I removed my electric oven and gas cooktop, cut the cabinets and tile to accomodate a new gas free standing range, and reworked the cabinet space by adding some side panels and some shelves. Fortunately for me, this required minimal skills and tools I already own. If you're thinking about changing out your old cooking appliances for a nice new range like I did, let me assure you that it's not very difficult. If I can do this anyone can. We'd love a new dream kitchen, but we're still trying to figure out how to pay for it. One day the oven started making noise like a jackhammer every time it was turned on, so we had to do something right away. This is only supposed to be temporary so I was trying to get off cheap. The new gas range only cost $1K (Best Buy, Labor Day) with free delivery and I spent less than $100 on the rest. Hey! Now we can put off that expensive kitchen remodel for a while longer, I hope. This is what I started with. Electric double oven...
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