Monogram Joins The Rebate Fray

Monogram has always been an enigma. GE started by calling their best products Monogram and thus the "new" line was born...and flopped. Then they went the OEM route with their professional ranges by sourcing from DCS (poor choice) and it flopped.

Finally, they started manufacturing stylish and compelling products especially their hoods and new ranges, just in time for the depression...sorry recession. With their competitors rebating their products, Monogram joins the herd.

Their rebate is as follows:

Buy any pro range and hood or cooktop, wall oven and hood and receive $1,000.






Add a Built-In refrigerator and add another $1,000.

The Mighty Have (Not) Fallen

Five years ago, if you asked me when SubZero would have a rebate, I would have said never. All cliches aside, upscale appliances follow the building and remodeling trends. When construction is booming, there is enough business for SubZero/Wolf, Viking, Miele and Thermador.

When there is not, these brands have to fight for market share. Rebates have become commonplace as a short term consumer incentive, because they can in theory be withdrawn with increasing business. Somehow, these rebates will probably be more prolonged, but that's an opinion...

Let me show you how to qualify for $2500 from SubZero/Wolf (it is the same company)

Buy a SubZero and a Wolf range or cooktop and wall oven and receive $1000






Add any major piece like this Wolf hood or SubZero wine cooler, and the rebate increases by $250 per piece.





What do you think?

Freestanding vs Slide-In

Lots of pics today.

To review, the difference between a Slide-In and Freestanding is basically a back-guard.







The price, however, can be up to $600 more for a slide-in with the same features.

Why would you pay more? Tile, steel, or any custom appointments become more noticeable and accentuated without the back. Have a look...

Freestanding




Slide-in




Close up




Different range/same back-guard

This Old (Yale) House

We are now the lighting consultants to This Old House. TOH is about renovation and building. I like the show, because the people are passionate and explain every facet of construction in detail.

I like lighting the most out of our offerings as it really personalizes the house. We have people who go to homes and restaurants to design the lighting. Love seeing an empty space turned into something unique.

Our segment really focuses on LED, undercabinet and recessed lighting. Have a look as it is very informative (you can always fast forward to the parts of interest).