Thanks everyone! I'm right handed & yes that's the one broken, I did this almost two months ago and was put in a brace & did a month of PT. When the hand started to freeze a specialist was called in and Tues an MRI was done. As David stated with swelling sometimes a broken bone isn't seen on an xray. I've had two months to become left handed and typing one handed is really tiring. Needless to say this, they say maybe a 2-3 months in a cast and they hope this will slow me down. Funny how we humans find ways to get around an injury? I know the next question, did you put up the brug house one handed? Yes! With very little help and the guys here are feeling a little guilty! David, I thank you for explaining your trip I can related and dearest karyn's emails have really been a great help. Today's mission is to find a bag so I can shower and a material so I can make a cover for the cast so it will stay clean while outside, I have work to do and my list is long!

Hi Christit Welcome to the Florida forum! I am glad to know how successful you become in your gardening adventures, we all learn something new every day here. It is a great place to be with all the gardeners. Long time ago I lived in Oregon for about a year and have very good memories picking wild berries.:) Silvia

I have a 36 inch hood over a 36 inch range and haven't ever had a problem. I think it depends on the way you cook, in part. For example, we grill on the barbecue outside and we don't do "blackened" anything. But we do stir fry. I don't agree that the hood MUST be wider than the cooktop. It's nice if you can do it, but not an absolute requirement. The height of the hood above the countertop is a function of each individual vent. If you already have the vent hood, look at the specs. If you lost them, look at the specs on line. I put mine 34" above; my husband is 5'11" and he is happy with the height. I think you'd be fine with 32" or 33" if the tallest member of your family is 5'8". I think our local code has a maximum of 36", but your particular ventilation hood may say no more than 30". Still, I would personally still take the risk of a small decrease in performance and fudge a couple of inches higher than 30". We went to kitchen design stores and measured the heights of the hoods there to see what height felt good. One thing than apparently helps the draw of the vent is if you start it up before you actually start cooking. I don't really understand your light rail issue. I guess it is because my molding on the bottom of my cabinets is flush with the cabinet edges, so it doesn't intrude into the range space. The specs to your range should specify what the clearances need to be.

I disagree with Emily_mb. In my home growing up in the '60's, we had stainless wall ovens and cooktop. Stainless has been classic for the kitchen for decades, and isn't going anywhere. She didn't specify what "first signs" she is referring to, but you can open any Architectural Digest, which typically shows $100K kitchens, and find stainless appliances. You will also see panelled appliances there, but panelling appliances is more costly. You have not mentioned a budget, which it would be helpful to this thread if you did. Anyway, things that go "out" quickly, usually have also come "in" quickly, such as avocado green appliances, which burst on the scene in the '70's, and then were gone just as quickly. Having said that, I myself have white cabinets and a mix of stainless and white appliances in my kitchen. The combination is a little more "homey" than all stainless would be. I also have my dishwasher panelled, because that appliance is the most prone to water drips down the front.