Appliance shopping and overwhelmed.

Well fellers, my fiance and I will be closing on our first house on the 27th! Pretty pumped up about that.

So we have the need to buy a new fridge as well as washer and dryer.

For the Fridge I'm pretty sure we want a Stainless French door style fridge and for the clothes duty maybe something front loading?

Here's the problem, I have no idea what brand to stay away from or migrate too. What features I might want, etc.

So let's here of some of your own experiences, or possibly link me to a page with reviews and comparisons.

Thanks in advance.