On 10/9/2010 10:40 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Peppermint > wrote in message
> ...
>> In >,
>> > wrote:
>>> "Peppermint > 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.
>
>
errr, paneling as it existed in the 60's and 70's has changed
significantly over the years to keep up with current colour schemes

check the do it yourself shops, they have many kinds of paneling you can
buy, and you may even like some of them