I just love the vintage style and old-fashioned look of my new crimped wire fence . . . installed last week . . . once the rains stop and the wood dries out the fence will be painted the light beige that matches the trim on the house. Can't wait! And then it's some gardening to put a garden right inside the front side . . . have the wisteria and butterfly bushes ready to plant. :-) I will attempt to post photos now and then after the painting/planting.

Wow! The cuttings look great everyone. I feel like I missed so much stuff going on because I wasn't on very much over the holidays. My cuttings are doing well for the most part (will post pics when i get a chance. I potted some of mine up the other day in a different kind of soil...it didn't turn a light color when it was dry like my other soil I used.. so I would have killed all my cuttings if I hadn't checked the soil with my finger today. But no harm was done and most cuttings have leaves or are starting to grow some. Only one that looks bad is one of the cuttings I took of my NOID white.

Luther, as discovered by Tom somewhere in the posts above, only 20 characters are displayed. In yours, the number "9" is the 20th character, so the "b" is truncated and not displayed. You could abbreviate "zone" to the letter "z" like I did in mine in order to get your zone 9b to properly display. Carol

Bronwynsmom - I'm ok with keeping the stand together. For now, I'll keep the loveseat because of money reasons. If I happen to run across something that works, for a good deal on CL I'll get it but the odds of finding something aren't real great. Everything I see on there is microfiber which I won't have. When we get rid of the loveseat I'll replace it with a recliner. Still want to replace the wingchair. Not sure whether I like scheme 1 or 2 better. 1 is more practical to use the extra chair for viewing the tv but I want to use my palm somewhere in the room. Can we talk more specifics for what I should be looking for? Shopping trip is happening next Monday or Tuesday. I found a magazine holder and large basket at Target. Both are the same style, dark rattan (?) I believe. A pic of the mag. holder is online but not the large basket for some reason. Didn't order my ottoman yet. I haven't thought about this room lately. I haven't done any mock ups with dragging chairs around either.