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I found the perfect stainless steel range hood for our kitchen reno

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I am so happy that our house guests are gone! Now I can get back to blogging on a regular basis again. Can you believe I’ve had up to nine house guests in my home over the last week!

My 19 year old niece brought a college girlfriend with her and I ended up going shopping with them twice. I forgot how much teenage girls like to shop!

While they were trying on clothes, shoes, cosmetics and buying bathing suits that they didn’t even use at the beach, I wandered around and I found a really nice store that sold home appliances and I spent some time in their modern kitchen showroom.

You might remember that I’ve said one of the rooms we hope to renovate soon is our kitchen. I’m always interested in getting ideas or finding items that I want to purchase for our kitchen.

Well I must say that I was successful in finding something for my kitchen that we actually need right now. It’s a range hood. The one that we have over our stove came with the house and it died last year!

Since I’ll be changing the whole layout of the kitchen when we renovate I’m going to wait to buy a range hood that suits the new modern look of our kitchen. I’m certain that I found the one that I want though.

range_hood-galaxy2.jpg Futuro Futuro makes a large variety of Italian made range hoods. The kitchen showroom that I was browsing around in had a few different models of wall mounted and island mounted range hoods and I think I found the perfect style for our new kitchen.

Isn’t that a beautiful range hood? I could build my whole kitchen design around that sleek modern beauty.

It has four speed electronic controls, two halogen lights, automatic thermo protection and it runs very quietly. Obviously it’s also a modern stainless steel design. It’s three filters are dishwasher safe too so it will be easy to clean and maintain.

My husband loves the design too. You see he wasn’t with us on our shopping trip so I came home and looked up the manufacturer so I could show him the range hood I’d found and he agrees with me that it will make a fantastic addition to our kitchen renovation plans. So I’m a happy lady. I have the go ahead to buy this range hood when we’re ready.

What do you think of this range hood. Would you like to have something like this in your kitchen?






Handcrafted picnic tables in a variety of quality woods

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If you’re shopping for new patio furniture or possible a wooden picnic table that compliments your existing outdoor furniture you should visit allpicnictables.com.

allpicnictables7_01.jpg They have a wide selection of high quality picnic tables in a variety of woods such as cedar, pine, select pine, cherry, oak and teak.

If you’re like me, when you think of a picnic table you probably think of the traditional style like the red cedar one off to the right, but you can also browse through All Picnic Tables selection of round, square, rectangular, oval and hexagon shaped picnic tables. Plus, if you’d like a more modern look you can find vinyl, coated metal, aluminum, polywood and galvanized steel tables too.

Each of their wooden tables are hand crafted using quality woods.

They are made to withstand years of outdoor use. Allpicnictables.com is a division of CedarStore.com which was first established in 1992 in the western PA area. Due to their products high quality and craftsmanship it’s not surprising that their tables and other products are being ordered from all areas of the continental USA. If you like their tables, but you aren’t in the USA don’t worry.

You can arrange for international shipping.

Chris and I already have a very nice patio set, but I noticed that Allpicnictables.com also sells table benches, patio chairs, furniture covers, patio umbrellas and even garden benches. I decided to take a look at the garden benches and discovered this beautiful three person Wicker Sofa. Isn’t it beautiful?

sofas_3896.jpg I’d love to have an outdoor sofa in my beautiful garden and I wouldn’t mind having that specific sofa. You can even select from a variety of fabrics for the sofa cushions so you’ll be sure to get something that suits your tastes and perhaps goes with your other outdoor furniture pieces. There are other wicker furniture pieces to choose from as well.

Overall I’m quite pleased by the selection of quality outdoor furniture and handcrafted picnic tables at allpicnictables.com. The prices are reasonable too. Visit the site and see how beautiful their outdoor furniture is with your own eyes.

It’s time to change the curtains

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Our windows are dressed with a mix of curtains and blinds. Sometimes both on the same window depending upon the rooms purpose and how much light or privacy we want in that room.

We have blinds in the bedrooms so that we can darken the rooms while sleeping. Remember my husband and I used to do a lot of night shifts.

I’ve thought of getting new curtains for some of the rooms in our house. Certainly the bathroom needs new curtains. I never did take down the ones that the former home owners used and I think the curtain in the bathroom must be 20+ years old. Yes it’s time for a change.

Terry’s Fabrics has ready made curtains in a number of lovely designs and styles. Not only do they sell curtains but they also sell all of the accessories needed to dress your windows such as poles, tracks and other accessories.

When I’m ready to begin redecorating some of the rooms of our home I think I’ll be visiting Terry’s Fabrics to browse through their large curtain selection.

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