Susan, I see you were asking about Fatsia? I have a huge fatsia which usde to be a houseplant until it outgrew its pot and I threw it out in the yard. That was many years ago and it has grown to be about 15' X 15'; it is now in bloom and has made many babies. Is this what you are interested in? Sorry I'm a bit late on this one... Christine

Hey, if you go back out there or talk to her, you might refer her to a cool new website, ripenear.me. You can go in there and put what you're growing, and what is "ripe" now, and if you're giving it away or if you have a price on it, etc. They have lots of things available, and not many colorado gardeners have found it yet--I know that I'm going to offer up some tomatoes for trade when the time comes. She would probably get a few folks from the website, and certainly we should all go on there and put whatever extras we're going to have. Thanks for the heads up on her info--I may swing by sometime and see what she has. I could sure use some feverfew!

nosoccermom, Did you ever find the elusive farm table? I got one from CL in New Hampshire a few weeks ago, after on and off searching for years. I don't know what made me go to the NH Craigslist, but am I glad I did. I'm in Maine. This was the picture I saw in the ad - Hand scraped pine, 3' x 6'. I asked for and got better pictures and for $200, it's now in my dining room - I want to refinish the top to get a less pumpkin pine look. It even has a drawer! The drawer pull was an old brass cup pull that I didn't care for. I took that off, and stained one of the chunky English style knobs I have for projects, after beating it up a bit and put that on. Much better! I purposely stained it a bit darker than the table, but there isn't as much contrast IRL than the pic shows. It has beautiful legs, and this is very embarrassing, but it's what my DR looks like now. After my kitchen refresh, everything was piled in there. The table got put there when we got home. Look back up at the 6 chairs around the table in the first pic. She said if I wanted those, they'd be $100 for all. A friend in NH loves pink and she wanted the Parsons chairs, and I guess I'm keeping the rush seat ladderback arm chairs. That works out to $16.67 per chair! The piece de resistance is the last pic below. This wasn't shown in the ad, but when I told her that I liked pine, she sent me this photo. OMG! 5' long x 32" high x 16" deep. It's upside down against the wall in the pic above. It was $75, and I could NOT resist. Now I need to find a place for it. :-)

Thanks all! A few days later and I'm still smiling as I walk by each time, a good sign:) oaktonmom - Please tell me why you like the idea of 2 smaller ottomans. This is not something I've considered! olychick - Thanks! patty_cakes - Glad to hear, I liked your comment about it not being dated (made me think). mtnrdredux - I make my little decorating decisions serially vs. in parallel (unlike other people who decorate entire homes in one fell swoop--no names of course!). No, I had just photoshopped a few dozen rugs and was paralyzed by indecision. Your comment reminded me to go back to my old threads and look some more. I think I have a decision, just need to figure out how true this color is. nosoccermom, finallyhome - Exactly how I feel (I am not the bargain shopper and am thrilled!) voila - I will have to darken the color to match the sofa legs, it is lighter than showing and I have yet to take a decent picture. So, clean up scratches and maybe strip entirely? I apologize but the donuts were inhaled shortly after photo was taken. emmarene - is yours as short as this? I am surprised at home much I like the low height. holly-kay - thank you! You are always so supportive of all of us:)