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Comments (20)Some web researched turned up the following - I can't vouch for the source one way or the other, but the info sounds reasonable enough: 'Since the 1850s, the plant has had at least twenty-five botanical names, botanists finding the plant under varying conditions and at different stages of maturity. Heinrich Wilhelm Schott was the first to name it. Syngonium podophyllum was published in Botanische Zeitung in 1851. He later (1857) published the name Nephthytis in Oesterreichisches Botanisches Wochenblatt. 'Nephthytis' was the name picked up by the horticultural trade. Not a bad name being derived from Nephthys, the Egyptian goddess of households. But by botanical rules, a plant's name reverts to the first correctly published name.' Here is a link that might be useful: here's the full web page about it...See MoreLooking for range hood suggestions... CFM? Style? Highly rated?
Comments (11)I am completely biased. The in-law unit in our house came with a Broan hood, and it was just an annoying noise maker. It never really sucked any air. When I took it off the wall to replace it with a basic (~$800) proper hood, I discovered the Broan simply had a single tiny fan. Looked very much like the case fan in my computer. No wonder it never did anything useful. This is not to say that Broan doesn't make good hoods. It's possible they do. But the experience with this low-end hood completely soured me on the idea of ever buying any Broan product again. I just took a quick look on homedepot.com, and it looks as if the same crappy hood is still being sold 15 years later. There is absolutely no excuse for that. You might not need all the bells-and-whistles that a high-end hood provides. But you should have at least some of the features that make a hood effective and make maintenance/cleaning OK: baffles are much easier to clean than a wire mesh filter and bafflesdon't clog. That's a big deal, as a clogged filter makes the hood pretty damn useless. depending on the size of your range and the power of its burners, you need to calculate accurate CFM. You asked for "high CFM". That probably sets a lower limit of about 600 CFM and could conceivably be much higher. If you tell us more about your range, I am sure somebody here can come up with a good recommended CFM. depending on local building codes and depending on how "holey" your house is, you might need to budget for a make-up-air system. ideally, a hood should fully overlap all burners with a little extra space on the sides. This can make designing the cabinets more complicated and it can also force you to install the hood very high above the burners, as it would otherwise obstruct your view. Of course, height means you need stronger airflow to be effective. So, some people opt for shorter (back-to-front) hoods that can then be mounted a little lower. even a hood that nominally is 1000 CFM might not get anywhere close to this throughput, depending on how you routed your ducts. Straight short runs in big-diameter ducts are of course ideal, where possible. peak CFM is important when stir frying at high heat. But quite frequently, you need a lot less power. It's nice if the blower can be adjusted in a continuous fashion with a dimmer-style knob instead of having only a small number of discreet power levels. noise is potentially a big factor in your decision (also known as: don't get an entry-level Broan). Remote blowers are great to deal with this, but they are also pricey and pose challenges to how they can be installed in available space. good lighting can make a big difference. I personally strongly prefer bright LED lights. But you also often see halogen lights. After much searching, we decided to get a ModernAire hood. They seem to address most of our needs. But they most definitely won't fit a $500 budget. For our in-law unit, we bought a Pacific hood. They had a local dealer, were reasonably priced, noise level is OK'ish, and they are really powerful for the price. They don't have a baffle model, but instead used a spinning cage mechanism (I think). But their self-cleaning function works pretty well. You do have to run it very regularly though....See MoreWhich style pendant would YOU choose ... looking to mix and match!
Comments (4)ok, in my humble opinion, you have a lot of varied texture and finishes going on. I think between the polished fixture over the nook and the rustic fixtures over the island, your eye will not know where to land if you add another fixture to this space. I would not put two different pendants over the sink area, either keep all the 'kitchen' pendants the same or put to recessed lights over the sink. If it gets too busy it will end up looking like a mish/mosh of lighting. since you seem to have simple clean soft lines through most of your space I would not get carried away with too many lights. also as a side note the fixtures you have now probably give great lighting, the one you are replacing them with will not. Long and short: if you go with the heavy fixture from progress lighting I would nix the ones over the sink all together. but if you go with something a bit softer you could potentially mix it up a bit, as it is now with the two sizes....See MoreWhat deck style will look better with this house style?
Comments (6)Thanks Patricia, I love your point! I posted the wrong picture, Im attaching the right one here. So the huge stairs in the picture will be removed. As to what you mentioned about too much going on in the back and the back doesn’t match the front of the house I agree, the last owner messed up the house, thats why I want to make sure I dont do the same. So besides this deck that needs to be remodel ( the existing deck is of master bedroom we also need access to the back (pool area) and we would like to have a deck right of the kitchen that we could have breakfast and sit at night. So to minimize the look, I think using glass panels could be a cleaner look. Im opened to all suggestions and ideas. Have a good one....See Moresableincal
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