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I rent a house at the shore each summer and I always bring my own knives, spices, salt, my green skillets, dishcloths and coffeemaker.

Borage I love your reply. i was just thinking most of what you said before i even saw your comment. Its wonderful that when someone passes on those items aren't languishing in a landfill or tossed into a dumpster after you donate it to Goodwill. yes, it can be a little weepy so say goodbye to grandmom's dishes, but now someone else will use them and something new doesn't need to be created and sold for $99.95 (plus tax). sometimes it gets me at flea mkt's when i see photos (and once a grave deed!) but if someone can use it, it's not a profit from someone's grief, it's a new chance for the item to be repurposed and the bargain buyer isn't shelling out a huge amount.

yes! i had my mixer, dishes, juicer, so many huge items out on the counter...til i realized, i have this amazing sideboard from pier 1 in the dining room...out went all this huge appliances into the storage where no one could see anything and now the counters look good!

I think the before looks great ! the after is ok too. Not what I'd do, but it's not my kitchn.

Hmm..pumpkin lattes...add a teaspoon of canned pumpkin to a homemade latte, and Pier 1 creamy caramel and apple pie candles really smell homey, like fall.