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Choosing Appliances That Match Farmhouse Style
Top Appliances to Achieve Your Farmhouse Look
Farmhouse design is all the rage right now. Homeowners are adding rustic elements to their homes ranging from barn doors to exposed pipes. Warm tones (like creams, browns, coppers, and off-whites) are also popular with farmhouse styling because homeowners want to feel relaxed and happy in their living spaces.
If you plan to design a farmhouse kitchen, you might be wondering how you are going to find modern appliances that still match this style. How can you have a Wi-Fi-connected refrigerator or range without buying models that stick out in your kitchen?
You have multiple options available to you. Here’s everything you need to know about choosing appliances for a modern farmhouse kitchen.
Choosing Appliances That Match Farmhouse Style
Oftentimes, technology and farmhouse design don’t get along. It’s hard to embrace antique farmhouse living when you have a large, stainless steel refrigerator in the middle of your space. Fortunately, you can still buy the most advanced appliances on the market without sacrificing your sense of style. Here are a few options to consider:
- Look for vintage-style appliances. Some brands are designing updated products with modern farmhouse customers in mind. Options include off-white ranges that perfectly match your farmhouse white kitchen cabinets or matte finishes that provide the opposite effect of a shiny, metallic finish.
- Filter by panel-ready models. You can hide many of your appliances with customizable cabinet panels. If you are madly in love with your farmhouse grey kitchen cabinets, invest in a panel-ready refrigerator and dishwasher so you can place additional cabinetry in front of them.
- Find home accessories that enhance your designs. Stove and range covers are popular solutions to hide modern technology while still buying advanced appliances. You can place a wood range cover over your burners during the day and then slide it off to prepare meals at night.
As always, spend some time comparing the different appliances you want for your home. Style isn’t the only factor to consider in kitchen design. You want to buy appliances that will last for several years and offer high-performance levels every time you use them.
Top Appliances to Achieve Your Farmhouse Look
Use this guide if you aren’t sure where to start with your farmhouse kitchen. These appliances can help you decide whether you want units that are covered by your farmhouse kitchen cabinets or complement them.
GE® 24" Custom Panel Built-In Dishwasher
This is one of the best examples of an appliance that is made for a farmhouse kitchen. You can place a cabinet panel on the dishwasher, so no one needs to see the stainless steel front. The controls are specifically placed on the top of the appliance so you can still set your cycle and adjust the heat and time settings based on your needs. As an added touch, the vintage-style handle echoes the antique details found in farmhouse design.
This is also a great dishwasher for families. It is NSF Certified, which means the high-temperature rinse cycle sanitizes your dishes and eliminates 99% of common household bacteria. If you are worried about keeping your little ones healthy, make sure you find a dishwasher that has this certification.
Learn more about this dishwasher by reading customer reviews. One buyer writes, “Very quiet. With my last dishwasher, we had to turn up the TV while it was running. I can't tell if this one is even running. I love my new GE dishwasher.”
Frigidaire Professional® 36'' Stainless Steel Gas Cooktop
Many farmhouse kitchen ideas complement other trends in home design. For example, more homeowners want islands in their kitchens where they can prepare food and entertain guests in a nod to the inviting feel farmhouse design evokes. Consider building a gas-connected kitchen island for your farmhouse space.
This particular cooktop comes with five burners and cast iron grates that protect each one. The PowerPlus® Burner has an 18,200-BTU maximum level which allows you to quickly boil, sear and sauté your dishes. This is definitely an ideal cooktop for homeowners who want a stylish design in their kitchens but still need practical appliances they use every day.
You can tell the quality of the design by Frigidaire when you read online reviews about this cooktop. One positive cooktop review states, “Since the knob controls are on the front, you can fit pans easier because there is more room. The knobs are made of metal and not plastic.”
KitchenAid® 30" White Electric Built In Double Oven
Another practical appliance for your farmhouse kitchen is the double oven. This appliance is essential if you have enough wall space and love cooking multi-course meals. You can keep a roast in the upper oven ahead of dinner while you bake bread or a pie in the lower level for all your family-style feasts a la farmhouse décor. Cooking suddenly becomes so much easier when you don’t have to juggle different temperature levels and cook times for your sides.
These ovens also come with the KitchenAid Even-Heat™ True Convection system. This can shorten your cook times while also providing a better baking experience. You don’t have to worry about half of your meal getting burned while the rest is raw due to poorly designed coils.
Online reviews rave about this KitchenAid model, such as this top-rated buyer review that says, “This oven is the cat's meow! Heats up quickly, the temp probe works like a champ and the self-clean is a feature I couldn't live without.”
Fisher & Paykel Series 9 36" Stainless Steel Induction Range
As you gather different farmhouse kitchen ideas and colors, get an idea of the perfect palette for your home. You might be able to find appliances that match your favorite colors.
For example, this range by Fisher & Paykel comes in white, black, red, and classic stainless steel. You can buy a range in dark red to make it a statement piece against other neutral tones or buy the white option to match your other appliances.
Not only is this range visually appealing, but it also allows for induction cooking. This is the most energy-efficient cooking style and is rapidly growing in popularity with homeowners. Design trends may change, but this appliance will continue to add value to your home.
Check out customer reviews to learn more about the induction cooking experience. One of our favorite buyer reviews comments, “It took a lot of time and patience to convince my spouse that we should buy an induction range. Like me a few years ago, she thought gas was best for cooking. Now she raves about the induction cooktop.”
Café™ 18.6 Cu. Ft. Matte White Counter Depth French Door Refrigerator
No kitchen is complete without a spacious refrigerator to store your fresh produce, cheeses and meats for charcuterie boards, and other delicious snacks. French door refrigerators are often considered more energy-efficient because you can keep one side closed while you open the other. This keeps more cold air inside and can preserve your food longer.
There are plenty of online reviews that highlight how valuable this Café French door refrigerator is to most homes. Take this buyer, for who example, who says, “I decided to go with counter depth and it fits perfectly. The French doors are great - no reaching in the back. Everything is upfront and at eye level! And I like having the freezer on the bottom.”
The good news about a farmhouse kitchen is that there are a lot of angles to approach the interior design style. What’s important is that you keep it cozy, laid-back, inviting, and full of vintage charm. If you’re ready to explore your options, the best place to start is at East Coast Appliance. Explore more farmhouse kitchen appliances from our full catalog, or stop by one of our Virginia appliance stores for a dose of inspiration today!
FAQs
Here a few final details to help you achieve the farmhouse kitchen décor successfully.
What farmhouse kitchen colors are popular right now?
Homeowners are flocking to neutral colors in their kitchen designs. Whites, grays, and beiges are on-trend and create a warm feel in many rooms. If you want to explore other colors, look into muted blues and greens. Your goal is to find colors that are commonly found in nature but create a soft look.
What is a panel-ready appliance?
Panel-ready appliances have attachments for cabinetry. When you order your kitchen cabinets, order a panel that matches the width and height of this appliance. You can place the cabinet panel on the front of the unit to hide the stainless steel construction. Panel-ready appliances are popular with farmhouse kitchen designers.
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