05 October 2011

I'm scared of white appliances

It has recently come to my attention that I have a new fear I wasn't aware of before this house hunt started.

It's not clowns.
It's not spiders.
It's not the irrational panic I feel when I prop the oven door half open to put something inside because THEDOORISGOINGTOSLAMSHUTONMYARMS.

No, I already knew I had all of THOSE fears.

My newly discovered phobia is one of white appliances.

Call it Oileukophobia. (Oikophobia: fear of household surroundings, often including appliances.  Leukophobia: fear of the color white.  Enough people really HAVE these afflictions that they need to name them????)

I look at a kitchen like this:


and it reminds me of a wholeeeee bunch of houses that I've turned down even considering.  The common factor is the white appliances!  No matter the great bones or the ability to update, I just have this huge natural aversion to white kitchen machines!

(Now, before you guys think I'm calling anyone's kitchen ugly publicly, that's not the case.  They've got some great things going on in this kitchen, and the only reason I even felt comfortable using this picture as an example is because the owners apparently thought it was ugly, too - or at least ugly enough to redo the space, which they did, and it turned out beautifully, and I wouldn't feel right if I didn't show you guys that picture as well) :


So, I've decided, I need to get over myself and embrace the possibility of a white kitchen.  Yes, it's true that if we purchase a new house, we're going to either be buying our own appliances (most likely stainless with some black accents) or the kitchen will come fully equipped in a more-modern-than-white color, but if we can't get a brandy new home?  There's a good chance an older kitchen will be donning some less than current electronics.

I've started looking at some pictures of beautiful spaces with white appliances to give myself a little confidence and to try to convince myself that it'll all be okay.  Keep calm and carry on, right?!
A few of my favorites for your viewing enjoyment:



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