I read negative reviews too about Thermador. I went with Bosch which is the same but has different light colors (Thermador lights are blue on many appliances). I'm pleased with a Bosch wall oven and dishwasher and the price was not bad. There are showrooms throughout the country you can test all the appliances and go to seminars that cook with the Thermador appliances and show you how they fill the dishwashers, etc. One is Murray-Purcell or maybe it's Purcell-Murray near San Francisco and I think there are similar places around the country. A friend went with all Thermador about 4 years ago and is pleased.

I like the baroque crest. I read about your struggles with all the things picked out already in your kitchen and I have to tell you from what I see in the pictures, it looks lovely and alot can be done with it after you are all moved back in to put your stamp on it. Good Luck.

"Vernon probably won't think I am a squirrel...he will probably think he is a human. :)" You got that right Marilyn. LOL When I watch them reason and try to get into our bird feeders, I'm not so sure they aren't human. :) He's sure looking like a darling little squirrel these days. All thanks to you of course. You are going above and beyond Marilyn and it's so refreshing to know there are folks like you out there. (((((Marilyn)))))

In my PNW garden, Lady Mitchell did well. She grows upright but isn't very tall. Harkness roses are seldomr tall. The flowers are very double and fragrant and the colour is a deep red with a mauve casting. Got a little BS at the end of the summer.