yeah I sold my MIL's house on craigslist last September, and a table and chair set last year, but was procrfastinating on the range and dishwasher..just glad to have them sold (if they do pick them up today like they said)

I am still undecided between BM White Dove and BM Cloud White. I love the BM Simply White with my new tiles but it is so white and I want my cabinets a little bit darker. I had planned on using BM Cloud White but it seems BM White Dove is a little darker so I may first try painting one door in this since the painted boards do not look like the painted chips. Anyone have pictures to post? Is there anyway to show a piece of white paper next to a BM White Dove or BM White Cloud door? I wanted to buy new cabinets but for now, I will paint mine after I do the floors and lighting and see if I like living with white so when I buy new cabinets in 2 years, I will know to go with white or a cherry stained door.

Hmmm. I have never had anything mission, so in my head I must have been scaling it down. When I saw the dining room pic, it reads as heavy and substantial, while the hutch is more slight. For me, when I look at the pics, the scale isn't working. I have no problem combining the different woods. The buffet looks like a danish-modern piece, which I have a great fondness for, and which I definately consider mcm. It doesn't feel at all to me like HW, but then again, HW is not my thing, which is gooooood, cuz it's $$$$$$ :-) I believe the heaviness of the mission would make the buffet feel downright ethereal. I called my sister just now, who loves danish modern more than I do, and asked her if danish modern can go with mission. She said NO. In fact, she screamed it at me. My ears are still ringing. She said that she feels that in a house decorated in mcm, you could possibly have ONE mission peice, but when you have mission as your style, she feels it looks best to stick to only mission, or other heavy, rich styles, like a rustic leather sofa or such. Things with a big physical presence, which danish modern does not have. Like she said "danish stuff floats!" :-) So that's my take...although I don't know if it helps :-) I THOUGHT that the buffet would work, but in my head, I was picturing mission being more slight. I don't know why. I have just never had anything mission and was not picturing something so substantial. I guess I always have to see pics! THAT SAID, I truly, truly believe...that if you really really love pieces, and you feel that they go together, you will find a way to make it work. Or rather, not care if they work or not according to others. For example, I always hear the if you have shorter fingers you should not wear chunky rings. I have kind of broad hands with shorter, stouter fingers, and I proudly wear the chunkiest rings with the biggest rocks I can find, like my canary cubic circonia that goes to my knuckle. I love the huge, unabashedly fake vintage rings, despite the fact that the would no doubt "work" on someone with longer, more slender and sculpted fingers. Pish. The rings are mine now. Those ladies will have to get their own. I do like the hutch very much. And I like your dining room set. But after seeing the dining room set, I am not loving the combination :-( I wish I had been right in saying that they go together...but at least I learned something more today. Which is ALWAYS a good thing. Joanna

Thank you all for your comments - it's very helpful to hear all the different points of view. Just as an FYI for anybody else considering Omega Dynasty, I called the cabinet store and asked if there was a way to upgrade the Dynasty drawer bottoms from 1/4" to 3/8" plywood for an extra charge... and was told that no, that is not possible within the Dynasty line. The saleswoman said that in order to get a 3/8" drawer bottom, we would have to move up to full custom Omega cabinets (rather than Omega Dynasty), and that doing so would mean a price increase of 40-50% relative to the Dynasty cabinets. A 40-50% upcharge would put the cabinets out of our budget range, so after reading everybody's inputs and contemplating our choices some more, currently we are thinking that those 1/4" plywood bottoms won't stop us from ordering Omega Dynasty cabinets after all. Best regards to all, r.a.