Is Copper-tone Back?

Kathleen I am so sorry to hear about our losses in 01, especially the irreplaceable horses.  OMG that must have been so gut wrenching.  Here they tell horse owners not to evacuate their horses before a hurricane, just turn them out.  How stupid is that?  After Andrew they found horses impaled on telephone poles.  Thats one reason I don't have a horse here in FL.  Its hard enough to evacuate with dogs and cats.  But in 05 right before Frances, the turnpike was full of people pulling horse trailers.  Bless them for doing that, a lot just left the horses to fend for themselves.  Say, did you see that HGTV show about funky houses where the guy had his stable underground?  It was awesome.  The horses were cool in the summer, warm in the winter and he never has to worry about weather.

Kathleen,

LOVE the copper !!

I've been telling my clients for years to get colored frigs.  I have a cobalt blue cover for my Kitcheaid dishwasher.  I really wanted the Elvira frig for my Kitchen when we remodeled, but couldn't justify the $6,000.00 price tag and no bells or whistles (Rachael has one on her cooking show.) Viking has all different colors now too.

You can also bring an old frig. to an Auto-Body shop and have it painted.  I did this w/my vintage Geneva Cabinets for my laundry room.

There is also company that will "Skin" your out-of-date frig - http://www.kitchensource.com/kau/frigofridge.htm

 

Wow Julea...I never thought of that...great idea, and LOVE your pictures!  It seems that they should create "mood" appliances where you can snap covers on the front depending on your decorating mood. But then again, isn't create demand for something new how the mfr's make money?

Julea, how cool.  I too had a fridge painted at a body shop.  It lasted many years before I bought a new one.  I need to check out that website.  Are those cabinets done in a stainless paint finish?  Is that a Wilsonart laminate countertop?

They're dark green metallic to match the floor tile.  Yes indeed - Lichen

I love Jenn-Air, they seem to always be ahead of the other appliance manufacturers.

I can't stop touching their floating glass refridgerator in black...it has got to be the sexiest thing I've ever seen in appliances!

Thanks for the link. I didn't know they'd come out with the copper line. I love it!

We started with "white."  Upgraded to coppertone... to avacado... to harvest gold... to almond.  Now we're at industrial-look stainless.  Kinda like that.  Think we'll stay there awhile.  You guys are wayyyyy too trendy, or I'm wayyyyyy too old.  Reckon it's the later!

Kathleen-

You're killing me - I wanted to mix the metal cabinets into my new kitchen, and shopped E-Bay looking for them, but they were all in yucky condition - ended up w/all maple shaker instead.

They're built like IRON, repaint them in some WILD color and use them for storage.

Kathleen, I would kill to have those metal cabinets of yours.  My grandmother, the same one with the kitchen where I wallpapered the fridge, had hers painted at a body shop.  They turned out great.  Maybe you could ship them to me? :-)

Julea, I too have Wilsonart in my kitchen.  Can't remember the name but it looks like granite.  I opted for that because of price and because granite is mined which is not very environmentally friendly.

Kathleen, you are one strong lady.  Losing your horses, home, and later your parents ... and yet here you are helping all of us with advice, posting your interesting articles and pictures and just generally being such a kind supportive person.  We are lucky to have you on AR.  Betty

Terry,

The Wilsonart is in my laundry room, I've got Corian in my kitchen - I wanted that seamless sink, plus granite didn't seem "in-tune" to my 1948 Ranch.

I took a look at the Jenn-air copper toned appliances and have to say I like them. But it is all so cyclical our kids will be looking at catalogs from the early 2000's and laughing at us too.