Highly functional appliances are hot.
Simple ones are not.
Fancy, hardworking stove tops with multi burners that heat up according to the size of your pot or pan are definitely on demand. Dishwashers that fit dishes and flatware in a more efficient manner and that truly clean the dishes are stipulated by today's buyers. Front load washers and dryers seem to offer more of what the consumer wants because they tend to do larger loads and do them more effectively.
And that's all that is in the crystal ball today.
(Rosemary Sadez Friedmann, an interior designer in Naples, Fla., is author of Mystery of Color, available at Barnes & Noble Booksellers and Amazon.com.)
