I'm still not sure about #6, but everything else suggested seems to match photos online! OK, so 1. Berberis thunbergii (Barberry) 2. Verbascum thapsus (Great Mullein, Common Mullein, Aaron's Rod, Adam's Flannel, Fairy Tale Plant) 3. Tradescantia (Spiderwort) 4. Melilotus albus (White Sweet Clover) 5. Dicentra (Bleeding Heart) 6. Conyza canadensis (Canadian Horseweed, Fleabane, Hogweed) 7&8. Silene coronaria (Bloody Mary, Bloody William, Dusty Miller, Lychnis, Mullein Pinks, Rose Campion) The only one that I think we'll remove then is #6 if it IS what was suggested. Thank you for all of your help!!! We didn't have a clue!

A few years ago, my sister and I did the same thing: go through Mom's house after she passed on. Mother did not have much money and led a subsistance life. Her Social Security was her main income, therefore, there was not a lot of 'expensive' belongings. However, what she did have packed an emotional punch. It was things we had grown up with, for example, a large ice-tea pitcher from which we had refreshing drinks on hot summer days. A lot of ice-tea and kool aide had poured over its spout. We made a discovery we did not expect. We knew that she often made a quilt during winter so it was not surprising to find 3 of her latest ones we had never seen, bt the was something vaguely familar about the frabric - my sister spotted it. The pieces were from her dresses. She had been cutting up her dresses to make the quilt. Suddently, we realized why she had taken to wearing slacks the last 2 years of her life. We checked her closet - only one dress was there! How do you divide such a piece of handwork? Fortunately, Mom had the solution. There was not just one quilt, but two made fron her dresses. All in all, my sister and I divided up about 8 handmade new quilts. And then, there were the crocheted dolies, some very old that we used when we were home. My sister took most of these. We found my Dad's WW1 uniform that we did not know existed. It was made of wool. On the lapel was a sharpshooter pin. My sister was taking the pin off to give to me and I stopped her. It was my thought that the pin and the uniform should not be separated - I asked her to put it back. She has the uniform with pin. It was olny fitting that she should get something special since I had received a souple of years earlier some family documents during my genealogy search. I got our g-g-grandfather's muster roll from the Black Hawk War in 1832. Our g-g-grandfather was a Captain in that war and his copy of the muster roll was hand written by him. And so, the process continued. I already had many of the family photos. My sister got the sterograph and views. This set included view no.1: Mr. Sears of Sears and Roebuck at his desk. The date is around 1900. In the 1900s, my mother's family shopped from the Sears Catalog. The stero-optican views were premiums. a view was given per a set amount of purchase, say one view per each $10 of order. Mother's kitchen ware was not special, but we discoverd that she had left notes inside each piece as to whom she wished to gift to. It was shocking and sobering at the same time to realize that she had sensed her end and secretly made preparations. It made the job easier of dividing up her possessions, but sad as well, We were re-living our earlier life. Did I get everything I wanted? No, and neither did my sister. We learned all over how to share and be grateful. In the end, it did not matter who got what because either one of us can view the other's share. We only have to make the trip to do so. I inherited the Singer Sewing Machine but we stored it at my sister's house and she has made some clothing with it. In the end, what mattered the most was we being aware of the emotions and attachements of each other and acting accordingly. It 'twas better to forment good will than to be greedy.

Wow....what an amazing list of people.... too many of them no longer with us or active here. It is nice to remember some of their names and their struggles that we shared. Thanks for the memories.

I have shown homes where the doors and trim are dark and the walls are light and the home shows dark. It is generally the lights as many have pointed out above. Occasionally the buyer just doesn't want to have to go through the painting process to repaint the trim. What also contributes to that 'dark' comment is too much furniture/too cluttered. So really, without pics we can't comment on your specific rooms. Post a few for an idea of what can help you specifically.