Should one pay extra for a stainless steel kitchen, or will this just date it as so mid-2000s?
Here's a 1974 ad for a washing machine http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/pict_of_day.cgi
$389 (the equivalent of about $5000 now) would have bought one.
And it was in brown, to complement the brown veneer panel walls.
But if you were a bit tight you could read the fine print and get it in white for $10 less.
Which proved the better value long-term?
35 years on, the white one would still not look out of place in a modern bathroom/laundry, whereas the brown one might be regarded as hideous.
Could the same hold true of things like stainless steel kitchens?
Here's a 1974 ad for a washing machine http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/pict_of_day.cgi
$389 (the equivalent of about $5000 now) would have bought one.
And it was in brown, to complement the brown veneer panel walls.
But if you were a bit tight you could read the fine print and get it in white for $10 less.
Which proved the better value long-term?
35 years on, the white one would still not look out of place in a modern bathroom/laundry, whereas the brown one might be regarded as hideous.
Could the same hold true of things like stainless steel kitchens?