Excellent! Glad to hear that Crassula arborescens is a more thirsty variety. I am slowly planning landscaping part of my yard with succulents. Before I relandscape, I am in the process of trying out individual specimens to see what fares best in my climate. Sounds like Crassula arborescens might be a good landscape candidate. jonaskragebaer - I have to say, I know very little about Denmark. During your wet summers, how hot is it there? My (admittedly limited) trials with succulents show that it isn't the wet alone, but the wet+heat that does them in. Seems like succulents most hate the combination of high humidity combined with nighttime temps not dropping below 80 degrees F.

Hey there and thanks! Yes, the fireplace window is exactly the same as the other and equi-distant from the other on the other side of the TV unit so I think it really need to match and be consistent with the others...The drapes I'm looking for (actually, already have) are not full and will be able to hang down slimly. I always extend the rod as much as possible to not cover the windows...Will have to work some magic with that one... I HAD seen doing a road but only a panel hanging down on the outsides of each "pair of windows"...but of course can't fid them now... I have faux silk ones that match the walls well...love the color BUT wish they weren't so full.. I have beige (a little too light though I think) linen and brown color block grommet ones too... And then also crazy ones from IKEA. Will hae to take pix. Ugh. I just hate full drapes that close off a room. I'd like to do them on the two windows that you see fully in the picture, but think doing it on the two on the other side of the tv unit makes it too much. SIGH. Pix to follow. So do we agree that a cornice is farty? I just thought these were super cool....funny thing is, the brown and beige look 80s but the gray looks super cool..not sure I have enough gray to pull it off... This is a better view of the 4 windows (From when we moved in day 1 with temporary furniture and rugs)...

We went with pebble sheen. We were originally going to do just Aqua Blue. After viewing a few pools that were Aqua Blue we didn't like the way the color on the shallow steps looked. Really grey and to me really took away from the rest of the pools Aqua color. No mater what color we choose for the pool the step and shallow area of the pool has a grey or green color. That's not the look I was going for so we decided on Desert Gold for all the shallow areas and steps and Blue Granite for the rest of the pool. Couldn't be happier with our decision. Here are some pics plus our entire pool process is on this forum as well under http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2534843/new-pool-build-orangevale-ca?n=85 You will have to view the link to see how these colors look with water.

I’m sorry about your daughter. It sounds like you don’t have a choice. My house was built in 3 stages- 1803, 1817, and 1836. My floors vary by the build date and, heartbreaking for us, a rescue of the oldest part done by the second family to own it in 1927. Personally I would keep the color of the floors downstairs in a sympathetic replacement of your current floor. For true house historians, the first thing they all notice is the discrepancy of the 1927 oak floors in a house of walnut and cherry. I am forever grateful they saved the house, but I wish they had matched the floors to the original. If you can’t use the old flooring for another project right now, store it and wait for the right inspiration. We have found old wood in the little carriage house and in our attic. It awaits future projects. I am excited about your rescue of this home. Keep a notebook with pictures and document why you did or didn’t do something a certain way. We were given such a book.