Right, but you may be able to buy glass, have them do the cutouts, and temper it. There may be local glass shops that will do all of the above. Alternatively, if you can move your outlets under your cabinets or in your counters, then you could just order tempered glass online. Some will drill holes in the tempered glass. It also looks cleaner. [Contemporary Kitchen[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/contemporary-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2103) by Tacoma General Contractors NW HomeWorks That web site that you mentioned, what exactly do they do? It sounds like they'll temper and print, right? How much do they charge? This post was edited by nosoccermom on Tue, Dec 9, 14 at 14:49

I have always been a fan of the high end HP printers however last August when I moved from Ohio to Massachusetts my good printer somehow got packed in a container of household goods that was not scheduled to arrive here for another 6 weeks. For the first two weeks I was selecting photos to print and putting then on a flash drive which i then took to WalMart or my local camera store for printing but that was a real PITA. I happened to be in Staples on an unrelated errand and I saw a Kodak ESP 7250 printer scanner on sale for $99. I needed a new scanner so I thought what the heck, I'll try it. Right out of the box with the sample Kodak paper that came with the printer I was impressed, then I printed a couple 8x10 with some generic glossy photo paper and the best I could say is, they sucked. I went in the printer setup and changed from draft to Best quality, but with the generic paper the prints were still a mess, often coming out with way too much ink, feeling wet and they smudged when you touched them. Well, as they say, when all else fails, read the directions. I read the directions and did the setup routine to match the printer & paper, but even though it improved, I was still not happy. As I read the directions it said that Kodak recommended using only Kodak Paper, but who pays attention to that. That is just to promote purchasing their products, right? WRONG- In further reading I discovered that Kodak Papers have a bar code printed on the back side of the paper. The printer reads that code and sets up the printer to the specific needs of that paper whether you use MATT, Semi-Gloss or Glossy paper. In fact, I used glossy in the 4x6 tray and Matt in the 8x10 tray and it worked fine. Here is the catch I thought. They offer cheaper ink but get it back on higher priced paper, but to my surprise, when I priced the Kodak Paper at WalMart it was slightly cheaper than the HP paper. I then printed 2 8x10 and 6 4x6's on this printer, then put the photos on my flash drive and had them printed at both Walmart & Staples to compare print quality. To my surprise the prints from my printer were equal to or better than those from the commercial printers.

But..I keep reading the fact that the ink jet ink just won't last. I am printing my own pictures, too..and hoping for the best, but I just bought a Picture It program and it says the pictures will last anywhere from two months (two months!!!!!!!) to forty years...lol. Well, the forty years would probably take care of me and mine (the grandkids might like them longer than that though) but I have yet to see one that lasted only two months. I did a little experimenting and printed one off and pinned it up on my bulletin board in the light and air....it lasted about four months that way until it was a "ghost" picture. I have one printed on plain ol paper, but under glass on my desk here, and it has faded some, but is still nice. The book for the Picture It said that the ink will start "shifting" at about the two month point. I LOVE my digital pictures and you can print so many different sizes and do so much "adjusting" on them. But...I'm afraid ten years down the road, all of my work will be for naught. This is one of my favorite pictures and I treasure it....time will tell, I guess I wrote, "Christmas is Magic" underneath it. The book I was reading said to use the very best photo paper, and, of course, I do that, but I'm still a little worried about this. I've been doing this for about two years and keep going back and checking the pictures. I can't see that they are deteriorating as yet...

Thanks for the replies. Roarah, the color of the couch is anout the same as the darker color of the chairs. I tried with a similar color and it did nothing for the chairs. I'm looking for a pop of color. I think the pattern in the chairs is what the problem is, nothing seems to go with such a design. Palmimpset, great site, thanks for the link. The color below is more of what I was going for colorwise: http://beautifulpillowsandhome.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=0302&Category_Code=c-34&Product_Count=62 Below is a link to the couhc minus the pillows that are on there http://www.schnadig.com/index.cfm/furniture/catalog.product/sid/3/cid/36/pid/391/start/1/francois-sofa.cfm The pillows that I got with the couch are the burgundy ones below, like the black ones in the link above of the sofa, but a burgundy version. These are the pictures of the pillows I got with the sofa: There are two of these square pillows, and one lumbar http://www.homefurnitureny.com/productimage.php?product_id=922&current_image=4 http://www.homefurnitureny.com/productimage.php?product_id=922&current_image=4 And lumbar pillow like this http://www.homefurnitureny.com/productimage.php?product_id=922&current_image=4