Thanks for all the feedback. Definately a lot of food for thought. Work in_progress, the dining room is completely open to the kitchen. Bestyears, I don't do a whole lot of displaying. I may put some cut flowers or a few Xmas cards, but generally I like to leave the space uncluttered. We use the counter a lot when entertaining for food and drinks. I'm trying to avoid adding visual interest with vases or candles. I should definitely visit a showroom and see things in person. Clubcracker, I didn't realize you can get tile on overstock and eBay. Will keep an eye out. Sidney, thank you for posting all the pictures. I definitely don't want more wood in the room. There's a lot of wood between the built in table and chairs. Good luck on your project! would love to see pics! Olychick, I had forgotten about wallpaper. that's probably a better option than tile. even designer paper is $150 a roll and I would need only one roll. I love Galbraith and Paul or romo paper. Maybe I should go take a look. Someone in the kitchen forums photoshopped this for me. I like it, but this tile costs $100/ square foot plus there's the labor. I probably would do something a little less busy, like this: here are a few wallpaper pattern ideas: I do have this stencil that I forgot about: dlm, I painted the dining room and family room white so the outlets don't stick out that much :) teacats, I'm okay with the prints right now and am certainly in no hurry to replace them.

Circus, Those are lovely. I am going to have a lot of fun going through them. I WAS trying to keep costs down and reduce the "time sink" by only choosing from among Calico Corners lines, but you have tempted me. I just wanted to avoid one of those marathon day long sessions going through fabric books. I thought that was fun the first 10 times I had to do it, but now ... Allison, Hmm I might have mentioned wall paper for the backs of the glass cabinets... Anyway, I went to that site, and I am just drinking up those photos. Either I missed or have not yet gotten to the yellow kitchen; but so many wonderful images to steal from. Also, let me go back and look at the unfitted kitchen recommendation. I think it may be more elaborate then what I am trying to pull off. LOl, Dee Thank you Holly-kay! Lyban, Thanks, I do think it will work in both rooms. And since one leads into the other, Id like the continuity. There is a set of double pocket doors, but I doubt we would close them much.

I was going to start a new thread for the pizza I made, but since you brought this back up, I will post the pizza photos here:Pizza right out of the oven and onto a trivet on my counter. Pizza moved to cutting board, and lifted to show the bottom of the crust.Leftover slice, the next day. The pizza did not at all stick to the cast iron; in fact, it shrank away from the sides a bit, which made lifting it that much easier. I used a cake lifter (shown in the second photo) to move the pizza to the board. I did not want to cut it inside the cast iron, and I needed to let it cool for a couple of minutes anyway. I put the dough into a cold pan (although I had been told by others to heat the pan first) because that is much easier, and I wanted to see if it would work, and it did! After stretching the dough into the pan, I let it rest/rise for a while because I was not ready to bake it yet. When I was ready to bake it, I sprinkled the crust with a supermarket blend of dried Italian herbs (very lightly), and then I sprinkled it with a bit of mozzarella cheese and baked it for 5 minutes at the highest temp my oven would go, probably 550°, with the convection setting on. Then I took it out and put the rest of the toppings on, which included thinly sliced strips of mesquite smoked turkey breast (with Kevin could not even taste), the sauce with jalapeños that I had made, and a mixture of mozzarella and Asiago cheeses (about 1 part Asiago to 2 or 3 parts mozzarella). I then finished baking it for 8 minutes more, and that seemed to be the exact amount of time it needed. It was not as thin a crust as I normally make, and it puffed up around the rim, but it tasted better than my thin crust pizza. Kevin and I were both very happy with how it came out, and I now prefer it to my thin crust pizza, but I did have to fold the slices when I ate them. I'm also glad that I sanded my pan before I used it, and I'm sort of glad that the pan is not too heavy! As for peppers - I also grew a mild chili called Tobago, which I think are similar to what you call Cachucha - they are mild and are supposed to be related to Habaneros, but for me, they do not have as much flavor, even considering the loss of heat. My favorite chilies now are the chocolate Habanero, but I neglected to plant any this year - so far. I might still start some, but it is difficult to get them to germinate, and three of my plants from last year have started regrowing from the base of their stalks, and so I am hoping to get more chilies from them this year. I still have sauce leftover from last year's crop, but I've noticed that the heat diminishes during storage :(. Since the name "Habanero" comes from Cuba, I thought that Cubans would like heat, but perhaps the name is misleading. I highly recommend this pizza pan! It is so easy to use - no need to heat it before adding the pizza - and I think it makes the best pizza. The main limitation is the size - it is only 13" diameter inside, and I used to make 14"-16" diameter pizzas. I have a pizza screen that is 17" diameter, but it will not fit in my oven, and I can use it only with the BGE. Here's a video of me stretching dough onto a 14" screen and a 16" screen: I made this video at the request of a friend's son who had had pizza at one of my pizza parties. These pizzas I parbaked in the oven and the finished them in the BGE.

The previous owners had great taste. That's gorgeous paper. If you're not in touch with the previous owners, any idea if a designer helped decorate the home? Most of these high end papers were available to the trade only. Perhaps they're still in business and have the details on the home? Beth is right, take it to a high end wallpaper store and ask if they know. I just looked through Thibaut's damasks online and didn't see it. :( Good luck with your search and insurance claim.