Check out Miss Oklahoma posing with a Big Chill for the Holiday 2011 Issue of “Brag Book Magazine”.

Have you always loved Rachael’s Big Chill fridge? Now it could be yours as part of our “See It, Score It!” giveaway! Watch today’s show, answer a trivia question correctly about what you saw and you will be entered for a chance to win! Each day this week is a new prize and a new chance to win! Visit http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/seeitscoreit/ for details!

We got a great email the other day and thought we’d share.

Greetings from Nashville.

Thought you guys would enjoy seeing a Big Chill in a country music video.

We loaned our Orange Big Chill Frig to a video production company here in Nashville. They created a video for Sarah Darling called “Something to do with your hands”. The video is on her website: http://sarahdarling.com/videos.php or on YouTube. She spends time singing in front of the Big Chill and one shot is from the inside of the Frig looking out.

It was the number one video on CMT last week!

Thanks for what you do.

Steve Scherer
A-1 Appliance Company
Nashville TN

Check out Sarah’s video too.

Brooklyn Condo Blends Vintage and Modern

New York builder Steven Hurwitz, of GFI Development, recently changed direction on his Greenpoint, Brooklyn re-model. “Once the economy began to falter and crumble, and the world started to change, we decided we wanted to do back-to-basics design — something more homey and unique,” Mr. Hurwitz said.

What was the change? The initial concept was for a popular modern approach: stainless-steel appliances, granite counters and cherry wood cabinets. We think the condos’ revised interior of rough-hewn wood floors, deep farmhouse sinks and Big Chill refrigerators is a much more comfortable, homey approach. Buyers must agree, the project, called Century Vintage, has only five units left.

Read the full article in the New York Times.

It’s long been known that remodeling your kitchen makes the single biggest impact on the value of your home. Even way back in the 60′s, people were writing about how a pop of color in your home can increase happiness, so why not combine the two?  A retro remodel of your kitchen brings in color and a sense of fun and happiness to the most frequently used room in your house.

If you’re going for the complete look, retro remodels can include vintage artwork, or a retro dining set.  We’re especially fond of the added touch that the yellow and green tile adds to the kitchen on the left, a near perfect vintage remodel.  The retro look can be fun, colorful and even modern.

Of course once the walls are painted, the floor is finished and you’ve picked out the artwork, you’re not really finished.  A kitchen without appliances is, well let’s face it, just another room.  The Big Chill product line has expanded over the past few years and thanks to our new Big Chill Stove (and matching vent hood) you can now outfit your newly remodeled retro kitchen with a full line of our retro appliances.  Our vintage-inspired dishwasher combines the iconic look of a 50’s style retro dishwasher with all of the amenities of a modern unit.  And of course, no retro remodel would be complete without the belle of the ball: a Big Chill retro refrigerator.

So keep sending us pictures of your retro kitchen remodels, and we’ll keep dreaming up retro-inspired products that fit your modern lifestyle.

Drew Barrymore's colorful kitchen with understated appliances

The Hollywood set has embraced allowing colorful appliances to grace their kitchens.  Scarlett Johansson recently put her hilltop villa, complete with colorful Big Chill appliances, up for sale, and Rachael Ray has rocked a Beach Blue Big Chill Fridge for many seasons.

Want to learn how you can add a punch of color to your kitchen?

Maybe, at this point in time, a full kitchen remodel with colorful cabinetry is out of the question.  Call us biased, but we think a great first choice to bring new hues to your kitchen is an appliance that pops.  Not the right time to change out all of your appliances?  No problem.  A Big Chill Fridge, or one of our newly introduced colorful stoves with a matching vent hood makes a statement, adds the color that you’re looking for, and is a great conversation piece.  The folks over at Your Home, Only Better seem to agree; see what they have to say about creating your Bold, Beautiful Kitchen.

Feeling like you need to dip your toes in the water before taking the colorful kitchen plunge? Add a little burst to your cooking area with one of these 12 colorful kitchen appliances.  The good news is, most of these kitchen gadgets match our fridges, stoves, and dishwashers, which means you won’t have to get rid of them when you decide do go further down the colorful kitchen road.

Check out the Big Chill kitchen gallery for more colorful kitchen inspiration.

Check out the fantastic mention we got from photographer Luce Bella (www.lucebellalife.com).

“If you haven’t been to New York Cupcakes, you have to go, if only to check out the pink big chill fridge, which has me scheming and plotting to figure out how I can redesign my entire house around it. It would give me every excuse to buy that pink KitchenAid mixer that I’ve been salivating over for years, wouldn’t it?”

We have to agree with Luce a Big Chill fridge is reason enough to plan a whole kitchen remodel.  Check out our full line up of retro kitchen appliances in the store.  And check out the rest of the story on Luce’s blog.

We recently ran across this story on CNN’s site about Scarlett Johansson’s house being for sale. Imagine our surprise when, while thumbing through the photo gallery we found that Scarlett is a big fan of our appliances. Check out the full article and gallery here.

You can buy a dishwasher or even a fridge like Scarlett right here on our site (hint: if you’re trying to be just like Scarlett, choose “buttercup” as your color before checking out).

…and without further ado, we’re very excited to unveil our new online store!

Here at Big Chill, we’ve been using our site to help our customers with their purchasing decisions for years now. Over that period of time, the site has grown and evolved to satisfy the changing market place. By listening to you, we’ve learned what elements would aide you in your purchasing decisions. When it became apparent that in addition to a retro fridge, a vintage inspired kitchen needs an accompanying retro dishwasher, we produced it. This fall, a retro stove followed.

As our founder, Orion Creamer puts it, “Our new shopping cart was born from necessity. Most of our customers know exactly what they want before calling to place their order. With our limited hours of operation, it’s difficult to keep up with consumer demand. This new shopping cart lets customers also order at night or on the weekends, at their convenience.”

You told us that it’s time to grow and expand our business into the virtual world – we’ve done it. We’re so excited about our new endeavor and hope you’ll take the time to check out the new Big Chill online store.

Design is everywhere you look. Signs, houses, furniture, phones, cars; the list is infinite. Much of this design is born from inspired individuals looking at something and thinking, “You know what would make this better?”

Big Chill’s story isn’t any different. In 2001 Big Chill’s founder, Orion Creamer looked at available refrigerator options. He saw two things: modern appliances in black, white, or stainless steel; and vintage appliances that lacked modern conveniences like ice makers and auto defrost. When Orion noticed this chasm between style and function he promptly set to filling the void.  LUXE Magazine recently caught up with Orion to talk about his inspiration and what the future holds for Big Chill Fridge.

LUXE Magazine is a quarterly journal that showcases luxury residential architecture, design, interiors and products, with regional editions in Chicago, Colorado, Texas, Southern California and Seattle. The eye-catching coffee-table magazine serves as an idea book and resource of fine architectural design, interiors and trends. LUXE connects with affluent consumers who are seeking notable quality home design. The magazine presents readers with a variety of upper end residences, from distinguished estates and sprawling ranches to city townhouses and art-filled lofts. Pick up a copy at your local newsstand or check out LUXE online.