I have that model, and have been very pleased with it. Cleans well, quiet, very flexible loading options, and looks great with the hidden controls. Even though it does not have a stainless interior, it drys well without having to use the heated option. I looked at several models from Bosch and KA, but kept coming back to the Whirlpool due to the number of features for the price. Hoping it will continue to be problem-free for years to come!

Thanks! I will save that photo. Do you think varnished wood or some type of powdercoated metal or even stainless steel? I'm thinking that we don't want it to "pop" too much, since the whole point of removing the deck was to de-emphasize those doors and draw attention to the actual front entryway on the perpendicular wall there..... Speaking of which, you'll get this vision, I think: do you think it's nuts to do some sort of modern treatment of the entryway "alcove" when the rest of the exterior is pretty traditional? I mean, we've removed the hideous fake colonial shutters, and the bottom grids from the windows, but we're keeping the upper grids and doing those shingles and the painted "brick". I'm playing with the idea of cladding that little recess where the entry door is in natural fir or cedar. Varnished... Ideally I'd like a full panel, marine plywood, but I can't figure out how to finish that properly at the outside corners. So, maybe horizontally-installed clear planks? .... With clean, modern-font stainless house letters....? The side entrance (to the left in the sketch, next to the garage door) that we use all the time will have a varnished fir craftsman-style door with square sticking. So it might be nice to carry that varnished-wood thing around to the front entry...??? The actual front door will hopefully be the one there now, a full-height divided light model, if I can strip and refinish it. The idea would be to emphasize that entryway, and also, just look cool :) Is that just too weird??? I really like mixing modern and traditional elements inside, but I'm not sure it is such a good idea on the exterior. Then again, this little house is a funny mixture anyway. It was built in 1956 and has some real 50's elements like a full brick hearth wall and no crown moldings... but also some more traditional elements as well. So maybe the blend of modern/traditional works? What do you think?

Looking to stain our A-frame cedar cabin Mustard with navy and cedar accents. I am having hard time finding mustard colour that I really like. Any recommendations? I most often use Ben Moore. Please avoid a brown/mustard If you know any great exterior colour combos let me know. We are avoiding whites and creams as we live in the pacific northwest and maintenance would be difficult.

Thanks for the above suggestions. We have discussed raising the front windows/ceiling height, we're waiting on bids to come back to see where we are budget wise, but we're pretty confident that we're doing 10' ceilings which will allow for this. The single overhead door is taller for access for a boat/pontoon so unfortunately I can't reduce the height of that one, however it's possible if we raise the ceiling height that we could just increase the height of the double door which I feel would make it a little more aesthetically pleasing. Steve O - I appreciate the feedback and have been bouncing your ideas with the husband. Gable to hipped, I need to go research this as I'm not even sure what they mean. We did ask him to change the roof line of the garage as we didn't care for it, maybe that was a mistake? he had it extending straight accross the garage, it made the garage look massive and really overpowered the house. Amber - We did try to make the kitchen in the front of the house work, unfortunatley the husband will be working out of the pantry (we're extending the pantry another 3 ft to the porch so his "office" will be 6x10) and he will more than likely be working out of it for several years. He works primarily from home so a window is a must. While walking past the stove isn't necessarily ideal, we've been to several parde of homes where they do this (though typically it's to get to the master) and we haven't minded it. Unfortunatley with trying to stay within our square footage (around 2000) this was the best we could come up with and still be able to have our wants (additional family room in the back)