The Home Suite Journal
Beautiful is a start. Fit is the decision.
A useful buying guide for the details behind the look: cooking connections, exact measurements, delivery access, and a kitchen that comes together.
- Gas, electric, induction, or dual fuel?Begin with the connections in your home and the way you like to cook.
- The measurements worth gatheringRecord the width, height, and depth of the opening, nearby cabinetry, doors, and utility locations.
- Build a package around your prioritiesList the appliances you need for cooking, refrigeration, ventilation, and cleaning.
From the Journal
Guides for the details behind the look
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Appliance delivery access checklist
Your appliance has to make it through every door on the way in, in its crate or out of it. Measure the route, know...
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What belongs in a 4-piece appliance package
Cooking, ventilation, refrigeration and cleaning: what a 4-piece package covers, and how to check that each piece fits its own opening before you order.
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Matching a hood to your range
Width, mounting height, airflow and ducting decide whether a hood works over your range. When the range and hood manuals give different heights, follow...
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How to measure for a refrigerator
A “36-inch” refrigerator can need a space about 40 inches wide. Measure the opening at its narrowest, add the clearances in the manual, then...
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Gas vs dual fuel: what to check in your home
An all-gas and a dual-fuel range can look identical from the front. What differs is the oven and the supply behind it, so start...
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30 vs 36-inch range: what changes beyond width
Six inches changes more than the cooktop: the oven, the opening you need, the hood above and the supply behind it. Here is what...
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