Bob? Do you mean Phil? I swear, I think they add those "to be continued" shows whenever one of the favorite or more controversial teams is running behind, at their discretion. Kudos to Kent for being so kind when Vyxin screwed up so much, getting them lost and missing the "required" flight, but she was awful quick to blame Kent for losing the fanny pack. The river with the yaks? Gorgeous! I loved that. And Christina's father and his ridiculous tantrum and appetite, what a weird guy. Kind of reminds me of my dad, though- skinny as a rail but food is SO important to him. I love the cowboys, they just do things without complaining and almost everything comes naturally to them, except navigation.

I think some of the buyer reactions on your previous house may have been specific to your area. Have you ever watched "Bang for Your Buck" on HGTV? What's hot in a Dallas kitchen is not a look you're going to find in a NH kitchen. Cherry cabinets are very popular in kitchens that go with a wood tone, but where you were, maybe they were still looking for oak. White appliances do seem to be universally the least favorite choice at the moment; however, there are some kitchens here where white appliances are the best choice for a fabulous kitchen. Have you seen the red stoves and bright blue refrigerators? Love them, but, sadly, they don't go in my kitchen. Since you are designing for you and your husband, not for potential buyers, you need to do some thinking about what floats your boat, not Jack and Jill Lookyloo's. As previous posters have suggested, look at finished kitchens here, houzz.com, shelter magazines, and just react: like it, yuk, maybe. When you find that you're following a pattern of what you do and don't like, then you can start analyzing what it is that you like in those photos. Do keep in mind what will go with the style of your house. There are things I love that I would never put in my 70s basic rectangle of a house. As for white vs. wood, that is personal preference. One may be better than the other is your particular house style, but ultimately, it's just preference. I really like white, but I like wood better in my house. Now is the time to really think about what you like and how you can accomplish that look in a style and price point that meets your needs. Don't rush! If you're not ready, don't cave and choose things you'll regret later just for the sake of moving on.

Ppbenn, the wallpaper is "peonies" from tempaper. It is not standard wallpaper. Its a self-adhesive wallpaper, aka a giant sticker. I don't know how it would take water color bc of the finish. But, Tempaper sells a product that is plain that you can decorate. So maybe? Tempaper has a website with faqs, and they would likely answer questions too. It's a sm company/neat story. Good luck! I am sure my kids will paint ours soon. I've already wiped up pen and pencil. Marker and paint are likely not far behind. Fwiw: hanging this is just slightly different than regular paper. The back is very sticky. That is great if your flat walls meet crisp edges of the even/level ceiling. With my old wavy plaster walls and old wavy plaster ceiling, covered in tons of paint, a standard wallpaper likely would have been easier to hang because it would have been more forgiving to stretch, move and slide. But, this paper was worth the effort. And removal will be so much easier, though I have no plans to do it anytime soon. Fori! I remember you asked questions about the smeg. I hoped you would pull the trigger before me! I will try to remember to post a more thorough review after we use the speed oven more. I want to try to bake, heat a frozen pizza, and grill fish or meat. Then I'll post again. In the meantime, as I mentioned above, we have abused the oven feature on the smeg everyday for more than a month: reheat french toast, warm left overs, cook chicken fingers, spring rolls, eggplant parm, roast veggies and chicken, make nacho chips and cheese. It just gets hot so much faster than my 30" Berta gas range, which isn't particularly slow to get hot. And I think/hope it has to be more efficient to use the small electric oven than the larger gas oven. (?) And the mw is in use everyday, reheating my coffee, cooking frozen broccoli etc. The mw performs well, as I would expect. We have not baked, used the grill function, or done any speed/combo cooking. But to be honest, the combo features were secondary. I am not very good at following directions and I usually never use the pre-set options on anything! If and when I bake, it's usually in batches; I imagine I would usually use the range to bake and the smeg to cook dinner. I will use the grill function; hope it works well. We decided to take the leap, or be the guinea pigs, bc we only had so many spots to put a mw. The best spot was prime real estate, below the counter. To give up cabinet drawers, I wanted an appliance that would do more than mw. I cook, a lot, everyday and on holidays. A second oven was really attractive. Obviously I didn't have space for a wall oven. I don't even have space for a countertop convection or toaster oven. So we looked at combos. Since I only have 24" my choices were limited. The reviews on the Miele were really good. But it didn't sound like $$$$ better for how I would use the appliance. And I didn't have that extra $$$$ to just get the Miele bc it's the Miele. Really, my biggest concern: yes, my kids play with the knobs. But i can't blame them. It is cute.

The black tigers are fascinating! I don't get many tigers, but was lucky enough to have one among the handful that I raised in 2014. I was very surprised when she eclosed, as I didn't even know there was a "dark form tiger" at the time. Here is a picture of her: