Just wanted to give this a quick bump for the couple of St. Louis peeps around here. Today I discovered the conifer area in The Word Outdoor Emporium nursery in Wentzville. (I've been there before, but not looking at conifers). By far, the best conifer selection I've seen in this area. If anyone knows of better, please let me know where so I can check it out! :-) Anyway, they had more stuff than I can mention. Several gold/yellow varieties of Hinoki, Thuja, etc.. plus some fairly good sized Picea abies 'little gem' and other neat stuff. Weeping Serbian Spruce. Baby Blue Eyes. Teddy. The list goes on. It's nothing like what we'd find at nurseries in Oregon, of course, but for those in the area, worth checking out.

do you plan on posting some pix for our help ... or are you just hoping we can intuit them??? one is undulata... another is erromena ... maybe plantaginea ... probably some lancifolia ... royal standard.. gold standard ??? remind me how many i got right.. lol .. we are glad to help..when you get the pix going ... WELCOME !!!! to GW .... ken maybe an old blue elegans too ...

Prayers from here in TX too. Should you need to go into parking garage at night, have nurses contact security for an escort. (If I had a dime for each hour I spent in CICU waiting room at Barnes I'd be a thousandaire.) Suzi

This is the new room with exsisting furniture? I do think a piece that will act as a landing spot in that nook is a better idea than a chair. It could be a table, bookcase, cabinet -- even a tall bookcase or armoire since yu don't have anything tall -- but do keep in mind depth and overall scale. Your room is already small for the upholstered pieces. In deciding what kind of piece, think about how your needs will best be served by something there -- what you want it to do raher than a space filler. Do you need an entry spot for coats and shoes? A spot to drop mail and packages when you come in? Do you have books and such or would shelving just be something to dust? Do you need media storage? Would you want a dry bar or serving area? If you don't know yet, don't rush into a furniture purchase -- work with what you have until you know what you need. When you do, a painted finish -- and consider a color for more interest than everything dark vs white -- and then some pillows to pick up the same color (yellow, orange, red, possibley green or blue -- Target has a Threshold Windham series in colors). Before you hide wires, have you tried the tv on the wall where the other chair is now with the sofa oulled down towards the door? It would separate the room from the door, but it would also create a bit of an entry hall and more of a pathway in the hall to the other rooms on the other side of the tv. Is either that or the current location a problem for glare on the screen? Would you be able to let in more or less light through the window with the TV moved? Do you have another room for that chair or possibly both chairs? If you have other chairs that are smaller that you could switch out for the ones in this room, it would help the room feel larger. Either way, you will need to limit yourself to one of the larger chairs in this room. Don't rush -- it takes some time to figure out how a new space is going to live for you. Look at other rooms and play with things you already have before adding more. It's a no cost way to test your ideas if nothing else.