It’s natural to like something brand new and shiny. Kitchen appliances have the opportunity to fall into this category.
Our needs are typical: refridgerator, double ovens, cooktop, dishwasher, microwave.
The process: Research. Go Shopping! Research. Go Shopping! Research. Dang it, go shopping. Ugh, research. Crap, go shopping. Dreaded research. Stumped.
First off, let me share that I can be a bit detailed oriented. I apparently have an “analytical” mind. Not sure what that means and I am not sure whether it’s beneficial. I think. I anaylze. I digest information and spit out results. I decide. I form opinions. I do these things well. It has helped me in my schooling (computer science) and career (software and systems). Professionally, I make decisions. In my personal life, I tend to get bogged down and dread making bad decisions.
Since the internet has come about, I find that I can get ridiculous about price shopping. I’ve realized (and am working to correct) that it’s stupid to spend an hour or two or three to save a couple dollars when buying a few books.
Appliances. A few bucks. Years of living with the decision(s). Lots of decisions. Lots of opportunities to research. Opportunity to be a little anal.
Where we are:
- At one of our kitchen design places, we ran into a Thermador 36″ French Door refridgerator. Wow. So big, so wide, bright, clean (SHINY), big freeze (to briefly store a cake before icing it).
- Thermador Double Ovens seem to be in every store. They’re very SHINY. And importantly for us, they have a lot of glass. We think we like lots of glass because we can see our goodies baking. I like to open oven doors to have a look-see and she doesn’t like it when I do that, so the glass should make use both happy.
- Our home has gas. Our current oven and cooktop are gas. Gas cooking seems superior (works for me). Induction, hmm.
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A dishwasher should be an easy choice. Everybody seems to love and recommend Bosch.
One thing I know … we need a few more visits to the appliance stores.