I love Mon Cheri in pieces! Love the color at my 7A garden, radiant from pink bottom to a deep red tip. And very sturdy that can stay on the plant for weeks! Blooms are especcially huge and gorges in the fall. I just cannot move my eyes from them. I think they been so sturdy and long lasting, they should be great cut flowers. This is the second year I having her. Absolutely the best rose in my garden with stunning shape and color in the fall, but somehow a slow start in the spring. Probably she love to be trimmed.

The problem, besides using the term magic (a usage that should send everyone running away) is that all fans have a varying flow rate (cfm) with pressure drop across the fan. Most fans sold separately are rated for the cfm they move hanging in the air (zero pressure drop). A quality fan manufacturer will measure and supply the "fan curve," a plot showing the relationship between cfm and "pressure loss". When a hood is sold with its fan, the flow rate will necessarily be less than for the fan hanging in the air. (A factor of 1.5 is a bit bold, though, in my opinion.) Very likely, if they aren't lying, VAH is claiming that if the fan were unrestricted, it would achieve 900 cfm flow. Of course, a 900 cfm Broan fan, put in series with a hood and reasonable ducting, might only pull 600 cfm also. However, I don't think VAH is counting any ducting, so comparisons are difficult. If VAH are tying to claim that their fan design has a more "robust" fan curve due to the blade design, then they should supply a fan curve that supports that intent. I doubt that a squirrel cage design is as good for that purpose as a backward curved blade axial fan, but I've been hopeful that VAH would some day provide useful information. (I'm also hoping to find a winning Megabucks ticket.) I think it best to consider other factors such as noise, cleaning ease, etc. VAH is often touted by appliance sales persons, and one wonders whether the mark-up is higher for VAH than for competing suppliers. kas

Try "lemishine". It is a granular powder that is added with the detergent - works great and solved my cloudy glasses problem when the dishwasher detergents changed. Prior to that I never added anything - afterwards I had issues. Lemishine to the rescue. I bought mine in Walmart.

If you want to make it cozy, don't make it taller. You can remove the doors, then expand the closet sideways. Add a sconce for a reading lamp. Make the new closet opening a standard size so you can put new doors on it. A 26 inch wide bench is much shallower than a sofa- kids may sprawl there but not adults. For inspiration, look at photos of window seats. You can use wallpaper or a stained glass photo mural for a "magic casement". See photos here: https://www.houzz.com/magazine/8-tips-to-turn-your-attic-into-a-snug-reading-nook-stsetivw-vs~4048704