I found that the manufacturer Bauhaus carries sectionals and sofas that are very similiar to the Pottery Barn Pearce sectional. I saw a sectional by this company at the Nebraska Furniture Mart in Omaha, NE. Their colors are even similiar to PB's. I did a search for this manufacturer (Bauhaus) and found that they are carried by Hom Furniture Stores. On their website www.homfurniture.com they have a sectional that is very similiar (minus the end piece) called Ponoma. You can custom order pieces and I think you can get close to the style of the PB Pearce sectional. The price is definately way less than PB too. If anyone else has any luck finding a simliar manufacturer please post. Also I'm looking for a leather club chair that is similiar to Pottery Barn's Manhattan Chair, but for less $$$.

Thank you all so much for the advice and information. I think you're right that I really need to sit down and think about this purchase more, rather than just jumping in feet first because of the "good deal". It sounds like if I like it enough to be the largest thing in the space, it will work with what I have and it will be a great quality piece. But, if I find myself doing this for the deal, then maybe I should reconsider and look elsewhere. Thank you, my3dogs for the pictures of the H&M September sofa in a darker color. I have to say, I'm liking the style a lot more seeing it in the darker color. Though I do still have similar concerns about the "heaviness" of the sofa. Wow, runninginplace, that's a really lovely sofa. I thought Thomasville was on par cost-wise with H&M. Maybe I need to do more searching locally to see exactly what is available and what I can find on sale. That's a great point about the fact that I'm considering the "life" of the sofa in my house.

Hello, I am in agreement with all the other posters. This kitchen is to die for!! I am so glad to see the pictures as I am in the process of planning our kitchen remodel. Can you give me an idea of the price point for Caesarstone? I happened to find a granite called Mont Blanc that looks a little similar, I think it was somewhere in the 70 dollar price range..so was wondering how you would compare. Also, what made you pick the Caesarstone? Thanks again. Michelle

The Glidden palette is the same Master Palette that ICI/Dulux, now Azko Nobel, uses. The upper brand's and grades use the same fandeck as the super economy cans of Glidden. The Master Palette is one the very best collections of color on the planet. It doesn't get nearly enough spin. Fine with me because I use it for clients as a way to show them colors-less-used. The Master Palette is kinda like my secret weapon for "special" colors. Plus, the notation system is absolute genius. If you are interested in how the Master Palette's notation works, I'll paste in an older post I wrote. The notation helps because it not only gives you LRV information(how light or dark), but it gives you another number too. And that number speaks to a color's intensity (how vivid or dull). If you understand the numbers, you can gauge how vivid or dull the color will look once it's up. "I'm on the hunt for a new a neutral paint color for my LR and in picking up sample paint chips I noticed on Glidden then show the "Master Palette Number" a/k/a paint formula and I'm wondering what it means? I'm trying to find out what hugh this color would be. For Pebble White it is; 40YY 83-064" A. It is a code or a notation, not a formula. Formulas won't tell you anything about a color's nuance. Notations, on the other hand are extremely useful if you know how to use them. Glidden owned by Azko-Nobel (used to be ICI/Dulux) has the very best color notation system out of all the other brands. The coding system was designed so designers and color experts could effectively communicate about this color palette on an international level. Doesn't matter what language you speak, if you understand the Glidden notations you can speak their dialect of color. It's smart, very smart and useful. Here's how. Your question is essentially what is the parent hue of Pebble White. YY tells us that the parent hue of the color Pebble White is yellow. Yellow is the parent hue, Pebble White is the child color. The 40 part is based on a scale of 0-99 within a hue category. (see graphic below) This is the confusing part of this section of the notation. The scale for this runs anti-clockwise on a typical color wheel. Each hue has its own scale of 0-99. So back to our parent hue which is yellow, 50YY would be smack-dab the middle of yellow's part of the color wheel and indicate a pure yellow. 40YY hits right before that pure yellow mark so we know it is *off* from a pure yellow and closer to yellow-orange. Still with me? :) The parent hue part is the hardest part, it gets easier from here. The middle number is LRV. Runs on a black to white scale, 0 - 99. The higher the LRV number, the lighter the color. i.e. LRV of 83 is typical for a yellow or tinted white. The lower the number, the darker the color -- a dark navy would have a LRV of 5. The last three numbers deal with chromaticity or intensity. The scale is 0 - 999. The higher the number the more intense, clear, bright. The lower the number on this scale and the more pale, dull, subtle. 40YY 83-64 is a white and is creamy looking - that comes from leaning towards yellow-orange. It has a predominantly pale-yellow undertone that, given a reasonably balanced light source, will show more crisp and clean in a fresh-sheets-kind-of-way than dulled or dirty. You can determine what it looks like - in general - just from the notation. Once you get good at using the notation, it will also help you anticipate what a color will *do* when it interacts with certain qualities of inherent light. Here is a link that might be useful: What does Parent Hue mean