I'm 2/3 set....well, sort of. I'm still working on the hand made item, but I found the cookbook yesterday. Like many of you, I had to get 2 of them, one for myself and one for my partner. I'm still puzzling over the local item. I've found a nice locally produce item, but I'm not sure about shipping it. I'm going to do some more research. I've thought of other things, but Texas is a big state, and I'm not sure if the other side of Texas counts as local. Unfortunately, where I live the primary locally produced products are McMansions. I know I can spend as much as I want, but I'm NOT spending THAT much! LOL. Besides, that would definately be hard to ship! Sally

I believe it was KSWL that mentioned MM LaFleur in one of our fashion discussions and I'm curious if she or anyone else has recommedations from this brand? I like the look very much and would love to hear about anyone's experience with any of the pieces.

Thanks @Kim G! I am disappointed, because I am running into a lot of glitches with my Miele order. I had ordered the CSO, along with the M series double ovens. I am not sure of the status of the CSO, but I was just informed that my double oven order was not processed on time, and Miele has now changed the look and the price of the ovens. They are $800 more and apparently look different. I’m not sure if the processing was a mistake on the end of the appliance store or Miele, But I placed my order two months ago, so not sure why I am affected by the product line change that I believe just happened very recently. Fingers crossed that the CSO will still be processed.

@thekeller4—Thanks! I am in my city apartment for a few days so can’t take a photo now. So next to the stack is actually a cabinet that holds breakfast items, fruit and dried nuts and behind them, some overflow items like giant bags of rice and Costco cereal boxes. It is the depth of the ovens and only 12” or so wide so not the most useful cabinet but it seemed silly to waste the space. I could have done a pullout there but I have a separate walk-in pantry so I didn’t feel like spending yet more money for a pullout. Baking sheets are in a tray cabinet near the cooktop and baking dishes are in a drawer in the perimeters. Above the stack is a vertically-divided platter cabinet. Below the stack is a drawer that holds all the accessories for the CSO. That is an important drawer. The universal tray that comes with the CSO is awesome. I use it in place of baking sheets quite frequently because it cleans up like a dream. By the way, I also put a drawer below the speed oven in the island for the same reason. @wdccruise—that is the model of induction range that I had. I liked it a lot but wanted to go 36” and have a cooktop with wall ovens in the remodel. I did find the fan to be quite noisy and the steam when opening the oven door was irritating. I think the 6281 bakes beautifully. If it were my only oven, I might have opted for a more full-featured unit, but for 3K it is a really great oven. I know that you are a CR devotee, but I am not. I am a Blue Star (have in my city kitchen), Sub Zero and Miele fan. None have ever disappointed me.