I have a cast aluminum set that is finished in black. It's made by Windham Castings and I have a round table, two chairs and one bench. I'm going to be ordering some of their deep seating Provence collection this month. There's a place in Tampa that sells it for 40% off. Here is a link that might be useful: Windham Castings

I mostly just winged it. I really thought I'd end up painting it or whitewashing it, but the more I looked at pics of barnwood floors and my love of red things (not shiny new red, but older, colonial type reds) the red cabinet/barnwood floor idea really clicked. I stained, then restained, did this, did that. I figured heck, if I don't like it, I can always paint it. So far it just gets better and better at each step and I'm loving it. My hardwood professional friend looked at me like I had three heads when I told him what I was going to do. He said, ok, well as a temp solution I guess it'll do but you'll be calling me in a year or two to help replace it. Today he saw it in person and totally freaked out on how amazing it looks. You can't tell it's plywood if you didn't know. Please, copy away! I have very champagne tastes and can't even afford beer, but what I do have is a good imagination and good problem solving skills. If I can figure out a way to get it (honestly, of course, lol), I will. I think sharing in forums and pintrest and blogs has been an amazing $$ saver for me and we should all help each other out. I'm not knocking the designer stuff. If I were in a better financial position, I wouldn't have a problem booking a week at a cute b&b and leaving orders the house be done by the time I got back. As it is, I'm crawling around on hands and knees with a paint brush figuring out how to mimic what I can't afford. I'm not complaining, it's been an amazing creative and learning adventure!

I definitely have decision fatigue... This is our 33" wide drawer that flanks cooktop under cooktop is 38" drawers Top is 8" and bottom is 6". We have an embarrassingly high number of cabinets in our kitchen. I definitely don't want these as focal points but don't want to look too small or too big.

Ashley is in the Dallas area. I know that most onions are long day but if they are bought from a reputable local dealer they should be short day since they are the only ones that will make bulbs. If bought in a grocery store more than likely they will be long day. If bought from Lowes or Home Depot there is no telling. In the future the Texas 1015 would be what she should be looking to buy. They come in bundles of 25 or 50 plants. The odds are she bought long day but can not tell until spring unless she knows the variety. Ashley is young and just getting started growing things. So far she seems to have been doing a really good job. Sometimes the best way to learn things is to just plant and then figure out your mistakes. She seems to be past the stage when people say, I think I must have over watered or under watered. That statement always scares me. I think she will get more out of asking questions here than going to a website that just gives general information that might not apply to her area.