Well, I barely know what I'm doing, but... I used the color picker tool (looks like an eye dropper) to select the current color of the house (the tawny color) & used it to create the foreground color (the two color squares: top is foreground color, bottom is background color). I double clicked on the background color square and changed it to white. Then I used the Magic Wand selection tool to select the tawny colored area (Magic Wand is supposed to select areas of the same color), clicked on the color changer icon (the two squares again), hovered over the selection (which should be only the tawny color), right clicked to fill in with the background color (white). But the Magic Wand isn't that accurate, so I used the free hand selection tool to outline some sections, then used the color changer tool: right click to replace the foreground color(tawny) with background color (white). I then did the same with the blue shutters: set blue as the foreground color, gray for the background color, selected the blue shutters and used the color changer to swap foreground color for background color. I copied a section of the house roof and pasted it over the garage so it looks like a sloped roof is there. Other areas I just painted with the paint brush. I have a book for beginners, and haven't gotten to the drawing section yet, so lots of stumbling & bumbling here. But I think I'm going to like PaintShop Pro.

I don't know if this is what you're referring to, but there is some information here about removing "guides" from an image. I hope this helps. Pam Here is a link that might be useful: Paintshop

Thank you Jane. You have a lovely porch too. I love your willow furniture. You are lucky to have trees to shade it. Ours gets morning sun and can get quite warm very early one. One of these days we want to close in our sleeping porch off the master bedroom with storm type windows all around to make it more of a three season porch. We've not used it in years. Used to go out there in the evenings. I used Windows Paint to the above virtuals. I have an original version of PhotoShop that came with one of those pens (by Bamboo) that a friend gave to me since they already had PhotoShop. I think they run around a hundred dollars or so. I've not looked at them for a couple years now. Both Adobe and Corel have free online trials of their photo editors. I've tried them both and liked different things about each one so I never made up my mind which to buy. Now that I have the Adobe from my friend I should ask for the Corel for Christmas from my hubby.

I think the tiling choice (same through all spaces or different) is a personal preference. If you use the same all through, you'll have a nice visual flow. If the 12x12 is a compelling cost savings in the laundry room and mudroom, I would consider doing some kind of transition in the pantry. It could be something as simple as the same tile style but in different sizes, set up to look like a 'rug'. (See examples below.) Or you could use some of the same type of tile but add new colors for some pattern and interest. Or of course you could go nuts with some gorgeous mosaic tile rug (I think it was Igloochick who found one on eBay) but you have to balance that tile and install cost with the savings on the 12x12. Stuff like interesting tile makes me stupidly happy, so I would do some kind of transition pattern in the pantry, whether simple or fancy. I'd start by looking at what other sizes and shapes your tile choice comes in, and what other colors are in that line that you like. But that's just me and you might have something else that makes you happy! simple tile rug: transition with a simple border - this is probably the easiest (and I think it's good looking) if your tile has some kind of coordinating 2x2s; then the inside of the border could be the 12x12s, set on an angle if you like: two colors: