My kitchen stove is electric with a microwave on top. It's all one unit. I think it was new about 35 or 40 years ago. I had an Oster blender that I purchased when my daughter was about 10. I think I got a new one when she was close to 40.

I think it depends if you ask me (keep it til it dies) or my DH (it's ugly, replace!). I convinced him to keep my kitchenaid mixer from 1975 which still works and looks like new. He trashed my old cuisinart and I wish he hadn't. The new ones just aren't the same in quality. Mostly, I care for my appliances well and they return the favor.

I usually don't replace unless it's broken. Now I might supplement, finances permitting. I have the Artisan and she works like a draft horse. When I made my first cake with the new mixer, I didn't realize how much more power it has than a regular handmixer. Ended up exploding my cake all over the oven. Apparently I had beaten way too much air into it. lol

My DD has the low end commercial mixer that is 1200 watts! I think it will mix cement. LOL. It's a Sage and it's not pricey at all for what you get. $179. It's on the larger size for a stand mixer and a very sleek design. She can do triple batches of cookie dough at a time. She freezes the dough in logs. Homemade cookies that save the grocery budget and time when it's her turn to provide snacks for one of DGD's events or activities.

WOW, I can't even imagine replacing something unless it was un fixable. Heck I lived from a cooler for three weeks waiting on a new fridge a few years ago. (Country girl can survive ) lol

PS, I didn't have a mixer till a few years ago unless you count my arms and muscles lol. And I do bake, bread and all :) Funny thing is I still seem to do it all by hand and seldom even get the mixer out. My son was laughing at the toaster the other day because it has "paneling" I got to thinking it is 31 years old lol

I guess it is all personal choice. Just happy for you that you can afford to stay up to date with your appliances.

nycquilter, our DHs must have been twins separated at birth. I miss my O'Keefe and Merritt gas stove so much after my DH insisted I replace it when it needed a new thermostat and calrod. I hate, hate, hate the replacement. He replaced my washing machine I'd had since 1972 because it needed a bushing that made the agitator go around. My replacement rusted within 6 months. My old one didn't have a single spot of rust. I put my foot down at replacing my dryer...it only needed a new heating element.
And you guessed it......I keep something until it dies but then, I am part Scot.

As much as I love getting a new appliance, I never replace anything until it's broken. If something's obviously on its last legs and finances allow, it might get replaced before it fails completely.

I usually wait until my appliances are on their "last leg" before replacing them. I was a child of the depression era so that sticks with you. On the other hand I was never conservative when buying fabric!!

honey my husband still has the avacado green mixer and a milk shaker maker too!!