I'm a Rachel Zoe show fan, since DD1 turned me on to the show. Brad is my favorite. Just watched The View video - she said it all right there. She is a perfectionist and a control freak. These are two BIG personality traits in people with eating disorders. I have personal experience with anorexic behavior - not myself, but with two women in my family. My sister has been anorexic for the past 20+ years. Another trait - they are blind to the fact they are too thin. They go to the extreme with things, whether with not eating or over exercising. Do I think Rachel's low weight is totally contributed to being anorexic or having an eating disorder? No. She is a tiny person. She won't ever weigh much. She is very much like my mother in this respect. Is it healthy? Not always. My mom used to weigh 100 lbs and be 5ft tall. At 76yo, she has shrunk and it's not healthy for her. If she gets sick, she has no weight to loose. But she eats a lot and she is still thin. Yes, we are talking about a 30+ age difference in Rachel and my mom but wanted to make a point that a tiny person is a tiny person. Rachel has that going against her in the not eating healthy department. Unlike Kelly Ripa, I don't believe Rachel gets any exercise other than running around for work. She's going to suffer significant bone and muscle loss. Moonshadow, Victoria Beckham. May not be spelled correctly.

Thank you thank you thank you! But I have to say, these projects are soooo much easier than they look - I don't feel right taking so much credit, lol! Crocheting, for me, is a great stress reliever and mood elevator. I get satisfaction of doing something with my hands other than throttling DH (kidding) and I get satisfaction from seeing a completed project and saying to myself "I don't believe I actually FINISHED this!" The bonnet, sweater, and booties came from a pattern book I bought at JoAnne's, and the Onesie is from the current issue of Crochet Today (I'll put a link at the bottom). And I *really* think I'm going to ask for a row-counter for my b'day - as silly as it sounds I never even knew such a thing exists, lol! Thanks again for your praise, and thanks for lifting my spirits tonight :-> april Here is a link that might be useful: crochet today project

kitchendetective, Here's exactly what the decorator told me: "The paint and stains inquired about are custom finishes sold exclusively with our cabinetry (not sold in stores). We would be happy to look at your plans and assist you with the kitchen design and components. Thank you again for your interest and we look forward to hearing from you! Thank you." chips4000, did you try to duplicate the stain on the cabinets also? Any hints on what it might be? Thank you for the paint "recipe!!!" Also, I couldn't get into your link you sent. Thank you!

Thanks Macv. My original request was to see how exposed beams would look but I can see that perhaps there is more to this so I am thankful for your input. Yes, the structure is done to code as we live in a very tightly controlled Long Island village and that's the way we roll anyway. We put this extension on 11 years ago and are now bumping out the right side (from the door all the way to the right wall) (see pic below) another 6 ft to give us more room in the den/family room. The room to the left is a large kitchen with a flat ceiling. So perhaps this more clearly explains that the cathedral peak in the den is actually not in the same place as the roof peak/ridge beam. The den ceiling peak is centered above the three windows. My architect has the original plans for this space so I can't look to give you more detail regarding the innerds. But if you look at the pic below, the ridge beam is located at the peak above the door. The entire interior den is all contained in the space from the door all the way right. My understanding is the if we were to go the ridge-beam route, they would have to rip into the wall on the left of the interior den (I re-added the photo below for convenience) which is also the true brick back wall of the original circa 1928 structure, add a 'post', and basically do a bit more destruction than I was anticipating - at a greater cost. We were told by another contractor we considered, that adding a ridge to the new structure would be a large part of the cost which is why we are exploring equally effective albeit asthetically different options. .