I think that sinks and faucets in particular, and to a certain extent even towel bars and other accessories are either more round or more angular. I'd say look at some of your other fixture choices and see which one they seem more like to you, then consider repeating that to gain continuity throughout the room. For instance, we're going with the Kohler Margaux faucet and the Kohler Archer sink. I look at both of these as being more rectangular than round, so we're going with a rectangular mirror. Does that make since to you? Perhaps you could cut out pieces of paper in the sizes and shapes of the mirrors you're considering and hang them up as they would be in your bathroom and see if one feels better than the other.

As I've gotten farther into post-menopause, I have more & more cellulite, so I've searched for a solution... first I tried losing weight, but the dimples on my tummy & thighs & behind just showed up more... cardio exercise didn't make much difference either... now I've added strength training, because of what I read in this article from Yahoo! Health: Cottage-cheese thighs can affect even the fittest athletes, and though exercise can't prevent cellulite, it can help reduce the appearance of those tell-tale dimples. Cellulite is fat, so calorie-blasting activities and the right nutrition can make your skin look smoother. Likewise, weight gain can make cellulite worse. "Women lose about five pounds of muscle per decade, and they lose most of it where they don't use their muscles: where they sit. When they lose that muscle in their hips and thighs, the overlying layer of fat doesn't have much of a foundation, so it starts to get pockmarked," explains Wayne Westcott, Ph.D., author of No More Cellulite. "Strength training can play a major role to tone that muscle and get the firm foundation back." Westcott recommends moves that target your hips, quads, and hamstrings, but says not to ignore your other muscles. "Since all strength exercises boost your metabolic rate, they'll decrease fat too," he says. Here is a link that might be useful: Fitness Fact or Fiction?

Since you already have white gutters, malhgold, maybe this isn't an issue for you. Maybe they stay looking good longer in your area than in mine. You can always ask your painters how well white gutters fare in your area and then decide. But if you want options, you can paint the trim below the gutters white (or cream) and paint the gutters in a color that closely matches your roof. Or you could paint the gutters the same as your house color. It all depends on whether you want to make the gutters - a functional feature - stand out as an architectural feature or give prominence to the real architectural features on your home. As for downspouts, I'd paint them the same color as whatever they are resting on: trim color if they are on top of trim or house color if they hang down in front of siding. I never used to see it this way but I'm with laurainlincoln now. Gutters aren't architectural, they're a necessity and I don't want to draw attention to them. Unless they're copper gutters with artistic downspouts like gushing dragons' mouths. Then heck yeah, make them babies stand out, they cost enough! LOL Anyway, I see gutters in the same light as electrical outlets in a kitchen's backsplash. Extremely useful, couldn't live without them but I don't want to focus attention on them. One more thing. Previously our gutters were painted a midnight blue. We noticed when we were getting ready to paint that they also looked more tired than the rest of the house, however their darker color better hid that fact. Your home may be simpler in style than the house in BM's brochure but it's still very lovely!

Hello everyone! Thanks for all your help. My paint work was finished today. Here is how it turned out! I'm very pleased. Looks just like a cake. Colors: Body was BM Ivory Tusk - just the hint of cream I was hoping for. windows and trim are BM Desert Rose, and corbels are BM Chocolate Candy Brown. I also painted the little round vents a terracotta color which I really love the look of. I didn't intend to go with all Benjamin Moore colors but with all the sample cans I tore through, they were the only store that was open late enough for me to go repeatedly after work! Next up, fixing my landscape...