You've talked to Crate & Barrel about the color discrepancy? I know that fabric printing runs can vary slightly, but if it's noticeably off, perhaps the store needs to do something about it?

lsst is exactly right. This is how I've aged some very intricate designs on frames, embossed pieces on furniture, etc. May I add though....use a dead-flat sealer on your item first. A dead-flad sealer brushes on easily, is water-based, and it will protect the original surface. Once you apply the dark glaze, using the sealer first, you won't have too much dark glaze sticking where you don't want it. The dark glaze, using the sealer first, comes off so much easier with that slightly damp cloth. This comes from experience. Not using a sealer first, but using a dark glaze over heavily embellished gold frame. The frame was old and porous and sucked up way too much of the dark glaze. Using a sealer on the second frame, I had lots of control over the glaze...how much I wanted to keep, how much to remove. The Dead-Flat sealer will not change the finish. Whereas a sealer with any gloss, will.

Joyful, you haven't factored in the "Pay To Pay" places like Crustco and Scam's Club, er, Costco and Sam's Club that charge you $50 to have a card in your wallet. When you don't even buy anything, and pay $50 to not buy it, what's the percentage of waste? (undefined, I know) But people still do it. Give people the illusion of saving money and they'll pay any price! I'll head to the Grab-n-Grunt, buy a 20# bucket of peanut butter, pay more per pound, but I'm saving money because I have a membership card! LOL And then there's the ones who refinance and don't pay off anything - just stretch out the mortgage. Good grief didn't anyone learn basic math?

You are getting there :-)) You will have an entirely different perspective once you get the black pots elevated. And you can always add more color with flowering plants. What happened to the white/cream colored containers? You could mix them in with the black ones to make more of a statement. The pots in the middle photo (mostly blue tones) are still too lined up. btw, the groupings do not need to be equal in impact or quantity :-)