Sorry didn't notice that you already posted a link. Appreciate that you posted it again for this non observant skimmer! You have a lot of variety in your inspiration pics, so I imagine yours are probably not all about the cabs. Recognize GW Phylhl's beautiful two tone kitchen in there. That RedRock backsplash in Twig is awesome! I could easily see designing a kitchen around that. Love it.

Try this place, it's an "outlet". I don't think they have had anything delivered to them in quite some time, so you never know....( the stuff all looks like really old Waverly fabric) http://www.pafabric.com/ I was very disappointed when I went to the PA Fabric Outlet, since I used to live so close to the Schumacher outlet in DE. Maybe you can call this place too, they are The Interior Alternative. http://interioralternativenewark.com/ good luck

The aircraft, whether new or aged (I prefer not to use the word "decrepit") must have detailed, rigorous testing rather frequently. Ditto the pilots. If either doesn't pass - they don't fly! As Monica said - you're in greater danger per passenger-mile on the road to the airport than on the aircraft ... not to mention travelling by bus/train - certainly by car - across half a dozen states! It's mainly that travel by car is a routine activity, but travel by air is not. But who ever suggested that we humans operate most of our lives in a rational fashion?! Also, I hope that the young one who refuses to fly will get some treatment to alleviate the fears enough to allow him/her to agree to use that means of travel ... to not tolerate it will have negative consequences in later life. And the longer treatment is delayed, the more difficult it becomes, as we get more set in our ways (imagine how tough it becomes as one approaches post-retirement!). Plane crashes are more "glamorous" - "spectacular" ... ... than dying in bed. But a much higher proportion of the total population dies in bed ... which doesn't get pictured on TV. But which one of us refuses to lie on a bed? Enjoy whichever adventure of living is part of your life today - this is still God's world, and it's great (if you live in N. America - not so great if you live in Myanmar/Burma, parts of the Middle East including Iraq, Africa, India/Pakistan or Afghanistan). Being close to 80, I think - I'm sure - that I'd much prefer flying on an aircraft at whatever level of decrepitude to dealing with the examination to be offered by the Admissions Council to the Great Beyond that I expect to be my lot, as a heedless North American/European, after the portion of my life that's been lived on earth is completed. ole joyful

I agree that river rock would look nice. It's often sold as "Mexican Beach Pebbles" at garden centers. The best size is about chicken egg size: smaller gravel can be thrown by lawn mowers or weedeaters and break the glass windows, IME. You can pressure wash the sidewalks to clean them up nicely. Since you have a wood house and fire is a concern, I would avoid planting "ladder fuel" shrubs next to the house. A few basketball-size succulents would be fine in with the some softly gleaming river rocks. When you are ready, a fresh coat of your charcoal wall paint would look great.