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looks nice..thought you gave up cake and sweets for lent...Cape Sunset is a very nice hybrid and I would trade with you if I already didn't have 2 of them in my collection

Wow! What a great find! Such a sweet little bird. Good job on that ID...Warblers can be tricky. We have many birds that stop by our feeders during migration, both spring & fall. It's a fun time of year for birders. The link you posted was from Cornell. Do you participate in their Project Feeder Watch? I signed up three years ago and have learned a great deal. It has really helped me to focus on what birds are in my yard. I enjoy finding new birds and can work for hours and days on making sure of my final ID. It's fun to look at the data from around my own area as well as state and nation wide. I've enjoyed it. sooey

Yes, the KD did put the banquette where we had put it on the 'east" wall. At the top was buffet surrounded by cabinetry. I'll post some of the ideas although my drawings stink and don't look the way she had it. Lavender, I don't understand your last sentence of your first paragraph. Here are pics of my existing LR/DR... excuse any clutter : ) We may move the sofa loveseat to basement b/c with removing the wall we don't know where to put the loveseat. We thought we'd buy a curved sofa or sectional for the living room against the picture window. The armoire to the right of the TV is also going in the basement. I know it's cramped in that corner, but we came from a larger house and didn't want to get rid of it. SO, there won't be much other brown wood once we get rid of DR hutch which is why we are now thinking of getting rid of DR table not only for color but b/c it has the 4 legs if we end up doing the banquette! We also have a secretary/desk that is brown with aqua (similar to the buffet by front door) but again do not have a wall for it. (Unless we extend the kitchen/LR wall by a foot or two-- then it could go past the basement door and still have room to open. I really like that the island is black and thought I'd carry that into DR, but it IS messing up my woods! I thought they still might be able to be mixed to a certain degree. I planned to bring the black into the DR, but would it be too much to use brown in DR and only black in the kitchen? Probably so. (SIGH!)