kitchen appliances ~ does color matter?

  I recently posted an article from the Wall Street Journal

on Facebook titled, "Is This the End of a 25-year Run for Stainless Steel"?

http://shopping.yahoo.com/news/is-this-the-end-of-a-25-year-run-for-stainless-steel--.html

It stirred quite a debate on my Facebook page. Quite a few posters

preferred white appliances - like myself - while others claimed to love

their stainless steel.

When we moved into our house 22 years ago, all the appliances were beige.

When we eventually had to eventually replace appliances,

I didn't even consider SS. For one thing ~ SS is quite pricey.

Secondly, I don't even really like SS appliances. I've always

thought it looked industrial. Just doesn't fit in with my decor.

Call me old-fashioned, but with my kitchen's oak cabinets and dark wood

floors, I much prefer my white refrigerator, dishwasher, and range.

I think the white off-sets the dark wood.

There's also white wainscoting on the walls, so the white 

appliances match nicely.

 

I did find a couple of pictures of kitchens with SS appliances that I thought were really pretty.

This one's from House Beautiful.

The SS range and hood, though modern, looks lovely with the 

more casual white cabinetry and open shelving.

 

I also like this kitchen from Country Living. 

The cottage look of the beaded ceiling and open shelving

with white pitchers and blue bowls, softens the look of the stainless steel.

 

 

 I had another friend on Facebook say that she likes her black 

appliances. I found a kitchen photo on google images where

black appliances happily fit in with the white cabinets, black granite countertops,

and a black island and chairs.

What color appliances do you have in your kitchen?

Are you satisfied with your choice, or would you change them if you could?