~Gianna ~