Thank you so much! I don’t miss the range hood because it didn’t work – something wasn’t right about it (former owner installed it). It was just decorative, haha. Same thing in my last house, weirdly – house was built such that it didn’t work. But my current home does have a whole home air exchanger with a fan to the left of the kitchen so I do still get the cooking smells, etc., out of my kitchen super quickly. The whole home air exchanger made it possible to give up the range hood but when we renovate we will install another one and this time it will work! Those thin ones looks great!

The turquoise? It’s CIL Niagara Mist 🙂 Thanks so much! So glad you like it.

Thank You.

It’s totally okay to not like it now! I loved every version so I’m so happy to hear you liked that “era” – in addition to sweet comments at the time, I also got a lot of negative comments about it being TOO matchy-matchy, lol, so it’s really nice to hear someone else appreciated it. That was my reason for keeping it almost all Pyrex – I liked how coordinated it was. But I am just loving the change because I stare at these shelves every single day and I was craving a shake up. Who knows what it will look like next?

Thank you! I am so, so happy we tried painting the floor! It was easier than laying a new cheap vinyl floor because the same flooring extends into the hall and laundry and half bath and that would have been so many cuts around door ways and corners and stuff. It took some patience and prep but I can attest to the durability. And Szuka is a beefy, 115lb dog who tears around the house, but she’s never scratched through. I would do it again for sure! I recommend some products and what prep to do in my tutorial: http://danslelakehouse.com/2016/10/how-to-paint-vinyl-floor-diy-painted.html

Thank you! So happy to hear someone else likes to putter around too!