Ashli, Your options are numerous. My thinking is that a row of any one thing is less visually appealing than a collection of different plants. It doesn't have to be either or...you could take out a few of the shrubs (maybe two here and one there...) and replace them with whatever you would like. Perhaps a lower growing evergreen to cover the house foundation and plant your roses in front of those. Or you could go with a taller vertical plant in one spot and lower things in another spot. I really like the look of roses against a green background. I think it makes them pop. I would probably do a search looking for as many pictures of rose plantings as I could find and determine which look you prefer from those. A good rule of thumb is to use odd numbers in your plantings. It has been found that this creates a more natural and less rigid look, if that's what you're going for. Good luck with it. Kristi

I was going to say panels, too. I don't see white being that great with the cream and I think the stainless might fight the wonderful copper...Unless you maybe include some stainless accents in your backsplash, maybe also on your hood, to tie things together. Have you chosen a range? You could go for some color or cream if you went with BlueStar or LaCanche with color choices...Maybe they have copper?

Well, there ya go! Get what makes you smile, and if it reminds you of your dear grandma's house, then you'll smile in your heart whenever you see it. I know a lot of people talk about focal points and competing, but I like pretty wherever I look. If you like Victorian decor, here's a link for more breathtaking lampshades, just for fun. I like the look of two tall candlestick lamps on a table. Asymmetry is more modern; Victorian decor used a lot of symmetry. But there are no hard and fast rules. Thanks for letting me know you are enjoying the Gallery! I get a lot of my questions answered by looking in those threads... questions like how to decorate a table, for instance. And you're very gracious and very welcome. I don't generally think of myself as one of the best helpers here by any means, so it's nice to know I actually did help. Here is a link that might be useful: More Victorian lampshades

Well, make sure when you register the domain name that you do it as a private registration (i.e. hiding the whois information, thereby making it somewhat difficult to track down who owns the website). It costs a little more, but in a situation like this, it would be worth it. That way, if someone does decide to sue you, they have to put a little more effort into it (presumably by contacting your webhost, and demanding your personal information. Which the webhost should not give up without a subpeona from the suing person's lawyer.) You'll also want to make sure that you find a host that isn't going to dump you at the first complaint (which is far, far too common), so you may want to check out some of these here. I'd also make sure that you review any submissions/cases to the site from other people before validating them, to ensure that there are not any identifying pieces of information, as davidandkasie said before. Faces should be blacked out, and no full addresses -- that's the definite road to getting sued. If you do this, you really ought to do it as a dynamic site (in php, asp, etc with a database) so that people can automatically submit things, you can quickly validate them, and people can leave comments, etc. I really hate rinky-dink websites where you have to submit content through email. It's horrendously time-consuming for the webmaster, and frustrating for the submitters to wait for their content to go up.