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The plastic knobs can melt, yes -- but if you really want to be frugal, you can just remove the knob when making no-knead bread.

Alternately, just go to your local hardware store and get a metal cabinet knob.

Probably picking nits, but the proper name of the key on a Mac is "option," not "alt" (even though it has both labels).

There are plenty of better places to buy them, but if you're stuck buying (common) spices at the supermarket, check out the latin foods aisle. Often you'll find the same spice for half the price.

Sadly there are a lot of pianos that would cost far more to repair than they are worth -- the NYT ran a piece recently about the increasingly common practice of junking pianos. Many of them are 75+ years old and require serious repairs; meanwhile, demand is down, and inexpensive pianos from Asia are available for less than what repairs on older pianos run.

I still hate to see them go, though.

For anyone who's ever feared a move to the suburbs because they couldn't part with their harpsichord -- here's their answer!

The thing that bugs me most here is the asymmetry. Probably hard to fix the stove placement, but at least it's an asymmetrical unit. I'd think about doing a custom hood to completely fill the width of the alcove -- possibly with open shelving above. You can get hood inserts that could be built into custom woodwork pretty easily and affordably.

Instead of a small sink, why not a large one that can be partially covered to create additional counter space?

Kohler has some unique sinks right now that are stairstepped -- a deep bowl on one side, and a shallow draining area on the other. The latter leaves more room for storage underneath, and can be covered by a fitted cutting board when not in use:
Kohler Stages sink @ Dwell

"Crept," not "creeped." Sigh.

It's not exactly an elegant solution, but GE makes an undersink dishwasher that could be about the only option in some kitchens:

http://products.geappliances.com/ApplProducts/html/GEAResults.htm#Category=Dishwashers&Filters=STYLE!Under-the-Sink

It has a reduced upper rack to allow for the sink.

I strongly recommend that AT change the photograph on this post. What the child pictured is doing is, in most cases, NOT safe, and could cause serious injury.