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Karyn, I'm not surprised that you're having a difficult time. My home is being decorated in British colonial, also. Although CL has great furniture buys, it can be difficult to find the right style, the right price, and the right size. I looked for months trying to find the right counter stools here in Houston and finally gave up. Frontgate's Raffles counter stools met all my criteria and were a great price for the style. Many of the nice tables pictured so far on your thread are meant for a formal diningroom. For example, it seems to me your CL find would need a glass top to protect that fine wood. This defeats the idea of practicality for daily use. A breakfast table takes a lot of abuse, even with adults only in the household. Many folks probably went with a glass top so the table could be more formal yet the glass could take the wear of daily living. Frontgate has the Milano (indoor) table in different sizes and shapes. It has an iron base and a recycled hammered copper top. Frontgate has paired Clermont chairs with it which could work for British colonial. To me, their prices seem reasonable for the quality. This table may not work for you. If interested, see ironaccents.com and humbleabode.com as both also feature that table. Ironworks shows other types of tops for that table base and humbleabode discusses the type of wax that should be used to protect the top. Regardless, take your time, and perhaps save your money as others have urged. This post was edited by Texasgal47 on Thu, Aug 29, 13 at 16:13

I enjoy the huge variety of items. On American shows, everything tends to be a sweet, using assigned ingredients. (Bake a pie with one of these fruits, followed by a mad dash by contestants to grab one.) But on GBBO, it's "bake an American-style pie", and the contestants chose their own ingredients and flavors. And the US/Brit differences! I loved the donut episode, with history of the donut trucks. A simple common jelly donut was exotic! And the "tea biscuits" sure looked like Mallomars to me.

I thought I read somewhere that Prince Charles wanted to slim down the monarchy much like the Swedish court did (Carl Gustaf removed 5 of his grandchildren from the royal house and rescinded their royal titles last year). Though I doubt he wanted Harry to be on that list, maybe it's not a bad thing. It has to be tough when your assigned life's work is to be "the spare" to the the heir. I imagine that the racist crap Meghan has had to put up with since day one (not from the royal family, but in print and social media) coupled with the constant hounding by the press has just proven to be too much. Considering what happened to Diana, just the press alone has to be pretty triggering for Harry. I'm sure H & M hope this move will enable them to pick and choose when to enter the fray and allow them to retreat to safety when they want to, rather than being in the thick of it constantly, though that might not be the case. There are paparazzi everywhere, after all, and they'll find them in Canada or California. In any event, it's odd and unfortunate they didn't do this through the proper channels. But given QEII's incredible dedication to duty, as someone mentioned above, she may not have been inclined to agree to any of this. Perhaps their announcement was made to force the palace's hand? In any event, I doubt Prince Charles will cut them off, that would not play well in the press. As for William and Catherine, they seem to have adapted well. They dole out just enough of their private life, kid photos, etc., to keep the press happy, and they also have almost never put a foot wrong which makes them kind of boring so they aren't hounded in the same way. I really wish H & M well, I hope they can work all this out without any permanent rifts in the family.