Eeek, I posted to this last night and it is not showing up! It was a confession that CHAD made me do it...I ordered one of the Evergreen (Lust, lust!), and the "twofers" of Promise and the white one. I would not have done that but then realized that my whites from last year are taking time off, and I will need those for post Christmas bouquets. IT is raining cats and dogs and little fishes here this morning, with 4 different weather warnings on "weatherbug". Sure hope the power does not go out in my greenhouse or everyone will catch cold out there! Our gas fireplace is down for "maintainance" (backordered parts) so can not bring them into the house to warm up either. IN this weather we get slides on the edge of of the island that take power poles down with them. We are high (But not dry) on top of the island so we only have a problem if the wind blows trees down, but being without power on this end of the island is a misery.

Thanks for responding! I'm still not sure what I'm going to do, but I'm going to have to do something. FWIW, this is one of several small issues that have kept me from posting photos of a fully "finished" kitchen. Sigh. Ci_lantro: I loved your cut to the chase, no holds barred agreement with my assessment of "ugly." :-) Seriously! I needed that because no one who has ever seen the kitchen in person has ever mentioned it. (Being polite perhaps?) So, until I asked the question directly and heard the truth loud and clear from someone else, I was trying to make myself think that maybe the only thing wrong was how I was seeing those fixtures and not the installation itself. Not! (Interesting how this all ties in somehow with that awful thread on ugly kitchens that Padola07 posted last week. LOL!) Bmorepanic: I love your solution but, I don't believe it can work in this case. When the doors to these inset cabs are opened, there's no surface upon which to mount a fixture other than on the cab ceiling. Even if I were to mount a thin LED strip to the ceiling, but closer to the door, I'm pretty sure it would collide with the internal door catch. And probably still be visible! All that said, though, I'll still see what I can find in the way of mini LED strips that also don't need a transformer. (The xenon light bars are line voltage fixtures by Wac). Sigh again. Fori: I know exactly what you're talking about because that's how the lights work in the china cabinet that is in my dining room. In order to simulate that application, the carpenter would need to make L-shaped painted wood panels that could be suspended from the cab ceiling and leaving enough space behind them and the rear cab wall to mount an LED strip. Might work, but could be very tricky to execute to better results. Wa8b: I think your idea of taking the photo of this problem to a lighting store is spot on. Will do!

I actually think it is interesting to see how a viewed ugly fabric can be made into a striking quilt. When I took my stack-n whack class, our instructions were to buy the ugliest fabric we could find, the bigger the repeat the better. Jayne -Yours is very pretty and the ugly fabric adds interesting variety. Beverly - I think everyone had great fun with this and have been good sports laughing about ourselves and our ugly fabric choices. This was a good, fun break from the winter blues. Can't wait to see your creation!

thanks for the comments. I appreciate the quick response. It helps. I agree - they should be unemployed. In our previous house we had tile installed before we moved in. He took out all the 50 year old baseboards and trim and I had to replace slowly. I learned how to cope. that guy used spacers. It looked nice. However here...... We are currently suing, but that doesn't solve the problem with the appearance. (I won't name the company that was supposed to supervise). the current baseboard is 1 3/4" high and the walls are curved - so some of the baseboard has special rounded edges to go around the walls. Not sure if a quarter round would look ok in front of current baseboard. The current baseboard isn't wedged behind the grout. the house had carpet throughout before we had it removed and replaced with tile (so it should come out ok.... maybe). I added a photo. sorry I can't figure how to resize the photos. One of the photos is an example of uneven grout. the other shows the curved walls. Any suggestions?