Based on the recommendations of others, we shopped around for appliances. Within a two week time frame, we made several trips to Home Depot, Lowes, Sears and finally, P.C. Richards. We went from LG to GE Profile to Kenmore Elite to Whirlpool to KitchenAid and all the way back to LG. We did a complete 360 degree turn-around which is fine by me because I was rooting for the LG appliances all along! Luckily, we were exposed to a bunch of different prices for the appliances so when we finally made our way to P.C. Richards, we knew that we were getting a pretty reasonable deal.
We faced a few issues with LG. For starters, we needed a cabinet-depth refrigerator due to space constraints. Sounds easy, right? This was by far the most difficult feature to meet because any refrigerator we liked was either too expensive, too wide, too deep or the handles didn't match. Finally, we sucked it up and let go of the dream of finding a narrow and thirty (or thirty-three) inch refrigerator. We opted for the thirty six inch cabinet-depth and said "buh-bye" to the larger pantry we were hoping for. Hopefully, this won't be as detrimental as originally thought as we are planning on converting half of the mudroom into a pantry for non-food items (pots, pans, cookbooks, etc.) so that will free up some other cabinet space.
We loved both the LG dishwashers and their microwaves. The dishwasher is sleek with the buttons along the outer perimeter so you can't view them when you're looking at the face of the dishwasher. Plus, it has that feature where you don't have to completely clean off your plate. The food particles will collect in the bottom of the machine and it will grind them to be flushed away. How great is that? (Can you tell I've never had a dishwasher?) The microwave is to go over the stove and the LG model was the cheapest out of all the models. We didn't need anything fancy like a convection oven so we went with the most basic model (let's face it - only things going in there will be popcorn and brownies to make a warm brownie sundae).
Brian had his heart set on a slide-in stove. Unfortunately, LG is just venturing into the stove-making business and don't have too many options. Currently, they do not make a slide-in stove. We bit the bullet on this one and just got the standard gas stove with the controls along the back of the stove. Hopefully it doesn't eat away at Brian too badly.
Below are some photos. Note that the interior refrigerator picture is not entirely accurate. We do not have a door mounted water and ice dispenser. This photo was taken purely to show how the interior is laid out (minus the doors). Our doors will have shelving where the more upscale model has the water/ice dispenser mechanism. Our ice making machine is in the lower freezer area. We will have the platter on the lower level of the interior and three compartments directly above for fruits and vegetables.
We faced a few issues with LG. For starters, we needed a cabinet-depth refrigerator due to space constraints. Sounds easy, right? This was by far the most difficult feature to meet because any refrigerator we liked was either too expensive, too wide, too deep or the handles didn't match. Finally, we sucked it up and let go of the dream of finding a narrow and thirty (or thirty-three) inch refrigerator. We opted for the thirty six inch cabinet-depth and said "buh-bye" to the larger pantry we were hoping for. Hopefully, this won't be as detrimental as originally thought as we are planning on converting half of the mudroom into a pantry for non-food items (pots, pans, cookbooks, etc.) so that will free up some other cabinet space.
We loved both the LG dishwashers and their microwaves. The dishwasher is sleek with the buttons along the outer perimeter so you can't view them when you're looking at the face of the dishwasher. Plus, it has that feature where you don't have to completely clean off your plate. The food particles will collect in the bottom of the machine and it will grind them to be flushed away. How great is that? (Can you tell I've never had a dishwasher?) The microwave is to go over the stove and the LG model was the cheapest out of all the models. We didn't need anything fancy like a convection oven so we went with the most basic model (let's face it - only things going in there will be popcorn and brownies to make a warm brownie sundae).
Brian had his heart set on a slide-in stove. Unfortunately, LG is just venturing into the stove-making business and don't have too many options. Currently, they do not make a slide-in stove. We bit the bullet on this one and just got the standard gas stove with the controls along the back of the stove. Hopefully it doesn't eat away at Brian too badly.
Below are some photos. Note that the interior refrigerator picture is not entirely accurate. We do not have a door mounted water and ice dispenser. This photo was taken purely to show how the interior is laid out (minus the doors). Our doors will have shelving where the more upscale model has the water/ice dispenser mechanism. Our ice making machine is in the lower freezer area. We will have the platter on the lower level of the interior and three compartments directly above for fruits and vegetables.
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