Rob, (may I call you that?) that is a great idea! WHY, I hadn't thought to do that...I don't know!! UK--thank you for your kind words and I agree, we just can't have ENOUGH space for the collecting and displaying of hosta. The one you asked about is 'H.Jimmy Crack Corn'! It's such an easy one to grow and the pay-off is so good, too. I also have 'H.Sea Gulf Stream' and they are very similar, in my garden! Lois, I do not have 'H.Nigrescens' nor do I have 'H.Tenryu' and have always wanted to get one of them!! Hopefully, I'll finally get one, but, AGAIN I say, "I am seriously running out of space--REALLY I AM!!". Sorry, for all the direct links to HL, if you find them annoying--I just love the ease it provides for us to see directly what we are referring to, by way of that great resource. You can either blame or thank 'DonR' for my practicing doing that! :o) hehehe

The Photo Gallery is just a viewing tool. All of the pictures are in your Pictures folder, unless you specifically put them in another folder. If you see something in the Gallery that you can't find in Pictures...you probably haven't looked hard enough. Sounds like you need to spend some time organizing your pics/folders so you know what is stored where. After that, it should be easy enough to select the proper folder and UPLOAD your pics to Photobucket. It also sounds like you need a proper imageviewer so you can look at the contents of any folder quickly. I'd suggest Irfanview. Here is a link that might be useful: Irfanview

Lyfia, all great points you brought up, it really helps me plan and think. Honestly we have no set time frame for having this project done, since we have an up and running kitchen in the other part of the house and we are working on the new kitchen as time allows. I spent part of this week filling every little brad hole with putty and sanding everything. This weekend we should get a primer on and if dry time allows the walls and ceilings painted. I think we are at the point we are going to put in the cabinet order too. We still have the floor to put down, sand and seal. Tile the whole range wall, put up shelves. The wiring is done, we still need to run plumbing .. which means going under the house in the Summer .. YIKES! We live in copperhead country, not a fun prospect. Last year my DH got bit, we were very fortunate it was a 'dry bite' though! Valinsv, thanks for the help and suggestions, they are very helpful! Les, I love those 50's dinette chairs and if I was going to do a booth, I'd be all over them. I honestly don't think with a very rustic table I'd be happy with them ... even though they look super cushy to sit on. :) If I do go with these chairs I'd have seat pads made for them. I still haven't put my chair order in, I was all ready to go, now I'm hemming and hawing over details again. Part of me wants to go this way, part can really see everyone sacked out in a comfy booth and chairs playing board games and drinking coco. I know that everyone brought up very valid reasons to stay away from a booth, like people being inconvenienced by having to move to let the inside people out, etc. The thing is though we don't have those types of sit down and eat parties where I see it being a problem. When we entertain adults it's normally in a relaxed, casual setting outside on the deck or around the pool area, where we have large tables in each area. When it's just the five of us here, there would be plenty of seating that we could all spread out. I'm lucky that my girls really do get along, there is not alot of she's looking at me, touching me, breathing my air problems. *LOL* I grew up with 3 siblings, I know how that goes, we spent a lot of time bickering. ;) When it's the kids and their friends having snacks, I don't see it being a problem where the kids would feel inconvenienced. So in short I'm still stuck, I think! *LOL* Sometimes I can see right away the path I want to follow, sometimes I start second guessing myself. *sigh* Normally my Husband will chime in with his feeling on the matter and we'll work it out in a way that we are both relatively happy .. this time he really doesn't seem to care, well other than wanting me to make a plan so we know how to finish the room. ;)

rhome410 - I can't tell you hom many times I have appreciated your beautiful kitchen. Seems like I come back to it over and over and love how well thought out it is and how it truly seems to "fit" you and your family. I am trying to keep that in my mind as we do our own kitchen reno. and hope that we end up with a kitchen as beautiful and expressive as yours. After studying your plan I wonder if you would entertain some questions from one who is trying to design a functional and enjoyable kitchen?? Please tell me about your counter heights (including island - is it different?)and the reasoning behind which heights you decided on where. I love your drawers around your range - I saw the widths, but how deep are they? How deep are your other drawers in perimeter cabinets? Did I see in a previous post where you have roll-outs inside cabinets? If so, what is the depth of these and what is the distance between them (height)?