I mean: I draw on board and take photos in project place.but clients demand to feel every suggests include small leaf,small flower,tree prune shape,exact colour and change...draw board don't work well. I have to continue to work.I use software improve to draw board: I import draw pics,project photos into CAD system,get arc,wide,long,height data,handman,DIYer need them.do it,other software not work well. I put cad pics into 3dsmax,change 2ds pics into 3ds mock up. import 3dsmax system file into maya soft ware,improve 3ds small leafs,small flower... dimension.it is important that many clients need to feel designer' suggests before project.here,some people often misunderstand a same tree different size,different distance decide it. import maya file into photoshop, there is a wrong about photoshop,think it can do everything.photoshop is just 2ds software than 3ds.I master it.but I only use it to improve everything color and light.creating mock up,leaf,flower shape...it don't work well. I am searching a software it to work well do everything,but I never successful This forum is a venue.but it is a online designer too.some members tell me,they get their designing from me here.I know many member get their designing from other member's suggests,ideas too.

My former cabinet guy kept saying, "don't worry about it" and "I've been doing this for 30 years, trust me". OMG, needsometips08, I know exactly what you mean! I had a similar experience with the cabinet maker our designer recommended. I don't think she meant to come off that way but when I asked about thickness of drawer bottoms, she replied, "Don't worry, we know what we're doing." !!! I never implied she didn't. I only wanted to know what we'd be getting for our money. We're not going with that cabinet maker, btw. megpie77, which kind of soapstone do you have? I don't think we have as many options in the PNW (I'm in Portland) as there are in other parts of the country, which is a pity because I've always loved soapstone kitchens. Did you have any problems finding a fabricator? Your kitchen is lovely, btw.

Often called a "Savonarola" chair, a style that comes and goes in fashion and has since Egyptian times. Linda's right ... not "Mission" style, but it looks to be from the early 1900s based on wood (oak) and the flat rounded splats on the back. it would blen well with it. Can you show the rocking part? I'm having a hard time picturing a Savonarola chair that rocks.

Stay calm! You have “buyer’s remorse” and it is not a death sentence! We have all had that new haircut that didn’t end up like the picture at the hairdresser’s and the the dress we bought and hated when we got home. But the haircut grew out and our “ someone special” told us the dress made us look younger and skinnier! Don’t do anything radical yet. Take a deep breath and stop for a few days (weeks, months?) before you rip out anything ( although I agree the “side splash” needs to go). It is heartbreaking to spend hard earned money and feel disappointment. It certainly doesn’t help when “pros” are rude and demeaning. And then, they come through with reasonable and elegant solutions to a problem. I certainly agree,from the vantage point of ownership of several houses, that it ripping out hardwoods is a bad idea-would you choose a cubic zirconia over a real diamond?