GE Artistry Appliances

This Time of Year

 My thoughts turn to cooking, as in baking in the oven cooking.

The rest of the year...I cook mostly on the stove top or in the mickey-wave

(as my Dad called it) Gee I haven't thought of that in years. But he always called it that.

My sweet funny Dad....anyway...

I start thinking about what I might bake for Thanksgiving.

And it's then I realize that the thermostat is still broke on my wall oven and 

I can't reliably bake anything in it.

Which gets me thinking that I must get it repaired...but I'd rather spend money on a new

range than fix the wall oven.

But that means an over haul of the kitchen which I am not against. 

I just don't have the funds to do this.

I want a vintage stove something like the one above.

But the fact that it would be hard to clean keeps me from it and that it would need repairs 

if I bought a used one also stops me.

So then I start thinking of new stoves like the one above. 

Glorious, isn't it? But way out of my price range.

But I still think I like the look of vintage best.

I thought a nice compromise would be this vintage inspired choice from Big Chill.

But at around $4,000...still highly unlikely.

I recently learned about the GE Artistry line of appliances.

I made a trip to an appliance store to check it out.

At around $600 it's a totally doable solution.

In person it's very attractive. Just a basic stove - with a slight vintage feel.

 It reminds me a little of this vintage beauty.

See it's perfect for cooking Thanksgiving dinner.

Although I'd never cook a bird in it....just side dishes.

A simple clock is the only adornment.

nice big knobs

Attractive matching dishwasher too!

The fridge has a distinct vintage feel...yet it would work in a modern kitchen too.

See how great it looks in a kitchen?

 This is GE's display of it in a kitchen.

Imagine this room with white subway tile. The tile in this kitchen is very distracting.

But I like that polka dotted dog!

 I hate black appliances but it looks pretty fantastic in black!

Really...it looks better in black than in white.

But still...I'll never do black.

The day I went to see the GE Artistry in person I also saw this Electrolux Icon.

It's cost was about $2,500. I like the look of this range too but it doesn't look very vintage.

But I do like it.

 Here is a comparison of the Big Chill and the GE Artistry.

Yes, I like the look of the Big Chill better but do I like it $3,500 better?

Now...it will still be awhile before I do something.

But if I went with the GE...it might actually happen this year.

If I go with something else I better just get the thermostat fixed on my wall oven.

At any rate the GE Artistry appliances are a wonderful option for anyone doing a kitchen remodel

on a small budget.

I'm sure I'll keep going back on forth on this for at least another year.

And then next year when Thanksgiving comes around again...I'll say...

shall I wait to get a new stove or get the thermostat fixed?

Really...I should just get the thermostat fixed now...shouldn't I?

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Mod Mix Monday #174

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Don't those blue vases just bring all that fall orange to life?

It's really a fresh spin on Fall decor.

 Just look at this fall-tastic entry at Silver Pennies. I love that settee all done up for fall.

Lots of super cute Halloween cookies from Priscilla's. These are really inspiring. 

Pin them for next year!

 Redo It Yourself Inspirations took an old bad 1970's coffee table and added 

distressed pallet wood and painted it turquoise. Now it's amazing!

 Another beautiful piece from Darrielle of DD's Cottage and Design!

Mary of Orphans with Make Up redid a little cabinet in chalk paint 

and it's soooo pretty now!  

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Remember anything old made over to be new...anything new changed up to look old.

New and old together...

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It is Fall After All

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I can't tell you how many times I found an old dilapidated white wicker chair 

on Craigslist that I wanted to use to make a display like the one above.

What kept me from it? My house does not look good with white wicker on the porch

and even if I did it for just fall...I'd have to store that chair the rest of the year...so I have resisted.

Just like I resisted really living in a fall frame of mind.

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We were too busy have gorgeous late summer like days...and it just didn't feel like fall.

Well, it certainly feels like fall now...and soon...it will feel like winter here later next week.

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I'm just now in the mood for cozy warm browns and oranges and here it is...

and it's practically time for dragging out all the Christmas things.

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Still I'll enjoy this bit of fall before the Christmas rush begins.

I bought a pretty little mercury glass pumpkin tonight at Pier 1.

At 75% off...it was just too good a deal to pass up. 

So one last little fall decor item for the year.

Then I must concentrate on Christmas...cause you know what I did?

Last winter in a fit...I threw away my Christmas tree!

The lights were burning out and some of the limbs were hanging.

I just thought I couldn't bring myself to put that tree up one more time.

But now....I have no tree.

And I don't like any of the ones I see in the stores.

I kept thinking I had lots of time to ponder this dilemma but now realize...

I really don't!

What was I thinking?

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