While my Copper Hammered Farmhouse Sink is definitely the inspiration and star of this ORC Tuscan Inspired Kitchen project, you really can’t have a flawless leading lady without a phenomenal supporting cast. In this case the Academy Award for best supporting actress goes to…the Samsung kitchen appliance package!
The Amazing One Room Challenge
This is Week 2 of my very first One Room Challenge! You can read about this fabulous decorating event HERE. Be sure to follow each week and see the incredible progress on these amazing room rennovations!
The Appliance Package
Mr. Blu has always selected our appliances. As a former store manager for Lowe’s, he was always able to secure nice appliances at a good price. So this was very exciting for me to actually shop the appliance section. We knew we would be entitled to a package discount since we were buying 4 major appliances. Back in January we saw this package:
We selected this package primarily for the color option of Tuscan Stainless, which is available at additional cost.
But this deal was active back in February. When we started getting serious in April, the listed prices were high and we couldn’t find anything on sale! The refrigerator alone was $4200.
I shopped Lowes, Home Depot, Wayfair, and several local appliance stores. Finally, we spoke with the appliance expert at our local Home Depot. We were able to apply several package discounts to our purchase and ended up getting the appliance package for 55% off of the listed online price! I have to give a shout out to Rebecca, the appliance specialist at Home Depot in Pelham, AL. Rebecca was able to track down the appliances in the desired Tuscan Stainless Steel finish, and we had delivery the following week!
As I write this post, I have just cooked my first dinner in my new convection oven. Mr. Blu, who is not a big fan of pork, said these were the best pork chops he’s ever had!
I have run my first full cycle on the dishwasher! More to follow on this appliance.
And #V has cooked several batches of both corn dogs and ramen noodles in our roomy microwave.
There was a small mix up with the refrigerator so unfortunately, we are still waiting on that.
I will include updated pictures once it arrives. But I am glad to say that we are beyond happy with our appliance selections for this Tuscan Inspired Kitchen!
So far we are thrilled with the sleek upgraded look of our appliances. The microwave is very large. We’ve never had a stainless interior on a microwave. Same with the oven. And it is convection so the last few home cooked meals have been phenomenal!
I will say that upgrading this dishwasher was quite the emotional ordeal! My children and parents, spearheaded by my oldest Daughter (II), presented us with this dishwasher as an anniversary gift back in 2012. Times were a little rough back then and our dishwasher had been non functional for many months. I will never forget the feeling of pride and how happy my heart was when I opened the card that was signed with the message…”one less thing to worry about!” TWO had even arranged for the dishwasher to be installed! We were so very surprised and so happy! Somewhere I have that card!! When I find it, I will post it!
I was tempted to build a flower bed in the garden using this old dishwasher…stranger things have been the foundations of wonderful garden displays. But, I think a picture will suffice. What’s the point of upgrading the inside of the house if the outside looks like an episode of Sanford and Son, right?
Guess what!! Next week’s post will have pictures of my new floors!
And hopefully the new refrigerator!
See you then!
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