No problem. Just don't let them be excessively wet over the winter. I store mine close to the house under the eaves. I buy lily bulbs in the fall, pot them and then sell in the spring. People buy and plant them in their garden. When you see potted lilies at garden centers in the spring they were most likely potted in the fall. Just slightly loosen the soil around the roots when you transfer to the garden. You may want to add a stake at thise time so they don't tip over as they won't have their roots into the new soil for a while.

Most of the kitchen cabinet companies have a bathroom line and the kitchen height 33-36 inches as opposed to bathroom height 31-33 inches has become increasingly popular, so why not? It is afterall YOUR bathroom and in the end, I don't think anyone will know the difference. In regards to your comment "Contractor was not happy", don't compromise your needs, budget or what you want just for your contractor's schedule. As Bill Vincent once reminded me, He works for YOU. He can change the schedule if that's what you need him to do and he may not be happy about that either, but it happens all the time, he'll survive. Bottom line is take the time to do what needs to be done to make you happy with the end result as you're the one who will be living with it, not him.

I would not have recommended acrylic. We had an acrylic tub and surround that did not last. Acrylic has some disadvantages: - It is very brittle and will require support underneath to remove any possibility of flexing, which would make it crack over time. Our surround cracked within five years under very minimal use in an unsupported spot. - Be very careful to use ONLY recommended cleaners. I damaged the acrylic with a brand-name cleaner and ever afterwards, could not keep it looking good. It would look dirty within a week again. - Your salesperson is talking out of his hat. Acrylic is not quite as slippery as cast iron, but it is still slippery enough to be dangerous with water and soap. I'm actually very surprised the surface of your showerpan is not nubby-feeling. I thought all horizontal surfaces in mfg'ed tubs and showerpans were federally mandated to have a non-slip coating. It's usually a plastic overcoating with a "pebbled" feel underfoot that works very well against slippage.

For what it's worth, and I have no expertise whatsoever in this area, my tile backsplash sits on top of my granite vanity top. The granite goes all the way to the wall, so it's the opposite of what you show above.