dekeoboe - thanks for the heads up about the owl! I went to Hallmark today and got the last one. Knock on wood - the 'L' word is really on my side so far w/ this room! The owl was 50% off! And the paint guy at ACE clearly didn't hear me when I said I wanted it mixed in the Essence paint as it is only $14.99 per gallon. I got 2 gallons for both DD's room and mine. I almost fell over when the cashier said $48! He mixed the wrong brand and it turned out that they were out of Essence so he gave me their top of the line paint for $14.99/ gallon! Sue - those alphabet fairies are just perfect! Polly - that chandy is so sweet! I wanted to name DD Penelope but DH nixed that. I really like the bunny lamp and I may have to start trolling around e-bay for something similar. Hellokitty - I was thinking of one or two small pillows - I really like the heart ones that Polly got at IKEA. I have a sweet little white one that I picked up a few months ago that has the palest of pale pink edging and is embroidered w/ 'P.S. I love you' in the same shade of pink. It's so pale you almost don't even notice it. I thought maybe a great raspberry plaid for the rocker seat. I started painting the dresser about 30 minutes ago in SW Berry Bush. I think that the deeper raspberry tones w/ that wall color are edgey but still sweet. Igloo - Maybe we can vacation swap houses like they did in The Holiday! LOL! Yes - I agree - that girls room that is decked out in all those fabulous shades of turqouise, green and white is simply wonderful! That Poster did such an amazing job at pulling that room together so well.

Reviving an old thread so I can ask a related question - I'm in a cool summer climate and keep most of my citrus outside (except in case of overnight stays inside during frosts, which number about 10 days per winter in my climate). Because temperatures don't naturally get into the citrus happy-place until May here, trailing off in September or October, I wonder if I should actually be using black containers to warm the roots and extend my growing season a touch. Average summer highs are in the high 70s to low 80s with the occasional (like, maybe two per year) day in the low 90s; overnight lows are always in the high 50s to mid 60s, even in late July. What do people think are the odds the sun could heat the roots all the way up above 100 and start to do damage in a black container in my climate?

Pale yellow will work.

Someone at my work said the same thing actually about the low VOC paint. Glad to hear you say that as well. We've been doing so well as far as her eating healthy and taking vitamins and everything seems to be going great. I wont be tearing down any walls or kicking up dust so I feel like this can be done with very minimal exposure. There's so many other bad things out there from second hand smoke to unhealthy foods so I feel like two days of painting (not the wife) with lots of ventilation as well as low VOC paint should be fairly safe.