I am one of those people that loves to go to hardware stores and electronics stores just to wander around all the beautiful new kitchen appliances. I love to open the doors, look at the shiny new appliances, and imagine what I might put in my house.
Even before building our home, I loved doing this.
I was recently reading about a brand new product from Whirlpool called the CoolVox Refrigerator. I’ve never been much of a gadget person, but this refrigerator combines my love of music in the home with the necessity of the refrigerator. And it is just incredible!
The CoolVox is a sound system refrigerator, enabled by Bluetooth wireless technology and the fantastic sound of Harmon Kardon Speakers. You can play music through the refrigerator via Bluetooth through your wireless devices.
When we were designing our home, adding a sound system to our house was a big deal to me because I love to listen to music while I cook. When I heard about this refrigerator, I just thought it was the most genius thing. And made for me! It’s exactly what I would want, and helps eliminate extra clutter and devices in the kitchen.
Building on 2013’s Whirlpool® 20/20: A Look Ahead, Whirlpool® is back in the MommyTech Zone showcasing the evolution of the kitchen and beyond at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show. Whirlpool® simplifies your life by designing products that sense and adapt to what you need. That’s why Whirlpool’s concept of the future is a future focused on YOU. The way you want to cook, clean and entertain—the way you want to live. Whirlpool focuses on three main pillars for their brand: Connection, Expression, and Innovation. At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Jan. 7 – 11 in Las Vegas, Whirlpool® brand is showcasing how these pillars come together in both new products and innovative concepts for the future as part of Whirlpool® 20/20: Your future in focus.
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. Visitors will also have the chance to win design-forward laundry appliances from Whirlpool® brand each day of CES and consumers can enter here.
In addition to the CoolVox refrigerator, Whirlpool is showcasing the MaxArt Microwaves for a unique showing of how design, art and appliances can come together. Whirlpool is also showcasing the Designer Duets front load washers and dryers and the Interactive Cooktop. You can explore the full suite of innovations Whirlpool is featuring at CES 2014 here.
Since Whirlpool 20/20 is all about a future focused on you, we, want to hear your ideas for it. Leaving a comment below, tell us your idea for the future for your home and be entered to win a $1,000 grand prize.
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I want to design a home with a spacious kitchen featuring a large island!
That is crazy cool! Basically i love anything that combines aesthetic value with funtionality.
I LOVE the idea of a refrigerator that can stream music. Music is a big part of our household and our kids can often be seen bopping their heads to the beat and heard singing along. But what would be wonderful would be to have a fridge or maybe even the dishwasher that can digitally show the kids art work from school. Currently my fridge has about 8 large pieces of art work that the kids have brought home and will not let me remove from the fridge. My fridge would look so much neater!
I’d love to have more remote control over my home — I’m always so worried about whether I’ve left the heat turned up, etc. after I’ve left, esp. when we’re going to be gone for days.
My husband would LOVE this! I would love one with an ice maker that makes pebble/soft ice!! OR a dryer that would fold my clothes for me! HA! I would spend some good $$$ on that! 🙂
I would love a craft space and larger kitchen with new appliances!
This is something my family and I would love! We listen to music everytime we cook! This is genius!
This would be amazing! I am wanting to update my kitchen and this would be a huge blessing!
I would love to update our kitchen with new appliances and a kitchen island!
What a great idea! I just love this technology!
Our fridge is a mess and were planning on renovating our kitchen soon! This would be awesome!
We are hoping to redo our entire kitchen at the end of 2014/beginning of 2015. My husband would be amazed and obsessed with this fridge! I would love a dishwasher that would require NO pre-rinsing and a warming drawer that can also be a true oven. That would have been amazingly helpful over the past few days with tons of family here for the holiday!!!
I would LOVE this for our kitchen, as it combines great storage with one of my favorite things – music. Our little girl would love this as well, so she could always have music to dance to. Thanks for hosting!
https://twitter.com/nroberts219/status/418851181444616192
This is probably a long way off, but I think it would be amazing to have a refrigerator with a tv display on it. I love the idea of having a tv in the kitchen, but don’t like the idea of trying to find a space for it (and for all the cords that come along with it). Having a fridge with a tv on it would allow me to watch the news, my favorite shows, etc while completely kitchen duties. It could also stream music and movies and be used for that as well. And when not is use, the tv could act as a digital frame of sorts and flash pictures, etc. This would be something I would invest it!!!
For our next home, I have two main wishes: a big beautiful laundry room with new washer/dryer, and a playroom with tons of storage! Those two things would make me very happy!
This is an awesome idea! I’d love to update our kitchen with music playing appliances!
We are in the process of purchasing our first home. I have so many ideas of what I want for this new space (once we finally find it!) to look like. We are most likely getting a home that will need some updating and the idea of a gorgeous and functional kitchen that can gather all of our family in is what makes me the most happy about my future space.
We are updating our kitchen right now! Love this fridge and also want a wine fridge but space is limited.
This would be amazing! Not only is it beautiful, but it is multifunctional. I would love to get our iHome off the counter and utilize that space with a different kitchen gadget. It would be hard to top this, but having appliances and other home tools used by remote would be amazing. All too often I forget to power something down or adjust temperature accordingly after I walk out the door.
We’ve been needing a new fridge for a while now. We have a baby due in April and I’d love to sing and dance with him as I cook! 🙂
This would be great – we are planning a kitchen remodel and this frig would be a welcome addition! Thank you.
I love this idea. I think in the future, our homes will have a central server that controls all of our preferences and these will be sent to all home appliances with settings changing theoughout the day. Perhaps we’ll find recipes to cook and at the usual start time for dinner, the oven will begin to preheat. At bath time, more hot water than usual will be ready and available. Our habits and preferences will be tracked and accommodated for ease of living and energy efficiency.
I, too, would love the idea of a refrigerator with a small tv imbedded. I like have the background noise of a show, music, whatever, while I am busy working!
Our kitchen is our happy place. This fridge would be an awesome addition!
Would love to make a craft/wrapping station area in my house! Jen
Would love that fridge!https://twitter.com/kristybrownslp/status/418935169504923650
This is so neat! What a great idea!
I love the idea of music from my refrig. I also love music while I cook. I also want a big walk in pantry to store everything and keep my counters clear!
I would love to have a kitchen with innovative appliances that use very little energy. I would also love to have a self cleaning sink and microwave
Farmhouse sinks! Several of course 🙂
What fun ideas that Whirlpool is coming up with! How exciting! I would love appliances with smart phone integration – both as a remote control, but also with reminder notifications – like a reminder about those clothes that have been in the washer or dryer all day. Even being able to link up oven/microwave timers with your smart phone. I always seem to have my phone with me, but can’t always hear the kitchen timers from other areas of my house. How great would it be to not have to set two alarms! Even being able to control oven temp or the microwave from the app. Thanks Whirlpool for being innovative & looking to make life easier for us moms!
Layout is huge as well as being green, I would love an efficient home so that utility bills aren’t really high. I want the radiant heat flooring too!
This is amazing!!!! I would love this 🙂
I tweeted too! https://twitter.com/jessrwarfield/status/419119995956645888
This is such a great idea! My husband & I would love this.
I want a dryer that folds, hangs up and puts away the clothes 🙂
This is the coolest idea!
My own dry cleaner in my house that would perfectly clean my dry clean only items!
I would like to utilize space better in my home. There are so many areas I don’t use to the full capacity, so I’d like to learn how to space save and better place things for a happier home.
I love listening to music while I cook! My family loves it too!!
I would like to see a tv built into one of the appliances.
http://twitter.com/mendyd/status/419221563595296768
My portable speaker sits atop my fridge now – This would be an awesome addition to our home. I would love to have a fridge that makes small ice (like Sonic) I could make my diet coke’s right at home! What a great innovation.
The refrigerator with a sound system is neat, I enjoy listening to music when I cook. I think it would be neat to have a TV too because sometimes I’m watching a movie in the family room and it would be nice to be able to continue watching it when I’m in the kitchen cooking.
https://twitter.com/susan1215/status/419301390054223872
Our kitchen is our gathering place and gets used more than any other room. Any appliance that can incorporate entertainment and functionality is pure genius!!!
My idea for the future of my home: I would actually like to own a home of my own, firstly, and if I did have a home, I would want solar panels on the roof, and all energy-saving appliances in the kitchen, laundry room, sensor faucets throughout, excellent venting system over the gas range, and a nice open layout that makes moving around in the house, a breeze 🙂
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My 2nd entry tweet https://twitter.com/LuLu_Brown24/status/419436792492720128
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We are in the process of buying a house right now so this topic is very much on my mind. I love the options Whirlpool is offering in 2014. Music from your refrigerator? That’s beyond cool. I love to entertain and have people in my home so to combine music and food in your kitchen from one appliance would be very convenient.
I love the idea of combining two appliances into one! Yay technology!
Having a cooktop that is interactive and does not have size restrictions would be wonderful!
My idea for a FABulous kitchen would be to have energy efficient and efficient usage of space! thanks for a chance to win! kmassman gmail
We are getting ready to move into a new home, and would love to replace my (although still working) 12 years old Whirlpool washer and dryer, with an updated front load one. And a fridge that plays music would be awesome for this music loving, dance party loving family!!!
What an amazing product. The kitchen is def the heart of our home and being able to ingrate music into the fridge is such a wonderful idea. Cheers Whirlpool!
I think for the future, it would be great to have my on line recipe right at my finger tips in an easily accessed area. Maybe a screen right on my refrigerator since for me, that is right in the middle of my cooking area. Right now I use my iPhone and have to constantly keep pushing the home button when it goes black while I stir, or boil, etc.
tweeted: https://twitter.com/KerryBishop/status/419622768703844352
Love the refidgerator with music and To have an alarm clock that made a latte for me and a dishwasher that unloaded itself. 🙂
We recently moved into our new home and I have so many ideas for it including knocked down a wall between the kitchen and dining room, removing the current center island and replacing it with something more function, replacing the microwave and obtaining a larger freezer!
Tweeted for a second entry
https://twitter.com/mummytotwoboys1/status/419660120864202752
Oh my! What an awesome giveaway. I would love to win that washer and dryer. And my idea for my future home, I wan a dryer that can fold laundry for me. But I would be just as happy to take this gorgeous washer and dryer duet set.
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My dream is to have my kitchen done up in red with retro-esque decor and appliances. 🙂
We would love a bigger kitchen. We have a narrow galley kitchen. There is not room for more than one person to be in it at a time and it is right where the garage entrance is. There is not really room for pots and pans or even a kitchen table. We would love an island.
My plan for the future of my home is to upgrade appliances and systems in our home as often as possible and affordable to take advantage of the new technology and efficiency.
Refrigerator with music ,tv ,and scanner with prinout when products in refrigerator run low.
my future kitchen will have to have double oven
I could definitely use that new fridge.
https://twitter.com/SxyBrt/status/419898302339887104
We need a bigger kitchen.
My future home has a spacious kitchen that has top of the line appliances
https://twitter.com/tweetyscute/status/419916667544559616
I would love some new applicances
My future kitchen would have easy computer access to easily read recipes while cooking.
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/peg42/status/419917765504294912
Thanks again.
I tweeted
https://twitter.com/cnebulosus/status/419934020466536448
I would love more work space!
I want a simple cabin in the woods with a very simple kitchen, but with energy efficient appliances!!
Tweet!! https://twitter.com/mya98604/status/419947056019423232
my future home would have solar panels and a whole house fan. I also would like to start a compost pile and a garden that I would water with rain water stored from the winter .Also new smart appliances of course !
My future home would include a centralized Generator, preferably solar powered, which would keep my home well lighted and safe through the worst Ice Storms.
I want a double oven. So useful for the holidays!
I would like to have a stove with a touch pad.
austma7@aol.com
I would love to have a kitchen with a double oven, an island and granite countertops!
I would love granite countertops, a convection oven, and a double oven!
Electrochromic windows that sense when I’m entering and exiting the room and let light in when needed
I would be in heaven if I won
I would love these new appliances with beautiful new cabinets, with wonderful granite countertops. I think these appliances are amazing, what a revalation.
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/greenhome1/status/420003068688596993
Wow! This is great! We just finished our remodel, but I would love to add anything that will pump up the jams while I’m cooking! I can’t cook or do anything in the kitchen without music…I would also love a washer and dryer that I can control from my phone (like when I’m coming home and I want to fold clothes fresh from the steamy dryer, I can turn it on from my phone). One day!!
I want to have a self cleaning microwave and a refrigerator that can tell me when that yogurt on the back shelf has gone bad
I love merging technology with everyday appliances! Who says the Jetsons get to have all the fun!
Awesome! A stove with a touch pad!
For my future home, I’d love to get Nest thermostats.
I would like to have an interactive home that can audibly read off my daily checklist to me in each room that I enter.
eco-friendly appliances and materials, can run by computer remotely (for example, turn on oven so warm when get home to put supper in)
tvollowitz at aol dot com
We are thinking of going solar.
https://twitter.com/sohamolina/status/420065743309250561
My future house would not only have a fridge that keeps track of the food inside, makes a grocery list, and THEN does the shopping for me! That’d be amazing 🙂 In the distant future, I’m looking forward to replicators that make everything as you need it and reabsorbs the waste when you’re done! 😀
Tweeted 🙂 – https://twitter.com/Enter_Now/status/420170976752451584
My future would include a house remodel with appliances that had battery backup so they would work during power outages.
Tweet
https://twitter.com/clc408/status/420177188353110017
My future house will have a very open floor plan. Lots of light colors, white and different shades of blue. A huge kitchen (even though I’m not much of a cook yet) and most importantly a very large master suite with a big enough closet for all my clothes.
I would like a dryer that also irons the clothes in the process.
I would like my future appliances to run efficiently and have more power…like the dishwasher so we don’t have to pre-rinse. ky_grandma40@yahoo.com
I want to see more energy efficient appliances in the future for my home and ones that can clean themselves.
Since I already love my home the way it is, I would love to update my appliances with interactive appliances-I also want to know-where can I get a self-cleaning house?
I would Love a refrigerator that remembered expiration date sand when you are running low ion items and a kitchen with a built in generator that kicks in automatically when power is out!
We really need new appliances. Our refrigerator is on its last leg and we need a new stove our oven is not working. I would love some new modern energy efficient appliances.
https://twitter.com/disneyfan40/status/420297381561659392
My imaginary home has window panes that I can obscure.
https://twitter.com/mkvegas/status/420327952283213825
I would like my future appliances to run efficiently and have more power.
For the future of my home, I would love to refit my kitchen and laundry room with energy effecient appliances.
I’d love to look into getting solar energy panels for our home. Our neighbors have them and save a lot on their electric bill!
I would like to own a home in the near future. I would like to have one with 3 bedrooms so my girls can have their own room. I would love to have some storage room too. Thank you!
I would like new energy saving appliances
I’d love to have talking cookbooks that you can give oral commands to, like “wait” (while you measure an ingredient). Thanks for the giveaway!
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/ChrisMarie510/status/420375926623313920
I see a future where my husband could actually figure out that the dishwasher needed to be unloaded.
I would like bigger rooms so I could have more storage space.
https://twitter.com/smilekisses/status/420450622987444224
I would like to have bold red colored appliances in my kitchen and laundry room.
https://twitter.com/hellina2000/status/420574712901545985
I want the appliances of the future to be minimalistic in materials used, energy consumption, and size pryfamily5@gmail.com
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To me, the amazing appliance is just a way to facilitate a happy family, and a great place to hang our family’s mantra: No other success can compensate for failure in the home.
My future home needs a much quieter ice maker. Our fridge doesn’t have a hook-up, so we have a free standing ice maker that rattles. A quieter one would make for much more pleasant entertaining and a quieter daily life!
my hope for the future of my home is more and better automated cleaning devices
The kitchen is the heart of the home & I love to cook and host friends and family. My “next kitchen” will be very intentionally designed to be open, warm and welcoming. Energy efficient, interactive appliances would ROCK.
I would love appliances that need no cleaning or constant cleaning
i can’t wait for the day we redo our kitchen and I get my gas range back! Stuck with electric for now 🙂
I would love appliances that knew to shut off before the food burned. I burn way too much toast!
I would love this!
A double oven would be nice.
A new refrigerator that could actually make ice would be awesome.
I just want a giant kitchen with a double oven!
self cleaning fridge/freezer
I need a new dish washer! I would also love a dryer that could somehow dry with less heat to avoid shrinkage.
We are in the process of buying a new home and while we love it already, we’re busy dreaming of ways to open it up and make it even more perfect for our family to grow in!
Tweeted 🙂 https://twitter.com/imflyingsouth/status/421116321250545664
I’d redo our electric — it’s a bit outdated and could be so much more efficient!
I would love a coffeemaker that could sense when I woke and brew at that exact moment!
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I’d love a new roof for our house!
I want one of those star trek devices that beams food to your table with no work and no effort, but only if the food tastes good 🙂
i would love a Refrigerator that makes it only food list and email me once a week
https://twitter.com/purplelover04/status/422005698889650176
Future Plans, get rid of the dinosaurs with all new Whirlpool appliances. They are the best!
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Do you remember how your parents told you not to hand on the handles on the fridge and stove as a kid? Now I know why — my kids managed to de-handle the fridge, and the oven is looking sketchy as well. I’d love new appliances (or to convince my children it really is ill-advised to hang from the appliances…)
Tweeted
https://twitter.com/gmissycat/status/422040606060212224
I want a fridge with a lock to keep people out.
I want a double oven!
My dream future kitchen would have a replicator like on Star Trek so I would never have to cook.
In the future I would love for all the appliances in my home to be powered by a simple solar power system.
Tweeted!!! https://twitter.com/aj_sahm/status/422765105533566976
I could really use a new fridge!!! Whirlpool has some amazing new products!!
My entire kitchen needs a remodel! It was poorly done in the 80’s. 🙁
my idea would be a french door refrigerator and a kitchen island
For my future home I hope for it to mostly run on solar power and have all high efficiency appliances!
tweeted https://twitter.com/angelgeniusjail/status/423127188611661824
I would love a itemize fridge to put in dates of items and see what is past their date of expiration.
Our future home would allow more natural light, lots of play space for our two babies, and more outdoor friendly features!
i would love to have a modern updated kitchen with great applinces ,mine is from 1970..lol
Living on a farm I need a self cleaning floor
https://twitter.com/mkjmc/status/423578306688983041
the future of my home is prolly falling to the ground.it is rotten in the floors and the ceiling leaking.i would like to build a home but cant afford to right now.but i hope to seal the roof and paint and fix the floor.i am greatful we have a warm place to lay our head and call home.
posted on twitter! https://twitter.com/poorevirgil/status/423683206731145216
I’d like to have a finished basement.
I would love to have solar panels and energy saving appliances!
In the future our home should have a robot that folds the laundry.
I would love new appliances, especially a refrigerator that plays music! How cool?!
hope solar panel prices come down so more people can afford them
All of my appliances would be more energy efficient and all would have a touchscreen interface along with being able to be controlled from an app on my phone.
https://twitter.com/eaglesforjack/status/423997620940709888
Such a beautiful fridge and kitchen! Love it!
my idea for the future of my home is to get a hot tub
https://twitter.com/karalk/status/424287633909358592
My future home will have a self-cleaning toilet and bathtub! Non-toxic of course! LOL
I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/MsTofuFairy/status/424288085765931008
I would self cleaning energy efficient appliances.
Would like even – oops.
https://twitter.com/dddiva/status/424310138732695552
wireless oven communications
Even The Jetson’s would be impressed.
https://twitter.com/waverlyharbor/status/424359516059074560
I want heated floors in my bathroom and kitchen.
I think it would be great if they could make a refrigerator that would sense and let you know when food was going bad/
http://twitter.com/ccboobooy/status/424374174304309248
An entire kitchen with all appliances that are self cleaning.
My idea for the future of my home would be a completely renovated kitchen. With a lot more counter space, and a new, more modern refrigerator and oven. Thank you for hosting this wonderful giveaway!
https://twitter.com/LeanS12/status/424411640369405952
My future home would have a green room that housed birds, and of course a whirlpool heating/cooling system when weather permitted.
I would love to see appliances that are easy to use and clean. A refrigerator that closes by itself when my kids leave it open. A stove/oven that cuts off automatically after being on for so long. All that and a maid for deep cleaning!
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https://twitter.com/catholicfanatic/status/424418461545029632
Link to tweet:
https://twitter.com/catholicfanatic/status/424418461545029632
I think it would be cool to have a counter top that tells you if you have bacteria on it (via permanent counter fixture or a scanner)
I love the refrigerator with the freezer on the bottom.
Would love a fridge that would alert you when the dairy products are close to expiration date.
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looking forward to the $1,000 Visa gift card…thanks!
My idea for the future for my home would be a dishwasher that you don’t have to wash the dishes before putting them in & heated floors in every room.
https://twitter.com/CBonnieC/status/424524784559337473
For my home I would love stainless steel everything! I love the sleek look of it!
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I would like to have an oven that has a door that is a flat screen TV.
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I would love a self cleaning fridge I hate having to clean up spills and messes all the time.with my kids it never stays clean 🙁
https://twitter.com/klp1965/status/424540169123811328
If I owned my own home, I would love to have heated floors in my bathroom and a small electric fireplace in every bedroom, a large kitchen with two ovens and built in freezer in the cabinets
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https://twitter.com/ChelleB36/status/424587651279106050
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I would love a stove that has 3 ovens ( I bake big time around the holidays.)
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I would love a self cleaning home.
https://twitter.com/thomasmurphy40/status/424609020196831233
I think a refridgerator that has water, ice, changeable compartments is in the future for our home.
Michelle Tucker
michelletucker at baconnation dot net
tweeted: https://twitter.com/iiiyadirf/status/424617713311301632
Michelle Tucker
michelletucker at baconnation dot net
A fridge that sings hope it is rock and roll
My future home would have a a TV that can talk..or be like Siri!
I’d love to have more energy efficient appliances.
Now that my kids are grown I’d like something small and manageable.
I would love a refrigerator that tracked expiration dates.
I love the Black Ice (?) french four dour refrigerator. I think they are so elegant and classy; actually the entire line is! *that is on my wish list*
https://twitter.com/Wik_d13/status/424666398074216448
I’d love to remodel my kitchen with energy saving appliances and better organization. I’d love to have a freezer and refrigerator that would scan items that and added and removed so I would have a constant accurate inventory.
Tweet – https://twitter.com/willitara/status/424688212880019456
I would like modern, energy efficient appliances
In the future, we would like all energy efficient appliances. I would love a oven that works similar to a crockpot. Meals ready when we get home.
I’d like a larger laundry room and new washer and dryer.
In a perfect world, I would have a dishwasher. Thank you
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