The link worked for me, thanks!
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Weâre having our entire very large deck rebuilt. We had it made 12 years ago from pressure-treated wood, and over time too many things on the deck needed maintenance. This time weâre using the synthetic wood. It looks great and has a 25-year warranty. That should do it for us!
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Great choice! Enjoying our rebuilt deck as we speak! The wooden one built by the previous owners lasted about 12 years. This one should outlive all of us! 
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I pretty much agree with what these interior designers said:
Interesting article - wonder how many people they surveyed.
What did you disagree with specifically in the article?
Corner sinks can work in certain layouts very well - when there are large windows meeting in that corner, but that is rare. I personally donât like to face a wall while cooking or prepping, so using a corner sink without windows would feel like Iâm a kid being punished by having a timeout in a corner.
Also, some high quality laminate is great. But it is not inexpensive. LVP - I wouldnât use it anywhere but sunrooms or bathrooms. It nicks and scratches very quickly.
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Agree that a corner sink with windows meeting in the corner is a cool look.
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Had a huge corner sink with two huge corner windows above it in our last house. Loved it and loved the feel of standing in the âwedge.â I wouldnât renovate to install that feature but definitely wouldnât pass on a house because of it or rip it out if it was done right.
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We built our home 22 years ago; in the last few years almost every kitchen appliance has conked out. The latest appliance is a 30 inch wall oven. The one thatâs no longer operational is a Wolf. I already replaced a double Wolf gas range/oven with a Miele induction range/oven. The Miele has a convention and a steam feature, so I donât really need that in the wall oven.
Any suggestions for replacements?
I would buy another Miele for a complete look. And function, too. We have a Miele steam oven and a regular one underneath it, but they are 8 years old, so not sure if the models we have are current.
Doing a happy dance! Mr. B installed the induction cooktop we bought a few months ago. I will miss my blue flames but not the cleaning! Here is a pic of the test water boil:
And it turns out that all of my pots and pans are induction friendly! 
I was afraid that the humming noise heard in YouTube videos demoing induction would drive me nuts, but this cooktop isnât that bad. Almost silent, and no high pitched sounds. The model is KM 7740 FR - for those who might be considering one. It fit perfectly into the opening of the old gas cooktop.
Before:
After:
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Impressive!
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Thanks!
Between our houses and kidsâ places, Mr. has installed 5 dishwashers, 2 steam ovens, 2 regular ovens, 2 gas cooktops, one downdraft vent, one above cooktop hood, 3 warming drawers, 1 built in microwave, and now he can add this induction cooktop to the list of his appliance achievements! Some of these were replacements, some were new installs. I asked him what the most challenging one was, and he said that the new downdraft vent motor was a PITA to fit into the existing space in a very tight crawlspace.
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I tell you whatâs funâbeing awakened at 3 AM by a malfunctioning smoke alarm!! Wandering around the house in a half-awake fog determining which detector is faulty, rummaging through drawers trying to find the manual so we know how to silence this device from hell!!
Try to find one matching detectorâno, they change them such that I had to spend the afternoon replacing all 5 of them.
BUTâthey are now silent and apparently functioning properly. Hoping an uninterrupted nightâs sleep is in order.
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I feel your pain! They always fail around 3 am in my experience. Dragging a ladder out of the detached garage to deal with the one that is attached to a vaulted ceiling good 15 feet up is NOT FUN!
I hate âsmartâ smoke alarms. Gimme old fashioned ones that use 12v batteries and emit deafening noise if smoke is coming. No talking, no WiFi connectivity. No gimmicks!
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Apparently, my new cooktop can be connected to wifi to communicate with the hood which can also be connected to wifi. Good lord. No thanks. The floor mop is not being connected either!
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Ours arenât that smart, but are hardwired in, so changing them out involves cutting power and playimg with wires, and since theyâre interconnected, one going off means all five going off.
Then again small annoyance vs. dying in a fire I supposeâŠ
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I found this to be an interesting read. Dishwashers have about a 10â12-year lifespan, and we have found this true. We are on our 3rd dishwasher, but our first one had a pump that went out which we found they left a loop on the water hose (when counters got fixed - early on once we were in the house, long story) and that is what caused the failure/overworking the pump IMHO â but the various hoses, we couldnât risk something else w/o replacing. Now that we are empty nesters and as seniors who do not cook as much, we also do not run our dishwasher as much either.
Our kitchen sink faucet is the only faucet we have needed to replace, and we are on the 3rd one (house built in 1992). The rest of the houseâs faucets have held up well - Delta faucets. This kitchen sink is a cream-color 3 bowl Kohler sink, and we were able to purchase one at Home Depot in cream-color. We looked on-line, as few choices in cream-color, but this one was in stock and available at our local store.
Our double oven was replace once - the electronic control went out on oven temperature - upper oven was electronic control and bottom oven was dialing control. Replacement oven (which DH put in) has electronic control for both. I remember if he finally got the schematic for the initial oven control but due to some customize parts, could not get the oven temperature properly regulated - it frustrated him, as he is ECE who was in test engineering for many years with contract electronics manufacturing. He got over the new oven purchase, plus upper oven is also convection oven now and we pretty much use that setting.
I would not like the upper open shelving (which they show in the picture) - I would feel I would need to have everything regularly cleaned including the shelf area - or rinse off things before using due to having a little dust settle. I like our lower pull-out drawer features which is on most of our lower cabinets (ours are all custom). We have some pull-out drawers in our custom master bath vanity.
I think some great things to think about!
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Our kitchen corner sink is actually at an angle, with windows on both sides - which can open (on each wall) and the big fixed double window over the sink. I agree about not wanting to look at a wall at the sink.
In our small apartment (when first married 1978-time frame) the kitchen sink was facing the living area (so part of the counter than had a bar area) and the cook top was facing the wall. We had adequate cabinets considering it was just 2 people, and the apartment was small by todayâs standards (565 sq ft) - but also not at todayâs prices either. But with planning a kitchen space, you have to work with the house footprint.