One day I’d like to be a homeowner in San Diego. I’ve owned many homes over the years in various states, but right now I’m a renter. San Diego and most of California is a tough place to save enough for a down payment, but I’m trying.
As I daydream about the kind of house I’d like to own, the kind of appliances I’d like to put into said home are of great importance.
Whirlpool is unveiling four new products at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas January 7-10. They design products that fit seamlessly into life and focus three pillars: Connection, Expression, and Innovation.
The Four New Products
1. Interactive Cooktop – When your cooktop can browse the internet and connect with your social network, the kitchen becomes a hub of communication and exploration within the home and beyond. Entertaining is revolutionized when you can plan your dinner party on the same device that cooks the meal. Invite and monitor your guest list, search for recipes, and make phone calls without leaving your kitchen island or using multiple devices. For now, this is a concept-only product.
2. Designer Duets – Bye, bye boring laundry room. The new Duet® Designer Series from Whirlpool® let’s your personal style shine with a collection of bold and beautiful designs to complement every look. Up your design aesthetic with a laundry pair that’s as fashionable as you with frontloading washers and dryers come in a variety of colors. Nobody helps you get laundry done faster than Whirlpool so you can focus on the things that matter.
Throughout the week of CES, consumers will have the chance to win a custom laundry pair of their own with the You Be The Designer Sweepstakes!
Create your perfect Duet® Design and enter for a chance to win a new Duet® Washer and Dryer!
3. CoolVox Refrigerator – With the new CoolVox™ sound system refrigerator concept, enabled by Bluetooth® wireless technology and the impeccable sound of Harman Kardon Speakers, you can play music and podcasts through the refrigerator directly from streaming through Bluetooth®-enabled devices, such as your mp3 player, tablet, or computer. There’s no need for extra wires, cords or speakers because this is all housed within the refrigerator. 
4. MaxArt Microwave – In a unique showing of how design, art, and appliances can come together to create a functional piece of work representative of culture, Whirlpool® collaborated with two artists in Mexico to turn a daily-used appliance into an object of desire. Local art collective Los Contratistas turned a set of 50 Whirlpool microwaves into a colorful, modular installation representative of Mexican culture using graffiti techniques. The final pieces work together to create a unique take on the modern day appliance, enriched by culture, design and the arts. For now, this is a concept-only product. Whirlpool® 20/20 also brings its future-focused inspiration to consumers not attending the show with ongoing updates from the show floor at their digital hub https://ces.whirlpool.com
Follow the new products on Twitter @intlCES using the #Whirlpool2020 #WhirlpoolCES #CES2014 hashtags.
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I’d like to remodel the kitchen in my 100 year old house to make it more energy efficient and open to the back yard and garden. The kitchen dates from the 60’s with dark fake-paneling cabinets, orange Formica countertops, groovy paisley wallpaper and faux brick flooring. I currently have an empty space where a dishwasher would love to be. Please help me make a lovely, efficient kitchen with light and space!
I would like appliances that are all energy efficient.
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My future plans are to replace everything with a new Whirlpool appliance. Wouldn’t that be grand!
gmissycat@gmail.com
I’m having a hard time deciding what I like best. Maybe they could all learn to cooperate and do the shopping, laundry & cooking together (remember Rosie from the Jetsons?)
i would love a Refrigerator that makes it only food list and email me once a week
With 2 young kids, I need a kitchen that is functional but also sturdy and kid-proof! I need appliances that don’t show fingerprints easily and can withstand my kids running things into them without denting or showing marks
demureprincess7(at)gmail(dot)com
I would love a fridge that could tell me when I am almost out of my daily items (especially when my husband tells me about it way later ;))
In the future, I’d like for my home to be fully automated and wired for music and entertainment in every room.
my refrigerator is over 15 years old so not very energy efficient so would love to upgrade that. I would also love to switch my electric stove out for a gas one, I love to cook and gas is the best. I would also love to add some solar powered panels onto my home to make it more energy efficient while cutting down my electric bills.
also tweeted – https://twitter.com/stephieannx/status/421455226898350081
I would love to save on energy at my house, and have easier ways to keep it clean! anything to help me out!!
I’d love a slow cooker that worked with me. I am a full time, working mom, so a slow cooker is a great tool. But even the ones with the timers, can leave my food a bit dried out by the time I get home. I’d love one that would start cooking with enough time to be done by the time I get home, not just on warm, like the one I currently have.
As a mom of two young children, who forget their age sometimes and think they are teenagers who can do it all “by myself”, I’d love a kitchen that is safe for them to explore, while allowing them the freedom to do things on their own (ie. grab a glass of water, scour the pantry without risk of items falling or fingers getting caught in doors, and even get their own yogurts for an afternoon snack). I love innovation, but since becoming a mother I have realized the importance of functional innovation that helps not only me succeed, but also my kids!
I’d love an energy efficient kitchen, furnace and water heater, along with new windows!