The NCSU link is a good one - HOWEVER, I would avoid a couple of the suggestions: mimosa is pretty invasive, and may make the "Noxious weed" list soon, if it hasn't already; all of the Callery pears, Cleveland as well as Bradford, have invasive tendencies, and are prone to splitting apart after 10-25 years; and if fireblight is prevalent in your area, hawthorn, as a member of the rose family, is susceptible to it - it won't kill it, but it's unsightly. I know the list comes from a respected source, but sometimes these lists are simply copied from old lists and not updated as new information comes in, and sometimes the left hand has no clue about what the right hand is doing!

Wow....thanks everyone! I guess DH was probably right? (Did I really just say that??) In the past I have planted a Mandevilla vine on the end of the arbor. It did look pretty, but the wait until mid-summer for flowers and for it to grow to any size was frustrating for me. But....DH likes how it looked and wants me to plant it again. This year I tried Heavenly Blue morning glories, they are blooming now, but again the long wait. I have not been really happy with the morning glories this year either. :-( Couldn't decide why. I had thought that the look I wanted was to cover the arbor with vines....but after reading your comments and looking back at pictures from other years, maybe you are right. Not a huge or heavy vine, but stay with a lighter vine? Oh, the indecision. We built the arbor ourselves, no plan, just ideas. The "windows" were something we had picked up the summer before we built the arbor, with no idea how we would use them. As we planned the arbor, DH mentioned that he thought he could incorporate them into the arbor, and so he did. They are cast iron and have love birds in the center. I do love the picture of the honeysuckle and if not on the arbor, I will find a different spot to plant one of those!

gray wouldn't work with your current tile but i hear from you you're willing to replace it it might work very well with your wood but you're not taking it into the kitchen, right? I'd look at the kitchen as a whole..and try to determine my flooring first..what would work with my vision(don't choose your gray just yet), with the rest of the space, and won't look like an afterthought? (I personally just continued floors into the kitchen because the space dictated it, and I couldn't think of any other solution that wouldn't chop the space and won't look like an afterthought. was easier though since floor was laid all in once sharing this as somebody who has reddish walnut floooring, and light taupe/greige cabinets (that can be more gray or almost oatmeal depending on the light. that's what I love about them..how they constantly change) I like the contrast between brown/red and warm grey or off white... you need to know what level of contrast you're good with. I have several colors going on in my house and all work with the flooring, sometimes the consrast is higher, sometimes milder. I think shade of gray(or any other color..my first choice for cabinets was much bolder a color))) would depend a lot on all the other elements..and floor is a very important one. Consider it first; it will lead you to decision about the color Also agree that you won't know how a color will behave until you see it in your space in your light. All my door samples didn't work..they were too cold. They looked great when laid hotizontally. The moment I put them vertically as they'd be installed vertically too-they were too cold for what I wanted. I'm a warm color person, I pick warm version of any color for major surfaces, so wasn't good enough. In the end we went with a custom color. No Revere Pewter no Elephant Breath no Dovetail..nothing I had high hopes for worked in my house as I wanted it to work. So. I'd figure out the whole big picture first. Check flooring options. Then narrow on color. Then..sample. I'd go with lighter, warmer shade of color in your case. Your tile will need to correspond with your wood floors too. And have some contrast with your cabs. And..I don't know what you expect of tiles but mine shouldn't be slippery for example. That's not an easy fit. So I'd start with the most complicated part-the flooring that will go with everything that stays AND with whatever your vision is for the future.

I'm not a fan of any of those options...for various reasons. Mostly because the style/scale as well as the tone doesn't look like it would compliment the bed.....although without links hard to know. The Bernhardt nightstands in your pic from Haverty's are 40 W x30 H x21 D. That is why they don't look dwarfed by the bed. Do you have room to do something like the pic Penny posted? Basically a simple open rectangle with a sturdy leg? Another thing I'd consider is taking a look at kids' dressers/desks. Some are even similar in size and shape to the Bernhardt nightstands.... https://www.perigold.com/furniture/pdp/smiling-hill-4-drawer-dresser-sta6494.html?piid=17238112  Another approach would be multi-tiered side tables, not these exact ones obviously, but again something with enough heft and presence to play nicely with that bed.