Howdy GL, It was great to finally put a face on your setup; thanks! I do have a few questions: Looking at your lettuce beds I was struck by your row covers. What are the hoops made from, and how expensive are they? How wide are those beds, and how tall do the hoops end up standing? I seem to remember that you spaced your garlic 6", but it looks like you mainly arrange it four cloves across, spaced about 8". Is this accurate? Finally, I was struck by your strip bed arrangement. Due to Granite-State rocky soil, I have ended up using a series of strip beds both in-ground and raised. Mine are 4' across and tend to be about 32' long. Do you have any recommendations for this mode of gardening, particularly for garlic and onions? Thanks!

I was just about to cross-post this - I ran across slideshows on the MSN RE website. They have one specifically on bathrooms. Only a few photos, but you might find some ideas. This link leads you directly to the main slideshow page; there's several different ones. Here is a link that might be useful: MSN Before & After slideshows

I'm with prairiemoon2 on the privacy thing. I've already had the creepy experience of houzz emailing me to one email address when I signed up with a different one, and I'm not pleased. I hate the "like" buttons - they seem totally counter to the idea of people actually communicating with each other in a way that goes hand in hand with not being able to reply directly to a comment ("click 'like' instead!"). Bottom line: This new format really represents everything I hate about the social internet (intrusiveness, the feeling of your every move being tabulated and tracked, your method of interaction being subtly manipulated, etc.), most of which GW was blissfully free from in, as slowjane put it, its "web 1.0" way. So, I guess we were lucky for a while, and now I'll either adjust or be gone. And fyi, I did use the like buttons in this thread, but only as feedback for the houzz staff in case they're paying attention to people's reactions to the new site : )

@Chi83. Yes, I set the system up so it does it automatically. It's a good practice for me to sign in each time. It helps me to remember the different user names & passwords that I set up for different sites. @Jasdip. The banner appears as you scroll down the page. If you're either at the top or bottom of the page, the banner won't be there. If the banner is smaller/less, it wouldn't have bothered me. But this thing takes half of the page. The message that I get from it is that either I'm allowed to read by logged in or not at all. If this forum was a paid membership, I can understand this restriction. However, it's not! Is Houzz trying to turn away readers? What's their point?