"Peppermint Patootie" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Evelyn" > wrote:
>> "Peppermint Patootie" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > I've never lived where I had a hood over the stove. If what I'm making
>> > is very smelly or smokey, I open a window.
>
>> Bet you have to paint more often too. A range hood definitely cuts a
>> lot
>> of cooking smoke and the residue it leaves all over the walls over time.
>
> Paint? My kitchen has panelling.

I guess it depends on where you live. Here, paneling pretty much went out
with the 60's and 70's. My parent's house was built in the early 60's.
They do have paneling but they have painted it white. Most people just
remove it when they remodel.