Hello, It sounds like you may have leafhoppers. I've been having a problem with these little green buggers too. I just sprayed mine today with some random insecticide that my father-in-law brought over and I don't know if it was for them but it killed them. Many of my dahlias have severely stunted growth and I don't know if they will recover. I'm hopeful though. Hope that helps. Katy Here is a link that might be useful: Insect Problems for dahlias

particularly if you stick with the U plan=all those cabs will be sandwiched together-you can get RTA flat packed sent to your door. Try Scherrs or Barkers-the latter can give you an online quote. these are good cabinets.Use graph paper and figure out what cabinets go where-plug it in and see what you get for the best you desire-drawers! Cheaper carcasses can be had from Ikea but the sizes are limited-can be done though-and you can get better doors from Scherr's. this is your starting point. Repurpose the glass doors[paint them??] on newer carcasses for the wall?? I would start with something like quartersawn oak with the factory furniture finish from Barkers for the base-it's a good finish-and maybe switch to a paint grade door for the uppers-you could easily have the uppers painted for you. or stick with the same quartersawn oak for the uppers-but just get a couple main dish cabs and leave some blank wall for open shelves. If this all comes in affordable-you could have the kitchen designer help do an island with detail because you've saved on the perimeter. If you liked that white kitchen-another way to price is paint grade on the perimeter and let the designer do a darker stained wood island and have that match the tall pantry etc over on the right. I don't think you realize how easy this all would be/why? bcause the configuration is straightforward-the walls are in-you are replacing. the redesign is only in your colors/finishes and adding the island. Put the thoughts on the look you desire-you can easily get the price to where you wish it to be.....you must be thorough in searching on the internet though and then access local hanydmen with paint/install/etc, if you folks are not super DIY'ers. Take that white kitchen expanded to the U shape with some sort of island in the foreground[not sure about sizes on that issue]...really pretty -and your floor is already in!

Too bad you lifted the cover. I was transfixed with the first picture, wondering what would emerge. I guess I watch too many science fiction movies. Gort, nikto barrata.

On the bottom of your piece are the words, "hard soldered". This tells you that various pieces were soldered in place, not brazed. This is also a caution. It can be de-soldered if gotten too hot. It did use hard solder, presumably a solder with higher melting temperature than the conventional eutectic soft solder. However, the alloy was not identified, therefore, its melting temperature can only be estimated. To do this, look up 'hard solder' and assume the lowest melt temperature of hard solders commonly sold in hardware stores. The caution here is do not allow the urn to boil dry and keep its temperature well below the softening temperature of the solder. The melt temperature of the eutectic lead-tin solder (has the lowest melt temp) is 361 F. Other lead-tin solders have higher melt temps. The solder joints should be kept below 300 F. I don't think there is much chance of de-soldering this item when reasonable care is exercised.