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Oh, Lordy, help me. We meet with the contractors tomorrow to lay out our kitchen remodel plans.

We were prepared to order top-of-the-line stainless steel appliances. The most apparent choice available whether you look online or in the stores. I was warned of cleaning rituals required by the stainless (what a friggen misnomer), but thought I could live with it.

Until I was given a Cuisinart stainless steel coffee maker for Christmas. Stains all over that som’ b1tch that won’t come off with anything I currently own, and I’ve used it just once. This is not the retirement I had in mind.

I didn’t climb my way to the top of the food chain to be the b1tch of some kitchen appliance designer laughing at my daily ritual of spraying and scrubbing four acres of newly polished steel.

What are my choices? What did you do? How about wood facing for the refrig, the most touched appliance, and then stainless for stove, dishwasher, and washer/dryer (closely located and likely to have to match)?

Am I the only one in the world that hates this approach to design?