I read the original posting but cannot find it. Try this link as it covers the subject pretty well. http://homeharvest.com/oasisinstructions.htm They are advertising their cubes but any that will absorb water are fine.

Okay, I am going to be harsh, people on GW who know me, know I am never harsh, I avoid when I do not like something or I avoid having to say anything. But I know you have posted twice. Forgive me in advance. It's Blah. You need a direction. You need color. You need not worry that mixing woods is not going to work. It will be fine. But you need more color, more excitement, more energy and more of YOU. What colors do you love? I am thrilled you are thinking of a granite with some color. This is great! You asked ".....is it going to look like a mishmash of colors with white, black and stainless steel appliances?...." Yes, it could because you need a direction. But you can find the direction and style. You can do this. Be brave! You asked... "...........table will go with the oak cabinets? Will the one we picked out tentatively work...... Can I go darker on the kitchen table without clashing with cabinets?.." YES! Yes to all your questions. The table can work, going dark is okay. I prefer sticking to your similar wood cabinet color but since you need a bit of drama going a bit darker is going to be fine. But before we even consider the table lets find out what else is going on with your space. Lets look at what you have chosen. Oak, gray floor, Black island, White Refrig. These are not really a main color. All Neutrals. What color do you like? What colors are in the rest of your home? Not sure what you like? Take a walk into your closet. Look for your favorite top, dress, scarf... Look around your house is there a painting, a pillow, a curtain that you love and want to keep. Use this as a guide to decorating the rest of the space. The black, white and oak are neutrals. You need to bring in some spice to the space. Have you visited Finished Kitchens Blog? I urge you to take a look at what others have done with oak. And have you done the Sweeby test? Check out the link this is a great resource to discovering what you want. After you have come up with a theme and a color direction. I don't mean neutrals I mean your favorite color you want to accent. Lets reconvene and talk about how to make this work to be spectacular. YOu can do this. ~boxer

Yes, the search index (the way things are organized/set to be searched on) is only updated every 24 hours. That means that if you start a thread just after the update, your thread won't show up in a search for 24 hours...a pain in the you-know-what. Normally, I would suggest you page through the pages one at a time and search for your user name on that page (you'll only have to search the first 2 or 3 pages)...but since user names are wonky right now in the thread list, that won't work. If you remember at least one word in the Subject, you could search on that word. How to search a page? Press & hold the Ctrl key and then press the F key. Type what you want to search for in the search/find box that pops up either on the bottom of the page (in Firefox) or top of the page (MS Internet Explorer). The first occurrence of the word will be highlighted. Use the Next/Previous "buttons" to find it again. Sorry, I don't know how Safari or other Mac browsers work, but I'm reasonably certain the Ctrl-F will work; I just don't know where the find box will appear.

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