New scaled down appliances with upscale features let consumers live large in small spacesLouisville, Kentucky - One outcome of the declining real estate market has been a move to building and offering smaller homes. It was a trend that had been suspected but earlier this year the statistics were announced that back it up. The average size of homes started in the third quarter of 2008 was 2,438 square feet, down from 2,629 square feet in the second quarter, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.1
"Both GE Profile™ and Monogram® lines also offer selections that are perfect for the empty-nester who is moving to a smaller home or condo," said Hottenroth. Monogram was the first GE product line to introduce undercounter refrigerator modules including wine reserve, double drawer refrigerator, beverage centers, fresh food refrigerator or bar refrigerator with ice maker. In addition Monogram offers a slim 18-inch wide dishwasher with stainless steel door or personalized with customer-supplied cabinet-compatible panel. Both models provide effective, yet quiet cleaning power with a five-level wash system and hidden, integrated electronic. The new Monogram 30-inch chimney hoods with sophisticated bold angles and lines, all hand-finished to seamless perfection, provide powerful venting and a striking focal point that elevates small-scale kitchens into grand statements. Choose the Profile single double oven wall oven or free-standing range, and, in the same space occupied by a standard free-standing range or wall oven, consumers can have 6.6 cu. ft. of combined oven space. The two ovens can be operated at two different temperatures -- up to 450 degrees. That's twice as much cooking for the same amount of space. The Profile Advantium® oven offers four ovens in one: speedcook, true European convection cooking, sensor microwave, or warming oven. Its versatility makes it a great choice for the smaller kitchen. In fact, YesterTec Design Company found it was ideal for smaller living and created an Armoire/Mini-Kitchen that is a complete kitchen concealed within a beautiful armoire. It includes a 2-burner cooktop, a GE 120V Advantium speed cook oven a sink and undercounter refrigerator, and a single drawer dishwasher. The Advantium oven's ability to cook is acknowledged by YesterTec as the key to making the mini-kitchen design function as a complete kitchen.3 "GE brand appliances offer plenty of choices to create an entire suite of stainless steel appliances for a compact kitchen, "explained Hottenroth. Among the many options the following are perfect for loft living:
1 MarketWatch, January 26, 2009, http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Say-goodbye-McMansions-homes-getting/story.aspx?guid=%7bAADD01FF-CCEC-4B22-9328-042B81EB6F23%7d&print=true&dist=printMidSection 2 Small Spaces, Christine Brun, Creators Syndicate Inc., February 21, 2009 http://www.creators.com/lifestylefeatures/home-and-garden/small-spaces/tackling-america-s-infatuation-with-big.html 3 http://www.yestertec.com/details.asp?cat=The_Press_Room&id=42 GE Consumer & Industrial spans the globe as an industry leader in major appliances, lighting and integrated industrial equipment, systems and services. Providing solutions for commercial, industrial and residential use in more than 100 countries, GE Consumer & Industrial uses innovative technologies and ecomaginationSM, a GE initiative to aggressively bring to market new technologies that help customers and consumers meet pressing environmental challenges, to deliver comfort, convenience and electrical protection and control. General Electric (NYSE: GE), imagination at work, sells products under the Monogram®, Profile™, GE®, Hotpoint®, SmartWater™, Reveal® and Energy Smart® consumer brands, and Entellisys®, Tetra®, Vio™ and Immersion® commercial brands. For more information, consumers may visit www.ge.com.
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