I love the look of the distressed Levitts furniture set the best but the top drawers are lined in felt with the glue having a smell. I am very sensitive to chemicals so I worry. I also noticed some unsealed particle board on the nightstands that since they had been sitting in the show room awhile had no smell but a new set may have a smell. If the top drawers were not lined with glued on velvet type of material for delicates, I would be happy since the other drawers appeared solid with no smell. The Ethan Allan set's nightstands are made so well and are really solid but the back of the triple dresser is that cardboard like Levitts uses. The cotton color is so pretty and matches their kidz armoire in Vanilla that looks like a pretty adult Armoire but is more my height since I am very petite. The Bassetts Terrace Collection is very pretty also but their chest of drawers has a cedar drawer and I wonder if that would bother me. The color is very nice and the pieces look solid and sturdier than the drawers on the Levitts set when I took them out to inspect. The back has the cardboard. I am allergic to particle board since the outgassing of formaldehyde really bothers my allergies so I have to have mostly all wood or at least not have any smell coming from the set by having it be totally sealed and mostly all solid wood.

Chris, I posted a similar question a while ago, and mine posed the situation of having different stained wood tones in rooms that are open to one another. Specifically, we have an Ethan Allen farmhouse table (maple - medium stain). We were looking to get an entertainment unit for a room adjacent to the dining area. We wondered if we had to go with Ethan Allen so the wood tones would match. Everyone here said it actually looks better to have a more collected look than the matchy-matchy thing going on. We ended up getting an antiqued entertainment unit from Hooker Furniture, and we are so happy with it. It looks better than trying to match all of the wood tones exactly. It blends, but it's not the exact same product as the dining table wood. Anyway, with that said, we have creamy kitchen cabinets, glazed brown. Our island is black. The dining table is a medium brown stain, and the dining chairs are painted black. Our mantle in the adjoining room is stained, as is the entertainment center. All of our woodwork is painted a creamy color. We have maple hardwood flooring in the kitchen, dining, and foyer areas. It is second grade (which shows variations) and is finished naturally. It all looks great together. I bet your EA coffee table will be charming with your other things. It's hard to visualize everything coming together, I know, but everyone here was correct in steering me away from trying to match things up too much. The room will end up looking too planned/contrived. It adds a lot of interest to have different finishes. If you are using the off-white color in other places besides the coffee table, I think it will look fine. Jan

Since our kitchen is black & white, we went with white. Our cabinets are BM Gardenia, a warmer white than yours. Here's a shot or two. You need to figure out how much white you want in your new kitchen. Dove White is pretty bright, as is white subway tile. While I'd be good with that, some may find it too bright. You may be best served by picking up a dozen of each color tile and making a mock-up.

Hi Winker, I was recently having some chairs sprayed and was having same difficulties in choosing an off-white. I ended up using the old standby...Cloud White. Chairs turned out well...perhaps a little whiter than I wanted. The BM store had initially suggested using White Down, but this was more colour than I wanted. Maybe they can mix somewhere in between?? Another colour I haven't tried but I thought might be a good one is BM Seashell. (Colour has been used often on the walls in Pottery Barn catalogues) I know the colur you're in search of...I'm sitting right now at a Pottery Barn desk:) Good luck! L.