So happy for you Jean. Debra is right, when my Mom ( whose name was Jean) had her cataracts removed she said over and over how much brighter colors were, how beautiful everything looked. Your garden will be a renewed treat for sure.

Hi Spruce, Sorry for the late reply. I am still enjoying cooking on the Bluestar and would recommend the purchase of one but with the following caveat: Don't count on Bluestar to be reliable when it comes to white glove or whatever service you may have to arange directly through the company. So far, the range is great and the company stinks. My earlier posts mentioned that the 48" range for which I waited approximately 3 months showed up with the burners in the wrong configuration. I was scheduled for white glove service on July 30 (where the burner placement would be corrected) and no one showed up. After many calls to Bluestar and the dealer (dealer, with whom BS does not contract for the white glove service, has been great, btw - quick to respond and always on my side), service was rescheduled for August 6. So I stayed home from work - again - to have the service company call me at 2pm to say the truck broke and the tech wasn't coming. They offered me a service call for tomorrow (Aug 10) but wouldn't agree to make me the first service call of the day. Despite that I pleaded with them and urged they do me that favor since they failed to show up, they wouldn't agree. Calls made to Bluestar on Friday just after 2pm are still unanswered. The dealer spoke to the local BS rep who claimed to have had a conversation with me on Friday wherein he assured me I would be the first service call of the day on Aug 10. I most certainly did not have a conversation with the rep on Friday and I thoroughly explained that to the dealer. The dealer is contacting the rep again and I'm waiting to hear. To complicate my life, my household endured many months of the standard discussions, debates, arguments and finally combat over whether to purchase a Wolf or a Bluestar. I was for the Bluestar and won. And now, when she has comments on this matter, I have to take them on the chin. ;) As I said, I enjoy using the range, and am eager for BS to finish correcting its mistakes. I'm sure we'll get there someday, but I'm not holding my breath.

@ aputernut Was that a stream-of-consciousness moment ? There's like about a 100 words there, with no punctuation, no sentence capitalization, nothing . . . How are we supposed to parse something like that ? lol Btw, the way that link was made, it only goes to ehow.com . I did take a look though . . . as you probably know, ehow.com is by no means a tech site. They have people employed to dream up things to write "how-to" articles about, a lot of it being almost copy & paste. They may be correct on some points, but it's hardly a definitive or authoritative site for tech info.

So here’s what I came up with. If you get a divider bookcase you can visually separate the office area from the family room. Move your bookcases to the dining room. Consider a bookcase with file cabinets in the bottom next to the tv. For the tv cabinet consider more of a credenza style for more office storage. I was able to fit a sofa with chaise but it will have to be a short one. Then you can have the adjustable coffee table for the laptop. I’m showing the desk against the wall, but for Zoom meetings you may want to consider a folding screen. When not in use, you could keep it at the end of the divider bookcase. (You can always have your cable outlet moved btw).