Stores and garden centers will sell whatever the public will buy regardless if the plant is suitable for the area. Blooming tree roses sell. People will buy most any blooming potted rose without considering it's hardiness. These same people consider a dead plant to be their fault and just buy another one the next year. That's the basic reason so many think roses are hard to grow. We can't really blame the garden centers or big box stores. The ones that don't give the public what they want soon go out of business. That's why I stopped buying hybrid teas wholesale for resale. I felt bad knowing people wouldn't take the proper care of them and they'd fail to survive our winters. I now only offer those hardy shrubs I grow and root myself.

I had the 48" DCS in my last house. Overall we weren't impressed with the DCS, it needed service a couple of times in the first couple of years (we lived with it for 4). However, the griddle was great, we loved it. It was great for pancakes, toasted sandwiches and reheating pizza! We had the grill, but as vegans didn't use it much, maybe for veggie burgers etc. It did work well and seemed to get as hot as needed. I recently bought the 44" Aga Legacy for my real Victorian remodel. SOOOO unhappy with it that my awesome dealer (Yale Appliance in Boston) offered to take it back (long story). We picked out a 48" Monogram with the griddle today to replace it. We are very lucky that we can move a cabinet and fit the 48" in. I was sold on the Monogram by the chef who works at Yale. He is beyond knowledgable and has no incentive to sell me anything. He pointed out lots of features the Monogram has over the Viking, Wolf etc. I was also shopping ovens, and the size and rolling shelves of the Monogram sealed the deal. GE took the brand back from DCS and really put a lot of thought and engineering into the brand.

This is the best I could do. Quest for Color Pages 80-83: Residential design and landscape architecture by Morgan Pierce, Grace Street Home Additions, San Francisco, California, www.gracestreet.com or (415) 342-6021; renovations and additions by Scott Ukrop, Grace Street Home Additions, Richmond, Virginia, (804) 232-0120; design by Susan Lankenau, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Thank you guys! blfenton, you are right! I want this to be an updated midcentury. I actually want the bathroom to look contemporary modern, with lots of white-clean, modern, and bright. The exterior will replicate the mcm architecture but the interior will be more updated. I am really stuck on the floors and very nervous because I want to do the whole house in one floor type. kwsl2-That acutally sounds like fun. I wouldnt want to pay to fly someone out here though. I have called a few places so far. One was recommended by a store, but they dont do residential properties. Another one I called only does multimillion dollar homes and wasnt interested. I called a couple other places, but havent gotten a return call. I called an architectural firm whose work I really like, but they do their own work and didnt know of anyone. I am also nervous about the cost. A lot of the stuff I see online is very expensive multimillion dollar traditional/farmhouse style homes. Maybe these places are expecting calls from builders or architects and not homeowners?