The only site focusing on cement arts and crafts and related subjects. And with a forum. Many searches have yielded Bo Atkinson and many of your links, but nothing like this! It's a dream! Don't forget a link to the Tarot Garden, lots of people don't know about her. Putting together my web site ate over a year of my life (being completely illiterate) it was ghastly. I hope it doesn't become a full-time job (and sitting is really bad for your back!) I hate almost all fonts. I had just got comfortable with off-set printing when that was over. The optimized stuff is pretty hard on high-res. junkies like myself.

I just love, love, love that verdigris patina, and have done lots of it. I do it about the same as kudzukween....I use a sea sponge, and I've done it with products from Lowes - they have a product from Modern Options, Inc...comes in 16 oz bottles...and I have the Patina Blue, Patina Green, Guilded Gold and Copper Topper....worked really well to use the blue AND green. The blue is really more what I consider turquoise. And I like the addition of a little of the gold in there, too. I usually start with a solid coat of one of them, and then sponge on the other colors until I have the desired effect. Also, I have used some craft paints - I found a color called Laguna by Craft Barrel which I love as the green/blue base, and then I use Folk Art Metallic Solid Bronze and Folk Art Meallic Antique Gold sponged over them. Don't know if you've sponged before, but if not...I dampen the sea sponge first, dip it in the paint, and then blot it before I apply it to the article. I'm glad to hear about the primer for plastic - I wasn't aware of that...thanks tomplum.

I don't think mixing and matching metals is a faux-pas - especially if each metal is repeated at least once.

Another vote for the third pendant. Although, I admit I am one who has eyes that are very sensitive to seeing exposed bulbs through clear glass. Love the look of the edition bulbs, but they still bother my eyes. Plus an opaque glass will not look dirty quite as fast since it hides the bugs that amazingly get it there somehow. Urg! I like the dining room chandelier. I know it was just the background color for the photo, but I even like the navy blue wall color with your cabinets and countertops. On the cherry cabinet, I think my personal preference is the ORB color for the hardware, but like the other two style wise better. I think you can absolutely mix metals. Here is just one example I had saved, but I've seen it done in many, many beautiful kitchens. Do a Houzz search for mixed metals and you'll see a lot of good examples.