They have very nice table decor, but I agree the members here do as well if not better and for a lot less!! HMMMM, lets see: Christmas in July table Pink tablecloth $1.99 Pink napkins,4 for $1.49 Pink chargers, 4 at 85c ea = $3.40 Holiday plates, 4 at 43c ea = $1.72 Heart soup bowls, $4.96 White salad plates $3.00 Pink candleabra $2.12 Mini tree $ .25 pink hearts $ .99 Pink ribbon $ .33 6 pink candles $3.87 Silver butter dish $1.87 Hot pink goblets $3.40 Rose goblets $2.00 Santa (clearance) $4.98 total $36.37 The table topper is heirloom as are the silver S & P shakers, and the flatware is my everyday that I bought with box top coupons many years ago. So, I don't have everything included, but still quite a bit less than what ETI charges! I agree that the members here set tables every bit as elegant as those on the above website and I'm sure ours are almost universally much less expensive than the prices charged for those tables! Plus, we have so much fun creating ours. No creative process involved if you just order a whole TableScape right off of the website and then you know there are other tables out there exactly the same. We know ours are unique!! I am not saying that the tables on the website aren't pretty. Just that the members here do as well on a budget and enjoy the creativity involved to boot! Janet, thanks for sharing this website. I agree there were some cute ideas. It was fun to look at and get some ideas we can use on our own TS's. TFS, Candy

i know this is an old link but did anyone ever find what her barn counter really is? I may contact the designer because I can't find it anywhere and I am getting ready for a major kitchen overhaul. The House Beautiful design house used Caesarstone but in her own kitchen in her new barn it was the Petit Fossil Belgian stone. I am a huge cook and looking for something natural that does not require a ton of maintenance that is a natural stone. I had costa esmarelda in my old kitchen and loved it. It was granite but had veining and movement like marble. Love Love love the warm tones of Calacatta gold but the price tag and having to baby it scares me. I may do a carrera or a calacatta carrera because at a lower price point if i don't like it I can replace it and use the stone for a table top.

My house is a lite blue and white trim, my deck is stained a very dark brown. I would like to paint my deck white, rails and all but was wondering if that will be to much white. I think from pictures i have seen that it looks so pretty and clean and matches the trim on my house. Should i paint all white or just rails? Thanks for any opinions.

Dear fellow decorators, Thanks so much for all your responses! I knew I could rely on you guys. Thank you very much for the inspiration pictures, "jejvtr." I absolutely love them, and the look depicted in all three of them is pretty much spot on what I was envisioning. However, I am realistic and I know that our end result will probably not match what is in these pictures, because yes, the stretches of brick to the left and right of the main flank of brick are uneven. Also, I could remove the hearth, as you suggest, "egganddart49," but there are electrical outlets on both sides of the hearth, so I am certain removing the hearth would require electrical know-how, and DH and I are not up to snuff with that. I don't mind having the fireplace as the focal point, anyways-it's inevitable, and with a nice large painting above I think it can look nice. "Jakabedy," our house is actually a two story traditional colonial built in 1940. I do appreciate the MCM style, although our family room is not that. It was an addition consisting of a family room built on a concrete slab with a new master on top. I think whoever did it just took various elements popular at that time (floor to ceiling fireplace, large patio windows, wooden paneling, etc.) and mashed it all together. Cheers, Anna