Reply #8: Yep. We have a jazzy 'new' stove, only a few years old, because the last one crapped out

[MADem]

after thirty years. We have a 'new' fridge, too, for the same reason, only a few years old, too, VERY jazzy, out in the back hall, super efficient with the french doors and the freezer in the bottom!!! But the kitchen? The floor is 'new,' only twenty years old (heh heh)--we got that because the last one was just trashed-- and the counters are the original, occasionally chipped and repaired, tile counters that were installed in the ....mid 1920s!!!!!

See, we like the original metal cabinets, and everyone tells us it's 'too hard' to redo the crappy counters and beat-to-shit sink without getting rid of our great metal cabinets with gigantic veggie bins that keep stuff nicely cool in the winter...we're not changing those out, even if they aren't fancy! Someday I will find someone who feels confident they can do the job, until then, we will stick with what we've got!

Use it up , wear it out, make it do...or do without!

The 'House Porn' expression is funny as hell!