Thanks for the additional input. I, too, prefer a natural look. However, this deck is old (almost 20 years) and it would take a ton of work to get it looking good enough to allow for just a tint of earthy color. Also, the back door opens onto the deck, which is between the house and a detached studio which is currently being used as a music/tv/computer room. By staining the deck more or less the same color as the house and studio, it would really increase the perceived size of the buildings. My main concern in staining the deck such a light color is whether it will show every speck of dirt, leaf stains, etc., to such an extent that it will require an additional coat of stain come listing time. Thanks again, Rain

Answering questions: Drawing not correct - trash can fits perfectly there. KD just left - we decided to make the small cabinet next to trash a 3 drawer stack. Sink cabinet will still be blind corner - it's where I store extra paper towels. Thinks in existing cabinet can go elsewhere - even in one of the drawers if I decide they still need to be next to sink. Other narrow cabinet is a blind corner with drawers next to it on refrig wall. I use that blind corner to stow things I need every year or so. I would not want to trade built in dog food drawer for a Super Susan. I can't wait for that drawer! I need the upper blind corner for extra crystal stemware. Works like a charm! Remember, I'm old and now vertically challenged. I only put on top steps things I rarely use and are easy to get down while coming down a small ladder I keep in the kitchen. My present cabinets are 33" tall - new will only be 36" as I only have 8 ft ceiling. So I'm really gaining no extra storage - they'll just look better going to ceiling with no soffit. Cabinet 24" next to stove has top drawer with built-in spice holder (rev a shelf cut to size). Cabinet below has an internal pull out drawer for pot kids and extra pot holders. Below that are multiple slow start for trays/cookie sheets etc. it also holds my bottle of dry vermouth for cookin! Next to it will be the Rev a Shelf 7" pullout for utinsels etc, then 29" stack of three drawers. i would rather have cabinet space than food pantry next to refrig. I'm ending up with two 36" cabinets, plus a drawer in a drawer for canned goods. That's more than I gave now and I'm not lacking space! What I wish would magically appear is room for more dishes - I am the Dishes Queen. I'm hoping one of these drawers can be used for a few plates. Right now, the refrig drawer extends 2" beyond countertop. I will gain it on one side but lose it on the other. I'm used to the 24" - only gave 25" between stove and countertop at back door. No one has ever had a problem and we gave some tall/ big guys in our family. Fortunately, no one is grossly obese or it would be a big problem in many places in this house! Weird size cabinet on wall at right angles to the sink was custom designed by me. I literally laid things out on brown paper! It is 36" wide, by 21" tall by 8" deep. It holds everyday glassware and mugs...perfectly. It can't be deeper or it would extend beyond the frame of the bay. It is actually centered on the wall (or as closely as possible with wall phone I still like having). Why is it so short? First, I don't need more glass space - couldn't reach it if I did - and on top, I gave a small collection of antique copper (newly polished and lacquered) that my mother collected when I was a young child, usually hauling me along. Huge sentimental value plus it warns up the neutral colors of the room. No other place in house to display it. Someday, I'll find the perfect antique hanging cabinet but in 32 yrs, it has yet to show up. I've tried to keep the area around the sink light and open. If I didn't gave two dogs, I might gave put open shelves there but not anxious to gave to wipe dust and fog hair off a glass when I reach for it, it would look "heavier" if it went to the ceiling. KD will Fax order tomorrow so it's now a done deal. I've learned SO much from this process!

Hi Dianela I get maybe one plant or so infected in a year. (None so far this year, fingers crossed). The current guideline is you can wait a month or two, then put another rose in its place. I have done this with each rose I lost, and the replacement rose has no symptoms, nor do the neighboring rose bushes. The one time I pruned the infected rose (rather than removing), RRD resurfaced on the pruned rose and infected its neighbor too..I will never do that again! As soon as I see it, the whole plant needs to go! I think you did everything right, you just need to clean up the area around the infected rose (if you haven’t already), and wait 2 months. Wonderful that you leapt into action and took care of it. I tell so many neighbors that the plant needs to be removed, and they’ll say ‘oh, I’ll just let it live its natural course’. Every rose it their garden will subsequently contract it, and it’s a curse around nearby houses too. I find this to be a good well-updated source on RRD: https://roserosette.org/control/

"With those pullouts, one is for larger utensils (whisks, spatulas, etc). Do you hear of people regretting those too?" I think those kind of pullouts are better than they would be for spices, because you do not have the issues of bottles jostling and falling over, or the need to squat and peer to see the labels. Having said that, I still prefer shallow drawers for cooking utensils similar to what @cpartist posted above. I have three drawers for different purposes. One is the top drawer directly next to the range, and that drawer stack is just 15" wide. That top drawer has the cooking utensils I use constantly such as spatulas, wooden spoon and wooden spatula, can opener, butcher shears, and tongs. The drawer just underneath it has my knife insert. Oh, I do love that knife drawer insert. I like it so much better than a bulky knife block on the counter. Then separately I have a wide shallow drawer for my utensil and gadget addiction, but they are things I do not use so often - whisks, baster, meat thermometer, spider, lemon juicer, onion goggles (yes, that is what I said), offset spatulas for cake frosting, dough scraper, potato masher, and more. I opted not to get the dividers that cpartist has in her drawers. My cooking utensils/gadgets are tossed in willy-nilly. If you do not have an addiction to those utensils/gadgets like I do, you won't even need that third drawer haha. Here is a pic of a knife drawer insert similar to mine. They come in many different sizes, widths, number of slots.