Rio Zappe beans don't come remotely close to the coloration of the beans I'm looking for. They are a dull lavender to a grayish-rose, with blackish or brownish markings. Gorgeous, delicious, but not close. The beans I'm looking for are not any type of runner bean, as they are far too large, marked differently, and usually have thick, leathery skins when dry. Mr. Stevens' beans had thin, papery skins like your standard bush or pole "green beans" like Kentucky Wonder. The seeds were the size of pintos, up to about the size of kidneys. They were rounded, not flattened like limas or runner beans. They were a deep, bright, Crayola purple. Look in a box of Crayola crayons at the one called Violet or Purple. They were not uniformly spotted, but they are spotted, not striped or speckled or satiated. Thanks all of you so much for all the help you've given me!

graywings has good information for cleaning up the mess. Spot Shot (aerosol) is a powerful solvent. I've removed crayon from the leather seats, plastic/ vinyl, and carpet of a used car we bought. For an ivory wool rug, I would carefully test an inconspicuous area for colorfastness first. For the crayon, marker, and paint on fabric bedding, possibilities are - hydrogen peroxide or Oxi Clean recommended dilution (FULLY dissolved) -- but this seems to work best on organic colored stains, and marker is certainly not organic - citrus solvent like Goo Gone - Spot Shot (might be easiest to just try this first) - Oops -- this powerful solvent mixture of naphtha, toluene, xylene, and ethyl alcohol will remove crayon and marker. I just mention the others because as a principle it's best to try gentler, less toxic cleaners first. ALWAYS test an inconspicuous spot first. Clorox bleach is another possibility. I had always assumed it couldn't be used on colors or prints, but many are colorfast. Always dilute Clorox as recommended, and always test first. Sometimes bleaching will fade the print a little bit, but sometimes uniform fading is preferable to stains or dirt that can't be removed any other way. If this were my bedding, I would carefully test each thing I listed, just because I'm a bit cleaning-obsessed and it would be interesting to learn what works. You might find one product works gentlest, while another works faster but fades the print a bit...and you could choose what's most important to you. I personally would not put anything precious, hard to clean, or unprotected in a guest room. An ivory wool rug, no way. Guests who are conscious of how nice, expensive, and hard to clean it is, won't be able to relax. Guests who aren't conscious of it may wreck it. Lose-lose. For my guest room, I plan to put a Smartstrand bound remnant or maybe Flor carpet tile (the high-traffic, washable fibers, with some extra tiles for replacement). For sheets, I have nice (400 tc pima cotton), but not precious, white sheets that I will bleach if necessary. This is where you want Costco, not Neiman Marcus. The first time my sheet set was used, they got stains from castor oil that they are using to treat a scar on my niece's face that's healing from stitches. They bandage it, but some oil obviously leaked onto the sheets. Stuff like this is unavoidable, so you just need to be able to clean it aggressively. The bed also needs a waterproof protector because young kids and senior adults can have accidents. Etc. When my nieces and nephews visit, I tell them the rules of the house. It's my house so I can have whatever rules I want. And I supervise them. They can't use any writing implements without supervision. Then, it's at the kitchen table with butcher paper down. I don't have or give them any toys that could make a mess, destroy anything, or annoy me (noise). They can't run in the house, or stand, climb, or jump on furniture. (I had to enforce that last one with my 5 yo nephew repeatedly.) My sister probably doesn't have the same rules or enforce them in her own home, and maybe thinks I am uptight, but she does support my rules. Lest I be only the taskmaster aunt, I play with the kids as much as I can. I have found that spending time playing with them is probably the most memorable and appreciated fun you can give them. Close runner up is to make my world's best pancakes, chocolate cake, and other treats for them. When they heard I was coming to visit them, the 4 yo exclaimed, "Yay, Aunt S___ will make us pancakes!"

Bone is sort of halfway between a true beige and white. Like beige, it can also be slightly yellowish or slightly tan. A continuum would be: White Off-white Eggshell Ivory Ecru Bone Beige Tan "Neutral" Luggage (on the orange side)/Taupe (on the purple side) Brown There is some drift and overlap in there. Different people have different things in mind, and the "pros" who make paint chips and name colors on descriptions in stores, usually consult their inner dictionaries rather than some master list of names linked to a Pantone deck, making it difficult to pin down. The most solidly set color names are the ones you find in the 72 color box of Crayolas (only Crayola brand, not other crayons). Otherwise people refer to RGB/CMYK/HTML number formulas, the Pantone deck or some other common designation to communicate a particular hue rather than relying on words. For understanding the article, it means light beige.

When it comes to Saltbox collection - the style called Berkshire - we are waiting on our flooring company to come back to our home because one plank is literally warping. This is a brand new install that happen 4 months ago. We regret not going with solid wood - and in fact- when we went shopping we were told that the technology with this flooring was extremely advanced. We have nothing but problems. Please do your research and know your budget- if you can afford solid wood- I would strongly recommend it otherwise make sure to get the tinted wax crayons they have available to fill in every little scratch and dent- because the flooring is terrible. PS they do not have tinted wax filler for all of their floors either - like the Berkshire - which is the style we purchased.......so make sure to ask upfront. Again- I do NOT recommend this product at all.