It’s here!
It’s sleek and it’s pretty and it’s quiet and it WORKS! (It also, as predicted, doesn’t look so hot in combination with the flowered backsplash – but there’s plenty of time for that.)
Guinness tested, Guinness approved.
This model came with a 3rd culinary tool rack that has come in handy for all kinds of odd items: grill tongs, the microplane, coffee mug lids, etc., that don’t get clean enough in the flatware holder, and take up too much horizontal space in the glass rack. Speaking of the glass rack, it’s adjustable, which helps fit odd sized items. I’m also a fan of the wine glass stem supports, but that’s just me…
What I appreciate most about this dishwasher, though, is that it’s quiet. Really quiet. Hard to tell it’s on, kind of quiet. (The specs tell me it’s 41 DB.) It also does a great job getting everything clean. It has a stainless steel tub, rather than plastic, and a great ProScrub feature.
It also matches the fridge beautifully. I’m not sure if the fridge has ever made it onto the blog – it was the very first thing we bought for the house, but we never really did a proper before/after for the kitchen. So here’s the fridge: it’s straight across from the dishwasher (read: nearly impossible to get in the same picture), but they do look nice together.
We chose a Kitchen Aid counter-depth fridge and have loved it. As far as pro’s, it doesn’t stick out, which means it doesn’t impede traffic walking past. That was really important to us. With the half-width french doors instead of a single door, it also blocks traffic less when it’s open.
It does have a couple of cons, inasmuch as we lost a little in volume (it’s only 27.5″ deep instead of a more normal 30-some inches deep, so it’s only 17 cubic feet and change), which was really only noticeable in the freezer drawer. We recently bought a 15 cubic foot chest freezer for the basement, though, which alleviates that almost entirely. It also has a narrower water line for the built in water dispenser than a standard depth fridge (no, I don’t know why either), and the flow rate is so slow that we never use it. We have a Brita filter on the sink, though, so no biggie. We struggled to find a french door fridge that was short enough to fit under the cabinets – it had to be less than 69 or so inches tall – so we were really excited to find this one to fit.
So now that I’m not busy handwashing dishes anymore, what to cook in the kitchen…?
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