Most of us are really kitchen dwellers yes? We seem to always gravitate towards the kitchen as the focal points in our cozy homes. Being Italian, the kitchen is the center of my world! LOL! I LOVE to eat & I LOVE to feed people! The coffee is always on & whether it's a visit from family or friends, we most always end up in the kitchen. Have you ever noticed that when you are entertaining that your guests most always crowd into the kitchen & seldom seem to move out unless they are enticed out & into another room? It's hyseterical. This is why my kitchen is so important & the room I most always decorate & re-decorate first. My love affair with stoves started some years ago. 10 years ago the "must have" stove on my list was a wolfe or a viking. Today it's the awesome AGA stove! Since we built our home about 24 years ago & didn't have any of the fancy schmancy appliances in the budget, I settled for double wall ovens & a jennair cooktop complete with pancake griddle & grill. This made me happy for a long time until I really started cooking & appreciating what a fabulous stove could do (not to mention look like in a pretty kitchen) We added granite, painted cabinets, replaced hardwood in the kitchen with Italian limestone & took out the white appliances & added stainless steel. However, because I didn't want to get into a major renovation of the kitchen (always thinking I would save that for my dream home near the water) I never added a viking or my true love "the aga." These ranges in a variety of colors are a thing of beauty! I have a garden customer that owns a bright red one & she doesn't know how she did without it for years. It makes her kitchen cozy & warm & she turns out some wonderful recipes! Here is a description right from the aga site~ Beneath the classic looks of every Aga is a heart of cast iron: the entire cooker is an outstandingly efficient energy store, steadily transferring the heat from its core into its ovens and hotplates. An Aga is always ready to cook instantly and there are no switches and dials because the Aga looks after itself. Thermostatic control maintains consistent temperatures while high levels of insulation within the outer casing and beneath the Hotplate covers ensure that every Aga uses fuel economically. The Aga releases a unique source of gentle, friendly warmth into your kitchen . For me, this may be the ultimate cooking machine. What type of range would you love to have in your kitchen right now? I'd love to hear! Hope your valentines day was a sweet one ~we got together with dear friends & the guys cooked up a fabulous meal for us. There were 4 men scurrying around my kitchen saturday night & the outcome was fabulous! A big thank you to our men from your grateful & very stuffed women! I swear I won't eat for a week! I'll post some photos when I get them~xo
