florantha, you can use Google Sketchup which is a free download. There is a learning curve for drawing 3D, but for 2D it is really easy. There are all sorts of tutorial videos on YouTube but they are geared toward 3D. If you download it and want a quick primer on drawing 2D (it will take 10 minutes to figure it out, tops) you're welcome to contact me via the GW email link. maria410, even if the floor is not perfect in your eyes, it sure looks beautiful in pictures. As histokitch, dan1888 and davidro said, the uppers on the sink wall still feel unsatisfactory. There's a few things going on there. First thing: I'm trying to have those uppers echo the built-ins elsewhere in the house. Below is a link to a prior thread - scroll to the bottom for a sketch of the overall ''look'' I have in mind. This makes me want to have those uppers as open cabinets with sides, backs, etc, rather than wall-mount shelves. And I'd like the left and right uppers to be consistent with each other in style, although not exact mirror images. Second thing (and somewhat contradictory with first thing): the left and right uppers are supposed to serve quite different functions. The left uppers will be in the corner of the kitchen, where the sink and range walls meet. The main prep zone is to their right and the range is to their left. I plan to store only stockpots there, to eliminate any reason for others to invade the cook's workspace. So the left uppers should be deep enough to hold 40 qt stock pots (which are appx 14-15'' diameter by 15'' tall, plus lid) with no doors. I may have a problem with lateral clearance to the grease hood (currently sketched in a 5 ft W X 4 ft D x 2 ft H grease hood with enclosed ducting overhead), but otherwise this seems pretty straightforward to me. The right uppers, at in the other end of the sink wall, seem more complicated. - They should hold daily mugs and glasses conveniently close to the dishwasher, but low enough to be reachable if you're not Wilt Chamberlain. 8'' height between shelves would be enough, we have storage for tall wineglasses in the dining room. - I also want to put beverage-making there, as far away from the prep and cooking zones as possible, but without the associated clutter on the counter. So I'd like to have French press, tea press, electric kettle, coffee grinder, etc stored in those uppers. Those items need more height than typical glassware (French press is 11'' tall, burr grinder can be 13'' tall) and might want to be concealed behind doors. The blender is used daily for smoothies, needs a space up to 20'' tall, and I've no other nearby storage space so it will probably be a loitering counter-dweller, smoking cigarettes and bumming for spare change. - Finally, I'm also thinking the counter at that end can also be an occasional baking center. I'm not a baker, but hope to learn someday. This suggests the stand mixer as another counter-dweller (copper-fetishist SWMBO wants a copper KitchenAid ''Artisan'') and some storage for baking supplies (whatever those are? as a non-baker I am clueless) in the upper or below the counter. I have totally not figured out how to accommodate all those functions in anything that looks decent and works for a 5' 8'' woman (or a 6' man for that matter). Third thing: the window could be changed. The existing window (shown in the sketch) has no view of anything but gets great sunlight - and in the Pac NW, that's a precious thing. It could be made it bigger. The existing leaky double-hungs could be converted to casement or tilt-out for easier opening. It could be bumped out, and herbs grown on the resulting deep ''ledge''. It could be two or three separate windows, similar to florantha's wall. There could be reinforced points to grow hanging tomatoes outside the windows. All those will cost money, so the cost-benefit has to work.. Or, I could leave it as is, make it visually interesting as david suggests, or hang a colorful picture. The pre-rinse faucet does need a bit of wall for the support arm. Here is a link that might be useful: Here's The General ''Look'' I Am After

you are saying the MW (as shown in your first post) will now go under the counter. ( Y / N? ) Without thinking about it much, my first inclination is to make the rolltop go all the way to the fridge height because it opens the appliance garage more, and it evens out the lines of the upper cabinets. Whether or not this is all too much wall is another question. I think it's OK. You have enough counter and island already. A closed off appliance garage can be good. The messiest looking things can be parked inside the space that the rolltop hides when the kitchen is deemed "closed". This assumes you will have hours when you are closed for business.

If you get rain but not enough to reach the roots, the tree will produce surface roots to absorb the moisture on the ground. The edible fig is related to the figs that normally produce aerial roots, such as the common ficus benjamina houseplant, though edibles rarely do that. I have several India Banyan bonsai like this one in my office with lots of aerial roots.

Bob, that helps a lot! You are right, those are exactly the type of Phals I am growing. I am keeping them warm and put the lights of earlier and gave them extra at night to see if that makes a difference. I am wondering, do you see the roots of yours growing, or do you have them in pots hoping they are all ok? I have considered the see thru plastic slitted pots. I am starting to question whether the roots of mines are still healthy and how will I know unless I yanked them out? I question my ability on these all the time not trusting what is going on that I can not see, if you know what I mean?3 Have you ever heard the the method of just sticking them in glass bowls with roots fully exposed with a mist here and there with the moisture being contained inside the bowl? LUv, I did on the ones that were not in spike. I don't trust myself with these, even though I thought I did.lol I am always wondering what the roots look like since I can not see them( Jane, hello)) Thank you! Yeah, I think I am watering correctly since the mix is very porous and the root very warm, but I never thought of fertilizing them as often as I should. I think I will try that at a very weak does weakly. I see, if yours are slow to grow, then I don't feel so bad considering you live in a very warm climate state. Thanks. John, EXACTLY....Now you feel my pain. I have been looking at those spikes since I got them. Seems like forever. Crazy. As for new leaf growth, you can forget that! lol Thanks for your words of encouragement. Bob, when you said that you bring them outside, do you put them where they can easily get rain, or do you keep them protected under an eave of something similar?