Ours is a format that will permit only a handful of pictures, but on their website La Castellamonte offers some fourteen different styles of hand-painted ceramic stoves in an absolute plethora of styles and sizes, including one that burns pellets for those who may prefer not burning wood.

The Arts and Crafts Revival has now gone on considerably longer than the original movement itself, and given the classical looks of those motifs-and these wonderful appliances from Elmira Stove Works-it may well continue on into eternity.

I find myself liking pretty much everything LG has done with their Model LDE3017S Double Oven Range, starting with the size of the upper oven. It’s a full six inches high, which means that it can be used for considerably more than just an occasional second oven for elaborate meals.

La Cornue has three lines of kitchen ranges, all of them made by people who have dedicated their entire lives to this venture, and it shows!