Did you look at the stuff he's promoting?? It looks like the posters that hung in dorms rooms in the 60's - a bit too psychedelic for my taste. My clients would be appalled if I made presentations like that. Just glitz to cover less than skilled design work, IMO. And yes, spam.

I think it has to do with a format issue, that's all I know and want to know. At first I thought it was a clip board problem. More: on Paste Special. If you have ever tried copying and pasting to another document or application in which the formatting is different, you may have found yourself with mismatched text. You can use paste special to make the task of pasting text go more smoothly by choosing which formatting you want to keep (source or destination) or stripping the text of any formatting at all. http://www.ehow.com/how_2190263_paste-special-microsoft-word.html Google "paste special" too! Great for Excell too!

Thanks Charlie. Another great mockup! In my next life I will be able to Photoshop! :-) I had been thinking of something like that, only off the counter. I am thinking it will feel crowded if I put much of anything there. Shermann, glad to hear from another paint-only household. I didn't have much trouble with a similar mosaic in my last kitchen, but I may have just been lucky. It was more rustic that the one I'm considering this time. It's really coming down to the balance issue for me...and maybe even more the clutter vs. serene thing. I am starting to think about some serious green (EK Chartreuse or F&B Churlish) which are anything but serene! Could be fun...and way cheaper than tile.

OP - You didn't indicate your budget but I can imagine it might feel overwhelming to find a house that's almost perfect for you except for curb appeal, and to hear that you should change all the windows and the posts and all that along with the paint or siding. In my opinion, all of that is completely unnecessary unless your aim is to restore the house to its original period style. If your priority is finding a house that meets all of your needs in the right area for the right price and this hits all of those items with the exception of the siding color or brick, then change those elements to your liking. If the siding can be painted (not vinyl) then choose a color and paint the brick a nice complementary contrasting color. What might help is to look around at all the other homes in the neighborhood. Does this one stand out like a sore thumb for not staying strict to the original period, or have they all been modified so this one doesn't look out of place other than your color preferences?