Hey Dax- I think you have me confused with someone else but we did correspond about some trades a couple of years back - never have gotten crazy about azaleas but that doesn't mean I won't someday...just need a few more acres and a few years to exhaust the maple and conifer thing.....BTW- Glad things are going your way these days..... I have also seen a couple of what I believe to be picea glauca pendula locally - not so dark green but cool. I'd like to hear from anyone who has experience with pinus strobus Stowe's Pillar - pics look nice..also who has experience with picea omorika in the south - is this foolishness? "Berliner's Weeping, Bruns and Bruns Pendula " are all very interesting in this context..... Zack

tiger and mike, the carrier guy just got back at me this morning and gave me another combination he thinks that will help me...save $$$ a little more. here are his new quote. please kindly check out if this is a good system to replace my old hvac system. A/C: 24ACC6 Performance Efficiency Up to 16.5 SEER Limited Warranty 10-year parts limited warranty when properly registered1 ENERGY STAR® Details All Carrier air conditioner products achieving system combinations of 14.5 SEER and 12 EER or higher meet the ENERGY STAR guidelines for efficiency. Proper sizing and installation of equipment is critical to achieve optimal performance. Air conditioners must be matched with appropriate indoor coil components to meet ENERGY STAR criteria. Ask your contractor for details or visit the ENERGY STAR website. Sound Quiet Level2 As low as 72 dB Features Sound suppressing compressor blanket Controls Controls Supported Edge® and Comfort™ thermostats Technology Refrigerant Environmentally-sound Puron® refrigerant Compressor Single-stage Scroll Cooling Capacity (tons) 1.5 - 5 Pressure Switches High and Low Aesthetics Protection WeatherArmor™ Construction Galvanized steel Paint Baked-on, powder coat paint Coil Guard Steel, louver Coil Guard Gas furnace: 59TP5 Performance Efficiency Up to 96.5% AFUE Inducer Motor Single-speed Gas Valve Two heating stages Limited Warranty 10-year parts limited warranty when properly registered; Lifetime limited warranty on heat exchanger1 ENERGY STAR® Details As an ENERGY STAR partner, Carrier Corporation has determined that the Performance™ 96 gas furnace meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency. Controls Controls Supported All Thermostats Diagnostics On Board Technology Capacity 40,000 - 120,000 BTUH Blower Motor Multiple-speed ECM Primary Heat Exchanger Aluminized steel Secondary Heat Exchanger Fin-and-tube stainless steel Fuel Natural Gas; convertible to liquid propane (LP) Aesthetics Profile Variable-speed Multipoise Construction Galvanized steel Paint Baked-on urethane base coat and polyester top coat Evaporator coil: CNPVP Performance Limited Warranty 10-year parts limited warranty when properly registered; 10-year parts limited warranty on optional tin plated coils; 5-year parts limited warranty on copper coil1 Technology Refrigerant Puron® refrigerant Coil Configuration Cased N Features Thermostatic Expansion Valve Cooling Capacity (tons) 1.5 - 5 Installation Vertical Aesthetics Construction Heavy gauge steel cabinet Paint Taupe Metallic Thermostat: TC-NAC Performance Limited Warranty 10-year parts limited warranty when properly registered1 Technology Staging 1 Heat, 1 Cool Access On-unit Power Supply 24-volt or battery Aesthetics Display Backlit LCD non-programmable thermostat total price: $8132.00 (MD rebate of $80.00 and fed. tax credit of $500.00) net investment: $ 6832.00 gentlemen...what do you think of this system? will this work? I specifically told the carrier guy the other day that the original quote he gave me were just over my budget and needs to come up with another system that will replace my old one. thank you both! BTW: here are the exact model numbers for each: A/C: 24ACC642003 GAS FURNACE: 59TP5A100E21..20 EVAP COIL: CNPVP4821ALA THERMOSTAT/NON PROGRAMMABLE: TC-NAC01 hope this helps...

You need the plastic glass spacers to keep the glass safely on the base. Place a large enough plant or blown glass centerpiece on the table to divert your attention. As for your rug, any of the grey, orange, blue or white rugs could be successful options to work with your existing rug. All shown are from Overstock. Of course a solid rug is also a given. Good Luck

thanks again everyone! I stopped by a local furniture store and she recommended a 10 x 10 sectional and a chair and a half. I think we could go either direction with the sectional if we go that route- facing window (yes, nice views!) or facing door (which would give more seating closer to the tv. To answer a few questions: this is our only 'living/family' space. There is not a secondary living room for entertaining. We don't entertain much and when we do we all end up at the kitchen island. We do spend a lot of time in our basement. It is a very integral living area to our house- two of my kids have bedrooms there, we have the secondary family/tv watching space, and a bar area. Definitely use! As far as the tv location we spent a lot of time discussing one side vs the other. Ultimately I think we are happy with the left side of the fireplace for the tv. As I said earlier, it is farthest from the main entrance to the house. Also as far as furniture shift I prefer to shift away from the entry rather than towards it. There are a couple negatives and one is the glare, at certain times of the year during late afternoons. Most of the time it's fine. We have a lot of privacy on the back of our house so we have elected not to have shades over the windows....but certainly if the tv glare bothered us THAT MUCH we could add shades to help that. Yes, there is outlet in the floor, however floor lamps are iffy because I have a special needs child who is older and has in the past broken a lot of lamps because he doesn't know not to knock them over. So, my other question then is lets say we do a sectional that faces the window (and therefore backs against the entry way). And so we put a sofa table behind it. Then do we have a second sofa table behind the other part of the sectional as well? Two sofa tables? Love all the input and ideas!