Cup, I think the pattern is pretty and girly enough, if a bit busy. It's not what I'd choose for "formal", but if you have some Victorian style elements, for instance, it should do well. You can have any glass tempered. The big problem with cabinet glass (as I discovered to my dismay!) is shipping, especially if the lengths are long. Do you live in or near a city? If so you can call around to see if anyone carries your glass. I first saw my glass at a place very near my house, but then they couldn't do it for some reason (I actually think "crazy" was in there somewhere). The cabinetmaker's glass guy wanted a humongous amount extra to have it tempered. Benheim, online, wanted the same amount because it would have to be crated and shipped by common carrier (like furniture) because it was too long for a parcel service. I had a very emotional week whining about it on GW. One of our members here was very helpful. He found a distributor within an hour's drive of me. Also that this pattern is all made by the same place no matter what the name and who sells it. I was in the middle of planning to use my GC to buy it (wholesale) but transport it myself to the temperer, when the GC had the thought that maybe he should ask his glass guys. (Ya think?) They were coming to install my BP backsplash (mirror), and they carry it, so they could just bring it instead of anyone doing any crating. Sigh. Such a simple answer! If you can't find a local shop that carries it, it might be best to let the cabinet company do it. They're crating and shipping your cabinets anyway.

Leave it to Kat to take this idea south! lol Haley, you be sure to let us know how it goes, OK? And I'm happy to be able to provide you with an idea! Gayle, if shipping wasn't an issue, I think a KT swap would be fun, but doing it in person with local friends is probably easier and wouldn't cost anyone anything. I could probably do one of these a year and in a few years have my entire Christmas in the City village gone from the attic. lol I think one of these swaps is right up some of our alleys, those of us who like to scour yard sales and flea markets and antique malls..... And a great excuse to clean out the cupboards. Another benefit- you'd know that your things are going to your friends, not be marked up and resold somewhere, but to be used and appreciated! (I laugh when I see my stuff from the last yard sale in someone's booth at the antique mall, marked up 700%. I know who she is and when she bought some things from me and then came back the next day to return them, I got so annoyed. She really just wanted a partial refund and to keep what she bought, which I found astounding. I gave her ALL her money back and KEPT the items, I would rather donate the stuff than to play her little game. I finally started telling her that her purchases were final, period. You shouldn't have to say that at a yard sale!) Yeah, Moni- that worked out really well and was fun, too!

Ruth McDowell is very traditional and known for years. So it just means she isn't an abstract, modern art person. I have books and have met Ruth McDowell and would follow her style any day. Haven't heard of Ann Shaw but no reason I would.

Didn’t read the responses but yes the demos are impressive. Loved the vacuum and the spot cleaner. They literally put water from my sink onto a stain I was unable to get out of carpet and got it out very effortlessly. Even though it was a fantastic cleaner I thought it was cumbersome to use. (They left me test it all over the house.). I don’t like to drag behind canisters. I don’t want to store one somewhere either. That‘s a lot of space in a closet. I don’t want to look at it in a corner while it’s doing the water air purifier thing. I actually wouldn’t even use that because we have air purifiers we bought because of DS2 allergies and they work great. (Actually there was basically no lint/dust in the air for that part of the demo thanks to our purifiers.) It’s clunky. I think the price is awful. We were quoted $2999. Ten year warranty is great but knock the price down and the warranty if need be. Shouldn’t be more than $1500 at most IMO. I don’t know how I came up with that number but it feels better to me. I also bet they’d sell more units. Maybe they want people to ‘work it off’ so they can try and sell more. Speaking of the actual demo we were helping a relative get demos in. She came with the higher up sales guy she got one through. You can pay outright or ‘work It off’ by getting so many shows in x amount of time. Not sure what happens if you fail. Maybe pay even more?? Most people must take the second option. The demo was to take 1.5 hours. They were here over 3. I didn’t mind the demo up until things got pushy. At that point it was after 10 at night and we needed to go pick up our kids! Even after we said about it we heard sorry but the guy continued with his push to get us to buy. Then of course on the phone with his higher up. He insisted us working if off was the best thing for us though it absolutely wouldn’t work for our schedules even if we wanted to. We had already explained that in detail too. He then asked what kind of vehicles we drove and went down a weird scenario path about getting baby sitters if the car would be paid for ... I tuned him out at that point, interrupted and we had to be very direct and stern. He kept flinging different offers at us. I hate haggling. Just give me your best price from the start and we’ll decide if we want to pay it. Also, they have to show it to a couple. It couldn’t just be shown to me or DH. There was a whole list of criteria in order for them to be able to give a demo. We got a free rain mate with it. I like the noise and what it does but don’t like looking at it on my counter or anywhere. It’s in a closet cause DH wants to keep it .... Yes they clean but are clunky and the sales push was awful. The sales guy on the phone was acting awful. Interesting how something can work really great but you remember the bad thing from an experience. Had there not been such a strong push I‘d probably be talking more positive about their vacuums and my experience. They should have a rental option actually. The vacuums would have to be cleaned out and disinfected with each user though.