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Your Detroit range is a jewel! Ranges from that era have always been a favorite of mine for their spectacular porcelain finishes.  They came in a dizzying variety of colors and designs.  They're also built like the proverbial "tank" and with just a little care like greasing the valves they seem...

Randy, you should get one!  My mother has one in her little apartment so she doesn't have to haul her laundry down the hall to use the pay machines.  People can say what they will about it being made in China but mom's has been cranking out load after load for about 8 or 9 years without a...

Well done! You did a marvelous job.  Your wash house looks so clean and tidy; a place you can really enjoy now.  Perhaps you should consider offering your services for hire to people who need help clearing and organizing the junk-laden spaces.  You could lay up some money to pursue your washer...

Suds! Back in 1980-82 I lived in a duplex where the landlord faithfully shampooed the carpeting between tenants with her Kirby.   My poor Rainbow vacuum was never the same after the first time I used it on that carpeting.  Only one minute into vacuuming the carpeting the first time I heard the...

"The Whirly-pee" time for a prostate exam? The new wash arm design is clever but that pitifully weak spray doesn't look like it could knock a stray piece of parsley off a plate.

I haven't had that in years!  Thanks for jogging my memory.  I need to whip up a batch of that soon! 

"bashing" No offense was intended......it just appears we're all in agreement that those Whirlpools are noisy beyond necessity!

Periodic shampooing will keep your carpeting looking fresh but be aware that over time the shampoo residue will build up, despite what they say about it drying to a powder you can vacuum up.  Would you wash your hair or clothes without rinsing?  A very good routine would be to use the Electrolux...

Is this turning into a Whirlpool bashing thread? I had a "wake the dead" Whirlpool too.  Actually I had two of them.  I always had a problem with dehumidifiers icing up in the cool basement so I bought a Whirlpool which was supposed to operate in a cooler environment.  After two days of running...

Eeeewww! He looks like he's going to want to wash his hands after touching it!

I'd take that whole kitchen, including those fab cabinets!

MW, that's a blast from the past! Was Montgomery Ward still in business 20 years ago?  It seems like a lot longer than that since the big department store and distribution center was torn down here in St. Paul.  If those appliances are Harvest Gold they're more like 35-40 years old at this...

Miraculous! Congratulations, Robert!  Was it luck?  Fate?  Karma?  It doesn't matter.  It's hard to believe that lovely washer has lasted so long in such pristine condition, with not so much as a cobweb in sight.  I bet you didn't get much sleep last night and made a bee-line back to the...

The best way to get more light at the sink would be to have a fixture mounted either on the wall or under the cabinet directly over the sink.   With light coming from the ceiling only you will always be working in your shadow while standing at the counter.   I couldn't agree more with Duane's...

A few classic fixtures among my favorites    

Good grief, you had to empty the bag twice?  You must have shaggy dogs that shed a lot.  If I used one vacuum exclusively it would still take me several months to fill a bag.

After leaving water in the tub for 24 hours it appears that the small leak in the gasket between motor and tub has closed up.  The spot where it was leaking is completely dry.  Perhaps the gasket just needed more time to soften up after being dry for a long time?  I'm going to run the machine...

Mike, I sent you a message via your aol email from "fonds8"

When they say "it leaks" was it a drip or a constant stream?   Finding the source of a leak is a lot easier if you can observe the washer  in operation but you probably won't have that luxury.  You'll have to go through the machine from where the water line connects to the fill valve and follow...

Yikes, Anchor Hocking is intended for oven and microwave use only, not stovetop or broiler!  I once saw a dish like that shatter just from someone putting cold water in it when it was still hot from the oven.  I can just about imagine what a mess you had to clean up after all that beer flooded...