Wow. Sorry to hijack the thread - that fixture really is impressive, but I can't imagine spending that much money on one fixture. Heck, I can't even imagine having so much money that I could even contemplate spending that much money on one fixture - and I wouldn't consider myself poor. More power to you, I guess. Literally. ;-) In all honesty I can't recommend an online retailer for lighting. For my infrequent replacements and upgrades, I generally trade with a large local electrical supply house, one that serves quite a few of the pros around here. Their fixtures are probably what you'd call utilitarian, but they seem to be of pretty decent quality at reasonable prices. As another thread here suggests, I've seen some truly amazing deals at garage sales and thrift stores. I guess I'm in the minority here, but I don't worry too much about having the latest fashions in lighting. I'll watch this thread for more ideas.

I won't say there's anything I'm so emotionally attached to that would constitute "love" be there are several things I like. Deodorant is Mitchum Unscented antiperspirant. Lately, I've had such dry skin on my legs that things won't heal, it itches, I scratch and cycle repeats. The doctor nagged me at the last physical to use some lotion. Well, I hate stinky lotions. I've used the Neutrogena Hand Cream for years and it's not so offensive. A friend used it for years and I tried it decades ago and liked it but didn't have a lot of need for it. It's kind of spendy and you can't empty the tube but I'll pay for quality. I tried one I saw on Youtube, a coconut cream from Dollar Tree and it seems to soak in more quickly than Neutrogena. It's real thin and it has a "coconut" smell that isn't too offensive. Found a "Diabetics Lotion" at Dollar Tree too that I decided to try. It's like a thick toothpaste in texture, maybe thicker, but it's unscented, which does not mean there's no smell at all but there isn't the perfumey stench that most have and it works fairly well. They quit making the White Rain shampoo I liked. One of the few that really worked well but it's gone. Found something similar in Pantene and that's now discontinued. So I use whatever is cheap now. I just found a Gillette body wash that I really like. Smells, but not too offensive, cleans well and rinses well and for me, clean and quick rinsing is very important since I can't stand around waiting forever to rinse off like I could in the past. I too have tried the turmeric curcumin and anecdotally, I'm going to keep using it. I use MoveFree Ultra (one tiny pill instead of 2-3 horse pills for normal glucosamine/chondroitin/msm) and I've been taking ginger root for joint pain too and again, nothing clinical but seems to make a difference. I've been taking cranberry supplements and drink cranberry juice regularly. There's quite a difference there and a multi-vitamin, calcium and when I'm not feeling well I add some vitamin C. I really liked Crest Lemon Ice toothpaste. I actually noticed myself brushing longer with it. I liked the flavor. Discontinued. So I went to the Crest Citrus. Discontinued. Why do people insist on mint for everything? They even discontinued the Equate Citrus mouthwash so now it's pay over twice as much for Listerine or go to mint. For quite a while I switched to the foaming hand soap. I'd either buy the $1 bottles or get a refill and fill the empties. But I came across a lemon scented liquid soap that isn't offensive. Actually smells good. Found a Berry scent at Dollar Tree that also isn't offensive so now I mix them up a bit between the liquid and foam. And for the price, it rivals bar soap cost without the mess.

I live in the back of beyond in rural Canada, with no estate sales or good quality nurseries around me; I dream of one day driving to Detroit Garden Works : ) . We had a local hardware store (since closed, sigh) that carried graduated sets of glazed pots from Vietnam, as gardengal mentioned. I bought three sets about 20 years ago, from very large to quite small, and use them all every summer I do keep an eye open for interesting pots, and at a garage sale found a pair of large Chinese blue and white fishbowl planters. I also look to see what I can find online at reasonable prices, and a few months ago Pottery Barn Canada online had their large Brittany cast stone planter on clearance for $42.16 CAN each. I bought two.

"In 9 years we’ve needed service 5 times." Wow - in all my years of owning major appliances, I can think of 2 times I've ever needed a repair in anything less than 10 years old (once a fridge, once a stove). My LG washer was almost 12 before it started giving me problems, and it had never needed repairs before that. On the other hand, the couple who just moved out of the house I just bought had been here 4 years. and the Samsung washing machine they left for me is not working properly (cycle three times what's advertised, spinning slower and less effectively than it should) - according to the serial number, it's 4 or 5 years old.