Thuja's and Chamaecyparis thyoides come to mind. Hemlocks of course meet the bill right on the money and there's a wonderful Hemlock called Tsuga mertensiana 'Blue Star' that is available on the internet. It's the best too from my observations of thousands of conifers. It will attain 20 feet tall x three wide at the base in 20 years. There's a C. thyoides cultivar that is very graceful but I know of no-where it is sold. Here is a photo: C. thyoides 'Hopkinson' and foliage: Good luck!

Knowing that you shop places like Home Depot or Menards... Have you seen the pendant light kits that turn a single Westinghouse glass replacement light (designed for ceiling fans originally) into a very affordable pendant light? There are conversion kits for bright brass, white, rubbed brass, maybe more. At the store by my house they have a large number of the Westinghouse globes/chimneys in stock and there is a display on the ceiling which shows lots of choices. The kits cost roughly $12 and the glass ranges from about $5 to over $20 per globe. On the internet you can find lots more styles than are in the store. There are old-fashioned ones, typical Victorian items, etc. But there are also many very modern ones. There are lots of gorgeous colored glass ones that fit the current fad. I am absolutely surprised by the number of choices. In the sample website below, don't quit too soon; there are many many choices. You can make the length of the pendant any length you like. I fell in love with a Justice Design Group pendant, but at about $120 each, times FIVE, that amounted to a good chunk of change which I just couldn't justify. The ones I'm going to make are $25 apiece. The Westinghouse kit is just as limited in wattage as the gorgeous Justice Group "Limoges" one I still drool over, so that was not a dealbreaker anyway. Florantha Here is a link that might be useful: One online resource for Westinghouse glass for pendants

What a sweet, beautiful pair of salt and pepper shakers. The site I've included below has links to different Fenton collectors groups. If you spread the word through them that you're looking for Fenton turquiose hobnail opaque milk glass salt and pepper shakers it will increase your chances of finding them. I imagine at least some of these collectors scout out garage sales, flea markets and such and would recognize the S&P set if they happened across them. Hopefully if they found them and knew of your interest, they would buy them and then sell them to you. I found a couple of specific Blenko glass pieces that I was looking for by going this route. Good luck! Here is a link that might be useful: fenton art glass collectors

I ended up with this shade. I took the advice of bringing it to the lighting center. I will stew on it for a bit & see how we like it. this room is a big work in progress. Thanks for the input!