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Posts tagged “appliances - large”

Smeg's Small Space Washer With Sink

Here's a small space design we'd like to see make it's way Stateside, the Smeg LBL16RO Washing Machine with sink. The cute pink washer comes equipped with 15 programmed wash cycles, wash load capacity...

Look: House Item Lifetimes
Austin

We had a friend over the weekend experience the loss of her refrigerator and her roof, at the same time! It's sobering when you realize the things you invest money in on your home don't always last fo...

Mold and mildew in the washer?
OC Register 4.4.08

We've been considering getting a front loading washing machine at home, based on all the positive features we've read over top loading ones. However, over the weekend, the OC Register had an interest...

The Necessities of a Beer Fridge?

When we first moved to LA, we were surprised when we had to buy a fridge for our apartment. We had no idea that the majority of apartments in LA don't come with the essential refrigerator (and someti...

Retro-inspired Dishwashers by Big Chill

We've mentioned Big Chill Refrigerators here at AT:LA before (and on AT:NY too). They've been around for a few years, providing a rainbow of cool retro-inspired alternatives to the white or stainle...

"Beach Cruiser" Refrigerator by BigChill

The surf and car culture of the 50's were a big influence in design here in Southern California. Taking that as inspiration, the folks at Big Chill have come up with the Beach Cruiser series. The re...

Metaphys Electric Uzu Vacuum

Am I the only one who thinks the Dyson vacuums look cheap and poorly built? Sure, they look great in the photographs, but up close, they remind me of my childhood plastic Transformer toys...the basta...

MiniKitchen

Now we’ve always thought we had a small kitchen! But now looking at this amazing 1966 MiniKitchen designed by Joe Colombo for Boffi, we’re intrigued with the idea of trying to fashion our own mobile t...

Space Saving Oven Stove

Anyone serious about cooking knows cooking with gas is the way to go. But we have to applaud Hotpoint for their compact, feature filled Creda Collection - Concept 50cm Electric Double Oven. We current...

The Smart Table

How many times have you sat down for a nice meal and then realized you forgot a cold frosty one to wash things down? Apparently the folks at appliance company, Gorenje, ran into the problem enough to ...

Keeping Our Cool

Working in a small home office has it’s definite advantages and disadvantages. We enjoy the compact efficiency of our narrow sleeping patio-turned-home office, everything within an arm's reach. But ev...

Mueller Bar Cabinet

This Mueller Bar Cabinet($2428 and up) is perfect for the party room. Super retro looks with all of the convenience of today...oh, accept it doesn't come with a fridge! What it does come with are a...

The Big Green Egg Grill/Barbecue

We saw an ad for the Big Green Egg and thought it looked pretty cool. Based on the 3000 year-old Japanese "kamado" or oven, the Big Green Egg offers up all of the taste of the old-school cooker, but u...

Miele Washing Machines

While staying with a friend, we were able to do hoards of laundry in her new, swank Meile washer and dryer. Now for anyone who thrills at shape and style these are to die for: Uber-modern while retain...

Ambrogio EVOLUTION Robot Lawnmower

When we were kids, mowing the lawn was just a reality if you planned on cashing in on any weekly allowance**. We dreamt of a Jetson’s style robot to do the job for us, and (twenty five years later) ...

Fireorb Suspended Fireplace

We love the Fireorb, and, having seen it reviewed in the new Poplife magazine (see below), we were reminded of its beauty once again. “Challenging the traditional ideas of how a fireplace interacts i...

DishDrawer from Fisher&Paykel

We have not used these DishDrawer dishwashers anywhere so we cant say they are great, but we can say that they look great. The idea of pulling open a drawer to load dishes sounds very cool. We also l...

The Plaza Ventless Fireplace

We saw this over at the AT NY site, and thought it looked good for us west coasters, too. As Maxwell says, "This is a fireplace for those who just can't stand the heat (or don't have a fireplace)." T...

Big Chill Refrigerator: Retro Style for the Kitchen

For us, the Big Chill Fridge is about as cool as you can get while still maintaining a practical and functional kitchen space. Interestingly, we had a funny "He said, she said" last night with a coup...

Valor Gas Fireplaces :Radiant Heating Options

We have always had a bad attitude towards gas fireplaces. They seemed silly, like fake grass. Well, we saw a few pics from Valor and boy, are they pretty. Valor says that its fireplaces or "Gas Fire...