I shared with my sister who was nearly six years older than I. It was a great insight into the life of someone so much older, and my sister was weird and wild and I used to marvel at her ability to be that very grown up person, who could be tolerant of my inexperienced naivety and immaturity. She never made me feel weaker, duller or immature and she was always especially patient with me. I think that I learnt compassion from her because I could see how, unlike my elder brother, who took advantage of my immaturity and smaller stature she allowed me just to be me at my own pace. It was a great way to learn tolerance.

I was 23 years old and our first home (1982) was $42,000 but interest rates were 21%!!! It was in Otorohanga NZ and mortgages were tough to get. Best decision ever though. We had second hand everything, even using an old beer crate as coffee tables and book shelves lol. Over the years we have owned only 3 homes though, and if we were to start again we have learned to not over capitalise on homes we have bought instead upgrade sooner. Finally we are ebarking on our first new home build ... bettter late than never though definately!

Hello Tallitha For your question "How high can you mount a rangehood?" and "I can see minimum heights but not maximum" the minimum is related to Fire regulations and so there actually is no maximum. You can install a canopy hood higher than the standard 700mm if that is what you want. The problem with this are; two fold, One being the balance of aesthetics to the adjacent structures, which you can decide on how this looks for yourself. The second is the extraction efficiancy of a Hood / Canopy where the higher it is placed away from the source of the vapors, the more these vapors disperse beyond the cachment area of the the hood. How bad this extraction will be at any set height will then depend on how many cubic metres of air the extractor's fan you choose can move. Some Hoods extract as little as 420 cubic meters an hour (m3/hr). To compensate for the extra height you could consider for an example a hood like the Falmec Latina that can extract 1140 m3/hr or a model upto 2010 m3/hr when compared to say a standard canopy hood like the Robinhood RWC3CL9SS that moves 736 cubic meters. Though something like the Falmec Hood is still not the price you mentioned above, you can however expect that a hood with a higher capacity will cost more than one with a low capacity. I hope this information helps. Regards Malcolm

I am unsure if the cabinet door you're showing us is the original or proposed colour, as I find 'honey' colours to vary wildly. Can you clarify. Thanks