This is very interesting; we have an upstairs computer (New, btw) and a downstairs netbook. I was at Ace looking at BM colors today and looked at Glass Slipper. My first thought was, "That's Gray!" and "No way". When I cam home with all my chips, I looked at these rooms again, on my Netbook for the first time. The colors appeared gray indeed. On my big monitor upstairs, the colors are a clear, medium, turquoise blue- like a Caribbean ocean- which is what I want. Anyway, I thought it interesting.

I love the green colour - I have honey coloured maple shaker cabinets w/ brushed nickel hardware and we just did a mini-reno - put Desert Green granite countertops in, along with green glass BSw/ light taupe grout - walls are a speckled green/taupe/honey colour. Floor is a taupe/honey Pergo vinyl tiles. New SS appliances, double Blanco sink and Hansgrohe faucet. The green is a natural contrast to the wood - very soft colour you've chosen. At the very worst, it's only paint - an easy and cheap redo if necessary.

Here you go: I confess, I've never quite mastered the official directions for doing this, so I use the tried and true HTML method. You can skip #1 & 2, because you already did that part. Start with #3. 1. Open a Photobucket or Flicker or whatever freebie photo storing site you like. I randomly chose Photobucket and it's really easy to work with. 2. Load your photos from your camera onto your computer. From Photobucket (or wherever), hit the "upload" button and follow the directions. 3. When you mouse over one of your stored photos a box comes up with a list of things like "direct link," "html code," and "image code." The one you want to click on is "direct link." It begins with "http://" and ends with ".jpg" 4. Whenever you want to place a photo in a post, you type in this script: <img src="Your URL location here" </img> Paste the direct link address you copied from your photo between the quotation marks (replacing "Your URL location here"). 5. If you want to use a photo from somewhere else on the net, click on the photo and a list comes up which includes "copy image location." Click that to copy and proceed as above.

RE: hardwood I was so surprised to have my hardwood floor expert come to my house and tell me just what calidesign wrote in the previous post. He was able to determine that the original floor in the kitchen was white oak, so he matched that in the foyer and family room. Then he sanded down everything and sealed it. It looked like it had always been there and was absolutely gorgeous. He could have made so much more money because I had assumed the original wood had to be removed, and I would not have known if he hadn’t told me. Honest man. Family business. Great professional. Barnum Floors if you happened to be near Des Moines.