Caldwell Pink does really well for me, healthy & beautiful blooms. It's one of the healthiest roses of any kind that I've grown. And I like its bloom form (firm little full pom poms) and color (soft medium pink with blue tone). But my Marie Pavie & Marie Daly stay smaller (superb short & wide compact habit) and have the advantage of great fragrance (sweet musk that's more than capable of carrying on the breeze). Hard for me to pick between those two. Wish I could combine them and get MP's scent and plant shape along with CP's health, color, and bloom form. I haven't grown Perle d'Or, but sure like what I've seen of that one too. Randy

New Hampshire Hosta, Rob's Lakeside Hosta and Casita Azul(http://www.ilovehostas.net/index.html) I've gotten plants from all three and they are all great to deal with decent size and decent price. They are all reputable too. NH Hosta has a great variety, they have even more at their greenhouse than their website(if you are close enough to check it out) they also have nice gardens, that is where I saw Olive branch and now it is at the top of my list. They also have a lot of smaller ones there. Does Rob have a website? I knew he was trying to get one started but is it up and running? But he has a lot and they are really nice plants.

The front door is just ugly aside from not being very weather tight. During the winter it leaks a lot of cold air from all sides of it. It's a solid core door, that has been dinged up through the years, no window either. We want something which will let in light to the hallway. Plus, the existing screen door, is a cheap one with fake stained "glass" in it and is falling apart. We recently painted it which improved it's appearance dramatically but doesn't take care of the problems it has. Plus it does nothing for the overall appearance of the home. We've been able to stop some of the air leakage with weather stripping, but because of the way the lock is installed it tends to jamb and not close properly if we use enough to really make it as leakproof as it needs to be. Thanks for the links for the French door tho. I do agree with you on the point of it going to look like a front door in the living room if I use something else - which has been part of my problem all along and why we haven't yet jumped into replacing this one. I want to make sure I pick the absolute right door here or it's going to really look terrible!

I had some valances with jabots made from the Etsy seller linked below. They were gorgeous.Far better than I had imagined. He workmanship is top notch.I went and had some Roman Shades and another valance for my kitchen that should be here by Fri. She is shipping today. Right now she has free shipping.That's a good chunk if you have to pay for it. Mind you the prices are for labor only. You need to buy your own fabric and liner. There are some good onlinesources. I got some from fabric guru and also from barncenterfabric. Good prices and they will ship directly to the seller. I think you have more choices this way. You can convo her and ask questions and she can also make suggestions. Here is a link that might be useful: etsy seller