OK, take a deep breath. Actually, those are beautiful tomatoes. Tomatoes packed that way will tend to float above the level of the liquid, so it wouldn't be unusual to see what you observe as long as the water you processed them in remained clear. That would indicate there was no siphoning of liquid from the jars. But, not having water above the jars is an issue. I will say that even with a standard canning kettle, managing the level of water above quart jars with a rack is a difficulty. I ended up switching to a large deep stockpot for that reason. Now, you have several options. 1. Refrigerate or freeze your canned tomatoes. Refrigeration is for the short-term. For long-term storage you would need to freeze. 2. If it's within 24 hours, you can re-process. That basically means starting from scratch with hot clean jars, new lids and re-heated product if you want to hot pack. If you don't have another deeper kettle, you would have to locate some pint jars and re-can your tomatoes in those so that water does cover the jars sufficiently. It's messy and frustrating but anyone learning to can has at least one re-processing session under their belt. It's just part of learning and figuring things out. As far as a rack is concerned, leaving a rack out isn't a food safety issue. It's a jar breakage issue because direct contact with the bottom of the pan can cause jars to crack during processing and that means your hard work is totally wasted. Instead of a rack you can put a towel in the bottom (messy but doable). I use a silicone hot pad of similar diameter to the kettle. Good luck and let us know what you decide and how things go. Carol

The sofa you purchased at Storehouse may have been manufactured by the Mitchell Gold company. If so, the replacement slipcovers are still available. I personally had two in the "Alicia" style and I know that that style is still in their line. Storehouse also sold the Rowe brand, which supposedly keeps patterns for all their styles should anyone ever need a replacment slipcover. Hope this helps.

If it is lacquer and the damage is not too deep, then the consolidator solvent that I mentioned above might work. I have semi-gloss, lacquered wooden cabinetry throughout my house, and one of the door fronts in a bathroom was getting white and hazy. Wiping on a bit of consolidator with a rag "remelted" the finish and made the damage disappear, and there was no difference in the gloss level once it was done drying several seconds later. However, this product is very hard to obtain if you are not in the industry, and you really need to have a professional look at your table first anyway. Good luck, and please report back when this gets fixed.

lucretzia, I happen to love the color of your cabinets - I'm glad your planning to find a way to love them too :) I happen to like the terracota backsplash w/your other choices - and like that you trust your gut w/colors and materials the way you do - it will work out beautifully, I think. You're getting great recommendations for hardware - I found mine at Te Ma (by accident) looking online - turns out this small company is within 10 miles of my house (I'd no idea) and so I was able to take advantage of a their factory sale. I've a sense you might find their hardware attractive.