Dax, prepare your understocks slowly. Two weeks ago I planted the first 52 selections from 2009 into a secret depo-garden. The leyland cypress made me crazy with her bright gold colour, but please, here you saw only the mother plant, not the goldie sport from her. I see, you like towers... I think I like them too, so rare to find giants of their species. Zsolt

I sort of doubt you could fit a full-size dryer, but you could check specs. My Asko T712 can vent to rear, right or left side. Bosch dryers vent to center or left, at least the one we looked at. So yes, you can put it almost against the wall if the vent is suitable. The washer goes almost against the wall, but you need an inch or two for the hoses. You need to carefully check the specs and installation instructions for any that you are considering.

Thank you for your comments. Just to clarify, I would be bringing the cabinets out three inches which would give me a counter depth of 28.5 inches with counter top added. Angie: The stove will work well with the added depth. My concern is with the plumbing since it is already in and comes up through the floor. My husband thinks that the plumbing would be for naught and would have to be re done from the basement up if we move the cabinets forward. Naturally, he does not want to do that due to cost. My concern is with an apron sink, would the pipes be too far back from the sink if I leave them where they are or is there some other solution other than tearing the pipes out and drilling new holes through the floor? Madeline 616: I do not have a separate alcove for my stove. The stove wall is part of the U shape cabinet layout. That is why I felt I needed to pull out all three sides of the U in order to maintain symmetry. Your kitchen is beautiful and the alcove with your stove looks very nice! Thank you for the pictures. Socialsister: I am going to get a price from our Amish guy to see how much more 27" deep cabinets would run. If too much, I can live with the 24" deep cabinets pulled forward. Are there any other issues I need to consider? For those of you who actually went with deeper cabinets, did you find the cost that much more? I do have one end of the U exposed to the family room so might have to make that end cabinet a full 27" deep.

That's not a professional range. That's a prostyle consumer range. That might sound like nitpicking, but it's an important distinction. Rarely, but every so often, we hear of people installing actually commercial ranges in their residential kitchens. These ranges have subtly different dimensions, have specific requirements for insulation and fire suppression, and make proper venting more difficult. So, when you ask about dimensions, that's what springs to mind. Turns out, you are talking about a regular residential stove that has been styled to look like a commercial model. Much easier. It is intended to be installed in a normal kitchen. There wouldn't be any issue with the depth of your cabinets. The standard cabinet depth is 24", and then there usually is about a 1" overhang for the counters. That leaves you with 3" for the handle and for the oven door (which must be forward of adjacent cabinets to avoid scorching). All of that is reasonable. Of course, your much bigger problem is that 38" is already really tight. No matter how you look at it, that's never going to be ideal. If you had the space for wall ovens, that might be a better option. You could then convert from a range to a gas rangetop or maybe even an induction cooktop. That's likely going to be a little more space efficient (still not ideal, but every little bit helps). Also, the range that you looked at isn't going to work in this configuration. If I read this correctly, you must install a 12" tall backguard when pushing it all the way against the wall. Factor that into your cost and into your design decisions. If you don't have the backguard, you will damage your backsplash and potentially cause a fire. The configuration that is shown on the website is intended for installation in an island, where there is no backsplash behind the range. Finally, I personally wouldn't go with dual-fuel, nor would I spend this much money on a Chinese range. I'd much prefer buying a Bluestar range with open burner. It's a very uncompromising design that is optimized for great performance. But that's a discussion for a different day.