I've had an induction cooktop for about 7 years now, and they are incredibly safe to use. But not fool proof. And, in my opinion, not for a 94 year old who's been cooking with gas their entire life. Using induction requires some technological savvy, and it's been my experience that most elderly people over 90 do not adapt well to new technological devices. Your mother might be the exception, however. An induction stove might be perfect if your mother was not doing ANY cooking herself, and a caretaker was doing the meal preparation. Simply never show your mom how it works, and she wouldn't be able to figure it out and create any stove-related problems. Or install an electric switch that could turn on or turn off the "juice" to the stove. Once meal time is over, turn the entire unit off at the power source. No problems. That's the scenario we envisioned when we were contemplating building a "granny flat" on our property for my 92 year old mother. However, if your mom is used to cooking with gas and insists on doing her own cooking, then you might have better luck getting a newer, safer gas appliance. A 70s era stove could be repaired, but there's no guarantee it wouldn't continue to have problems. You might have better luck asking your question at Garden Web's Appliance Forum. The link is below. The forum is full of people dealing with all sorts of kitchen appliances. Just explain your situation and state right up front that your mom prefers gas. Also, it definitely is possible to burn yourself and burn food on an induction cooktop. The area around the "burner" stays relatively cool to the touch. But once you remove a hot pan, the residual heat on the "burner" remains. That's why all induction units have a "HOT" warning light that stays on until the "burner" is actually cooled down. If you walk away while something is cooking on a high setting, it will burn just as quickly as on a gas or regular electric stove. If you turn on a "burner" without a pan, it will automatically shut off. But if you've cooked something and forget to remove a pan, it will still keep on cooking just like with gas or regular electric stoves. However, many induction units come with timers that actually shut off the "burner" after the time is reached. But that's an option not every induction unit has. All that to say, induction is great, and I would never want to go back to gas or regular electric. But it has its limitations too. And it definitely takes some getting used to. That's why I don't think most most elderly people could adapt easily to its use. Good luck with this problem. Here is a link that might be useful: Garden Web's Appliance Forum

When our flooring and granite person showed up his first ? to my DH was Carlos here? (He did our template) and I guess he is like the foreman or just that the person who did the template should also have been on the job. My DH told him that he wasn't and basically it was a crew with one guy who seemed to know all the answers but just kept telling us that this is the way it is and a lot of marble cracks and they just glue it together. Our flooring guy just kept commenting that Carlos should have been there and these mistakes would not have happened. Now I hope the fabrication company doesn't give him a hard time, but I guess that is not our problem because we bought from his company and that is who we deal with. I hate to mention names so I won't but this granite company is in Peabody, Ma. So all in all this is great that he is agreeing with us, but what happens to my two sinks? Will they be destroyed when the take the granite and marble off? And this is messing up our move in day. I have 14 people coming for Thanksgiving and our move in date has changed 3 times because of sub contractors and fixtures and products not being in stock and getting backorder notices when I ordered weeks or months in advance. This is not our first build it is actually our 8th, but this house has been the worst for delays. I just sometimes feel the things just aren't what they use to be. We have had some fantastic subs and some bottom of the barrel.

There are lots of options and lots of questions. It would be helpful to see pictures of the full kitchen and the ceiling. - Are you looking to install recessed lighting throughout the entire kitchen? - Do you have access to the attic above the kitchen? I'm guessing that your house was constructed with trusses. What you are calling a beam is really the bottom of a truss. Drywalling over that opening is not that big a project. It would require some electrical work because it's against code to make a junction box inaccessible. But it's not as daunting as it may sound. Here are some types of trusses. Here are what trusses look like when installed There are three primary options for LED recessed lighting. 1. Wafer thin disk lights like these: 2. LED lights that mount to a J-Box (the j stands for junction) like these: Here's what one might look like from below: 3. The traditional standard can with an LED trim kit: Any of these could work. Depending upon how handy you are, it can be a rather straightforward project - especially with roof trusses.

it's not horrible. but I agree, the rough edge should have been done better to blend w/the other piece. I also think they could have done a better job matching up the pieces. 100% they should have informed you where they were going to cut and how the ends would look against one another. Most reputable fabricators will show the client and have them sign off before they cut, just for this reason. you have a lot going in there from what I can see. a very busy backsplash, red/brown cabinets and a blue/gray wall color? and bright white outlets. you can buy colored outlets/plates that would blend in w/the tile. or get the wood one and paint it yourself to match the tile color. when shown against everything else you have happening in that space, the seaming really isn't that noticeable.