Hi! I attached a link to the free seeds page at winter sown,the address to send your SASE is located here!:) Here is a link that might be useful: winter sown free seeds page

forgot to mention: that kitchen gives me serious NYC envy!! what a kitchen with a view! and forgot to mention that I WAS in love with a Thom. Moser stool... unfortunately a pair cost about the same amount as a major appliance and thus I ended up getting perfectly wonderful stools at Target (for $135 for the pair with assembly required but with two little kids in the house, I am not at all fussy about what happens with them). Below is a link to the beloved but almost forgotten Thom. Moser stools. here is a pic of the stools i ended up with: Here is a link that might be useful: out of control expensive counter stool

I showed y'all my new haworthia limifolia variegated a bit ago but I was outside today fusing w/plants when I discovered something wonderful... BABIES! I'm thinking they aren't going to have any variegation at all sadly but I'm hoping as they get a bit bigger they'll be some slight markings on them. Either way I'll still love them!

OP: good suggestions to google/houzz/pinterest your cab color and see what others have done to start to narrow down your likes. Truly, the only was you will find what you love is: take a door off and go to the stone yard and hold it up and see what you think. we can suggest all we want, but when you go to the stone yard and look at Taj, as an example, t might not work since the color variations are all not exactly the same. you have a 'warm' kitchen, you need a 'warm' counter. anything that reads mostly gray, more than likely, will be cool and will not work. as others have suggested: pick your counter first, then B/S. and only one should be the star. also, are you keeping the 4" b/s? if so, normally, you do not need a tile b/s. i do agree with you, i would not love that granite. you can re-use in a powder room, make table/end tables/ outdoor side table etc to reuse it.