Rob, (may I call you that?) that is a great idea! WHY, I hadn't thought to do that...I don't know!! UK--thank you for your kind words and I agree, we just can't have ENOUGH space for the collecting and displaying of hosta. The one you asked about is 'H.Jimmy Crack Corn'! It's such an easy one to grow and the pay-off is so good, too. I also have 'H.Sea Gulf Stream' and they are very similar, in my garden! Lois, I do not have 'H.Nigrescens' nor do I have 'H.Tenryu' and have always wanted to get one of them!! Hopefully, I'll finally get one, but, AGAIN I say, "I am seriously running out of space--REALLY I AM!!". Sorry, for all the direct links to HL, if you find them annoying--I just love the ease it provides for us to see directly what we are referring to, by way of that great resource. You can either blame or thank 'DonR' for my practicing doing that! :o) hehehe

THank you so much for the idea. I am hopeful what I have will be ok. Mine is TALL - like 48 inches but only 5 inches deep and about 35 wide. I was thinking of bisecting the unit with beadboard (it goes around the bathroom at a 4 foot height) a nd sitting a shelf on this beadboard lip. Thus kind of dividing the niche in half with a shelf. Above it - maybe a mirror, print or towel bar? I think the top half is where I am stuck...Any more pics?? thanks!

Maybe I should have started a new thread for the "After" photos to make this easier. oh well :) loribee, gsciencechick, msrose: thank you! If others have further advice, I'm all ears. I said no to a rug, but I'm keeping my eyes open if one (that looks easily cleanable) really wants to come home with me. msrose: the floor is a pre-finished, handscraped hickory. With two big dogs, "rustic" was the only direction we were comfortable going with hardwood floors. The floors are from a small company called, "Lewis & Clark." (I think it's only available regionally.) Yes, the floor IS dark enough to show dust in direct lighting (same with my black countertop... I can't tell it is dusty until the sun is setting and the light hits it just right.) The floors show wet paw prints, when they dry, in any lighting! We have a patio cover that eliminates a lot of the direct lighting in our great room, so I rarely can see the floors are dusty. I would use lighter floors if the rooms had direct lighting all day!

Of course one might argue that you've got a peninsula here not a wall, but the rules there are laxer than what you're envisioning.