Whether home owners really want or need apps connecting their fridge to the internet is still yet to be seen. But there's no need to purchase a whole new fridge to tap into online services and apps designed to better manage the biggest plugged-in device in your home and its contents...

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Is your refrigerator running? Away with your utility bills, that is. Whether you've got an old fridge in your kitchen or have retired it to the garage, you might be wasting away a ton of money on your energy bill.

The government's Energy Star website has a nifty refrigerator retirement savings calculator that will help you calculate how much money you'd save by replacing your main refrigerator or freezer or removing your old one from the garage entirely.

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The Americans is a new television drama that is bringing a not-currently-in-favor era back into style with mustard yellow and high wasted jeans. The early 1980’s style of the kitchen in The Americans is bringing back wood paneling and Harvest Gold appliances, but there is a modern way to get the early 80’s look without the formica. 

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So you've found a perfectly charming vintage apartment that you're sure to make into a happy home. The only problem? A dated kitchen lacking mod cons, like a built in dishwasher. Never fear! There are countertop dishwashers to save you from hours spent over a sudsy sink.

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It's an age old question: "do I keep it or toss it?" This is of course pertaining to food in the fridge that's been sitting there for a questionable period of time after a power outage. We refer you to our U.S. government guidelines on food safety, recommending just how long our refrigerators and freezers will hold their temperatures, as well as whether to keep or discard food kept inside during a power outage. More

We live in a disposable society where perfectly repairable items are discarded before their time. But thank goodness for people like tommyfilth over at DeviantArt, who turned an old Kitchenaid mixer into something every Mandalorian bounty hunter loving fan will recognize at just a glance...

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Sure, Samsung's $3999 flagship refrigerator is pretty impressive on both the technology and design tip, as reported when we were scouring and reporting from the floors at CES. But what we really wanted to report previewed behind closed doors and we had to promise to stay mum about it until this week...

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Product: DeLonghi Lattissima Plus Nespresso
Price: $359.99 (Amazon)
Rating: Strong Recommend*

I've become increasingly particular about how I make coffee at home. I'm still pretty easy going about the quality of a cup of good morning from a coffee shop or restaurant, but at home, I tend to geek out with a carefully concocted cup (two at most). This means starting off with freshly roasted whole beans (my current bean of choice), filtered water, a digital scale, a manual burr grinder, and an Aeropress...it's a morning ritual which doesn't cater to the "get caffeinated as quick as possible" mentality. But as one special agent professed, the measured process produces "a damn fine cup of coffee". Thus, I approached moving over to a one-touch automatic espresso maker with a bit of trepidation. Coffee in capsules? Bah! [Puts on coffee snob mustache]... More

I don't know about you, but the sight of a Smeg refrigerator in a kitchen just makes me happy. I love how much personality they add to a room. They're so streamlined, so retro, so cheerful! More

In our household, we've been SodaStream users for years, first with the Pure model and then the Fizz. Although these home carbonators have been very functional for making sparkling water and soda, I've never really loved SodaStream's product design. That is, until ubiqituious designer Yves Béhar got involved (he's the man behind the design of the Jawbone Jambox and Herman Miller SAYL task chair), modernizing soda making with a minimalist's machine, complete with an LED indicator for controlling carbonation level...

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