Thank you Edward, I have considered sending that monster to be quilted, but I will do it. I understand why your wife prefers to piece, since it is almost a discovery process as the design come to life in your hands...Quilting, on the other hand, is work unless you happen to have one of the "long arm" quilting machines, or another very expensive machine. But I fell sure she has shared that information with you already. I would like to see more of your work. While I enjoy photographing blooms and wildlife in my yard, (The present raccoon visitor excepted) your lighthouse scenes (and your daylily photographs) reveal a professional skill level. kay

Thanks for the responses! I only have the cad plans now and will try to scan them in. There is a house nearby that looks somewhat similar to what we're planning, so I'll see if I can post a picture of it. I want to make sure everything looks cohesive so that's why I wanted to seek advice for the best way to do that. I've been in some newer homes where it looks like people picked what they like, but it doesn't all fit together in the bigger picture. Pal, you wrote: "there may be something a bit less typical that would look really good." That's exactly what I'd like to find :-) Thanks again!

On my iPhone, I use the 'frequently used sites' icons that are there when I click on Safari and it takes me right to it. No (lousy) App for me either. But I also learned the trick (from a fellow GW poster) to find it anytime, from the Houzz Home page drop down Menu. And I always use a mobile devise (iPhone and iPad Mini) but it also has worked on a PC or Android devise when I've tried it. That other GW post was some time back when Houzz was reaking havoc with our beloved GW Forums soon after the transition. Everyone was having issues with their bookmarks and previous ways of finding GW. The poster mentioned that it was now listed under the 'Advice' section!! I'm sorry I don't remember who it was to give them credit for that marvelous discovery. Previously I believe there was a 'GardenWeb' listing directly from the main menu. So even just now, from Safari, I Googled Houzz, clicked on the Home Page, then click on the Menu icon to get here: Then click on the 'Advice' section and you will see 'Houzz Discussions' and 'Gardenweb Discussions': I never knew there were two separate Forums before. Then to get here for instance, click on the 'Home Forums' under the GW Discussions. And then you have all of the Home Forum topics: Or the wonderful Garden Forums etc. I'm not sure if everyone else is doing it like this or something different. But this simple direction has helped me immensely. I don't comment often (especially having delt with long term family health problems) but this Forum is and has been such a lifeline for me. It is informative, entertaining and has such emotional continuity with the history of such great posters. The knowledge base and the time to giving help from everyone is just amazing. And yes I quite agree with the frustrations of new Houzz posters who don't know the GW ways and other irritations. For instance I was no longer getting email notifications on comment follow ups like I used to on the old GW. I'll see what happens after this one though. But I plan on sticking around for the long haul. Sharing knowledge and helping; isn't that what GW is all about? Paying it Forward.

You can post photos in the original post. You just need to wait long enough for the photo to fully load. If you hit 'submit' too quickly, the photo gets left behind. Pros can post in any forum they feel they can contribute to....sometimes it pertains to their profession but other times they are just offering opinions, much like any other poster would. No need to take them any more seriously than any other forum participant. btw, if you "follow" whatever forums you are most interested in, they will show up under 'Your Topics' in alphabetical order (on the lefthand side of your screen) so you can just go down your list to find whatever forum you want to view. Click on it and you are there. It's not really all that hard, people :-)