This past Wednesday⏤more than 11 months after we initially ordered it  from BASCO⏤we finally got our new induction range. I meant to blog ab...

BASCO finally brought us a loaner range today after I had a good rant at them last week. Yeah, Thanksgiving sucked with no oven. This is on ...

Our Ilve Range finally arrived in Portland, and it's the wrong f-ing color! It is gray , not green. I am not kidding. It is the worst p...

Do you guys remember this drama from last May? Our BlueStar range started on fire and we called out the fire department to put it out. (Jeff...

Yesterday evening, we had a bit of excitement. Jeff put on a pot to boil for dinner and the range started on fire. He didn't notice imme...

Our decorated tree from last year We hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas, or whatever holiday you celebrate. Jeff and I pulled out a...

Looking at this thing, it's actually surprising it held on so long because it was attached with staples!! And the door handle was just s...

Except for one vent cover in the toe kick and swapping out a couple of chrome hinges, the kitchen is done!! Well, OK, we still have to make ...

For those who are interested, we are sharing information about where we obtained the materials used in our kitchen remodel. Much of this inf...

We're getting there! We believe it's time to oil our counters. We're looking forward to the appliance panels being installed.

Tomorrow, they get installed. We couldn't resist opening the range to check out the color. That green we chose we're hoping will mat...

We're getting down to the wire and we're having to make our final selections for our remodel. Jeff is pretty insistent about wanting...

We got the latest kitchen design from Craftsman Design and Renovation last week. Most of the hardware and small details have been fixed in ...