My Next Appliance

In an ideal world, perhaps the most efficient and certainly the most environmentally friendly method of drying laundry is to hang it on an outdoor clothes line. The vagaries of the British weather, however, mean that this is impossible to do - at least with any degree of certainty - for large parts of the year and many people thus find that a tumble dryer is a convenient alternative.

The kitchen toaster - a simple, unimaginative and functional kitchen appliance that sits quietly and unassumingly in the corner of the kitchen, right? Not if this new range of crazily-designed toasters by Yanko Design are anything to go by...

Being energy efficient is very important for two big reasons now - to save money during the recession and to help your own 'green credentials. That is why we have spent a lot of time over the past few weeks bringing you energy efficient kitchen tips and to round them up our top five can be found below...

As if it was not enough to fill your new kitchen with Smeg FAB refrigerators and freezers the Italian company has now unveiled these equally funky Smeg Fab dishwashers.

Boasting a TRIPLE A energy rating, the Smeg DI6FAB dishwasher has easy glide stainless steel baskets which can be simply adjusted to accommodate larger loads, in addition to self balancing door hinges to control loading and unloading of the appliance.