I have removed the pictures from photo-bucket. I got too many emails asking me way too many technical questions and inquiries from professionals who asked if they could use my designs. Also quite a few asked if they could buy some of the structures and have them sipped to America(Imagine the cost of having a 90 pounds arches shipped!!! Then I saw that some even used my pictures on their websites! Then someone complained that I was "Advertizing my products here on GW ... So I decided to take them down. I don´t mind ordinary rose-people getting inspiration about how they can create affordable metal structures, which was my intentions. But I did not like the accusations of soliciting products ... And Hey I live in Europe. Today I have a blacksmith do my designs, since I am busy making garden design plans for my clients. (ooops I did it again! ...soliciting my services and products. I bet I soon gets banned from GW.

"they're already upholstered in something neutral. Does that change your mind? " I think I like the simplicity of a solid for your table, because it's all very elegant together, although more formal. It might be a bit much with two directly on the rug. Is the cream even available? The blue would be a muddle of patterns, I think, without more contrast in color. I do think you might be able to do a flame on the drapes. I can definitely picture a chair in the corner without clashing. This post was edited by snookums2 on Fri, Jan 11, 13 at 13:19

I've moved over a dozen times in the military, so here's the advice I can give you (what I can think of off the top of my head): - right now (in the morning when you read this), take photos or even better, videotape your belongings. Especially if you have expensive or antique furniture, you can verify the condition of the furniture beforehand. This is the fastest way to take an inventory. If you have a video camera, narrate as much as possible to the manufacturer, model, condition, serial number, that kind of thing. - put anything you don't want packed by the movers into your car or a room or closet that they will not pack that you can cordon off or lock; medications, valuables, suitcases with your clothes, plastic bins with anything that might leak, weapons, jewelery, alcohol, food, etc. - throw out the trash, fresh flowers, dirty rags or sponges, leftovers, fruit in a bowl, etc. They will pack anything left out. - make sure they use dish packs (a stiff kind of box with thicker cardboard) for breakables - make sure they use hanging wardrobe boxes for your hanging stuff so that it's not all totally wrinkled. If you are leaving your stuff in storage for a while, however, you can't have anything on metal hangars because they can rust in heat & humidity and you'd rather have wrinkles. - if you are paying for the boxes, make sure they use NEW boxes; you're paying for them! You want clean, unbroken boxes and clean paper. - wear athletic shoes and comfortable clothes and prepare for the workout of your life (if you have a two-story). Get a big fat marker and label, label, label. Walk around continuously to watch them walk and pack to your satisfaction, and then mark the boxes yourself, in addition to their marks. Many times, if they don't know what it is, they'll put "MISC" and having 25 boxes labeled "MISC" is not much help when unpacking. - Also, they will label the rooms that the boxes are in from your old house. If you are changing rooms, you need to label the new room that you want that box in. I hope this makes sense. Say you used to sew in "family room", but in your new house you're going to sew in your "guest room" then you need to label it that way. - Make sure the inventory sheet also has a decent description as well. Each box and piece of furniture or appliances or whatever will be given a sticky number and a description of what's in it and/or the condition. - Here's what to remember when you're labeling a box: if that box turns up missing at the end of this, will you vaguely know what was in it, based on the description on the inventory sheet? For example, say box number #45 doesn't show up at your house. The inventory will show that it was a "4.5 dish pack Kitchen". Is that enough for you? Or do you want it to say "4.5 dish pack Kitchen glasses, casserole dishes" (4.5 is the size)? That's how you want to label. -Watch when they walk around to finish a box and don't be afraid to make suggestions. Otherwise, later you'll be looking for something and you won't find it until you open the box labeled "Xmas" next December because they had just that much space left in the top of that box for your toaster. - Don't pack anything yourself. If they note "owner packed" (there is terminology for this, but I can't remember it), they are absolved of all damages for everything in that box. - For electronics, they usually need to see it turned on to ensure that it is operable. Then turn it off and then they can pack it in the orginal container. Again, liability for them. - It is nice to provide them with cold drinks and I usually order pizza or fried chicken or something for their lunch. - You can check with your insurance company to see if they cover your household goods while they are in transit; some do. Also, I think it is worth paying extra for the replacement value if that is an option - they depreciate everything at an astounding rate (i.e. 50% each year for sporting equipment, which gets you $65 to replace your 3-year old $500 windsurfer) - The best moves are point-to-point. If your stuff goes into a warehouse, you have a opportunity to lose boxes. Then when it goes back in the truck you get another opportunity. Good luck! Lisa A.

Hahahaha Yes you woke me up IOWA. Mine are made from shade cloth and then I added some to the bottom of a nylon type fabric. I actually used the white bottoms as curtains and remade them because I needed some thing longer. The panels are 6 foot wide. and I forget how long. I could measure if some one needs exact. I used Conduit as my rods and I REALLY want to do a conduit rod at the bottom but hubby is resisting this idea. They do blow so I tied them to the railing on the outside tightly then poofed them out like opening a fan to give more shade and it works pretty well. I have had these up year round for 6 years. I take them down twice a year or so and put them in the washer. Hang them back up to dry. this is just one end of the porch. We love them. We also have a west facing porch and it still is too hto to enjoy in the late afternoon so I built myself a pretty little patio on the North side of the house. Oh and we also get high winds here some times.