I always find folks laughing when the companies toot about guarantees for 100 years! Whenever my friend, my upline when I was a CM consultant, tells about the long guarantee, there is always someone in the crowd that comments how none of us will be around 100 years from now to know it the researchers were right. That is so true. I guess we just have to trust the researchers. That is why I stick with the reputable companies like CM, Mrs. Grossman, the big names. They have a lot invested in having a good product. Sometimes I see an odd brand sticker but I pass cause I just don't know if it is any good.

cut out a small piece of fabric, and test it out. mine hasn't had any flaking off, the burnt part is solid. I didn't notice much of a smell, mostly when I blew the candle out :D it IS easy, lol.......all it is is wavy edged circles cut out in graduated sizes. Burn the edges, and sew them together in the center with a few stitches and a bead or a few beads, for the flower center. I'm sewing some onto black pony tail holders today...I bought 30 nice black elastic ponytail holders on a chain for $1. When I was making quilts, I had a burn chart that helped you tell whether your fabrics were all cotton or not. Burn a cut edge and depending on whether it burned or how it burned, you would be able to tell the fabric's content. I'll try to find something similar! hope this helps! kudzu copy and paste this link for fiber chart..it helps for lots of different crafts! http://www.fiber-images.com/Free_Things/Reference_Charts/free_reference_charts_fiber_content_guide.html Here is a link that might be useful: fiber content chart

hoosier, I believe it was on the Home and Garden or House and Garden magazine site. I tell you how I came to the site, I was searching for Southern Plantation decor or Southern decor and this site kept coming up. It wasn't titled with the title of the magazine, but when you were inside the site the reference to the magazine was there. It wasn't Better Homes and Garden, I know that. You might also just search "window treatments." That's how I found it inside this particular site. I'll try to find it again and let you know. If you find it in the interim, let me know. teeda, that's one beautiful cornice!!

I didn't write that the whole board fits within the granite. Again, if you look carefully at the lower left-hand corner of the picture, you can see the there is what I called a "bumpout" on the bottom. That is, it looks to me like the bottom is not flat, but has material removed near the edge of the board. I believe the outer edge of the board rests on the granite, and the "bumpout" sticks down into the sink. That would keep the board from sliding around. Does that make sense?