Last fall, our kitchen faucet developed a slow, nagging drip. At first, if you tightened the handles really hard, it would stop. But over ti...

It's been quite a while since the kitchen was this clean. With Jeff working again, we have a budget to hire some cleaning help because g...

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...

The kitchen is my highest priority in the Prineville house because it must be done before we move in. I am debating whether to stick with th...

Yes, it's been broken for a year and a half . It had been broken for so long, we had quite gotten used to opening it from the little met...

With our crazy weather this year, and lacking motivation, we have gotten very little finished on the house. We did manage to set up a pantry...

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...

In stark contrast to the ugly pictures outside, I have been given permission to share the photographs Alex Vertikoff took of our house back ...

I've been poking through period publications looking for bathrooms. As usual, when I see an interesting picture I will take a screenshot...

This week's installment showing excerpts from period books brings you  Interiors Beautiful by M.L. Keith, dated 1922, available from ...

I have spent literally hours trying to find period style items for my kitchen. It is surprising how difficult it is to find modern kitchen i...

I'm always interested in finding pictures of authentic early 1900s kitchen interiors because it gives you a chance to see the kind of st...