Lucy0214 - I am tickled pink that someone is building the Vida de la Confianza! That is our plan too! BUT, we had an architect change a lot of things, so it's not exactly the same as the stock plan anymore. Do you have a build blog? I would love to see more pics of your house. I know I've searched all over the internet, but never found ONE real life picture of it (until I saw yours)! They just set our basement walls on Monday, so we should be rolling along soon with everything else. I'm excited to share some photos on this blog as things progress :) Are you putting railings on the front porch? ~Stephanie

Your kitchens look awesome with red. I REALLY wish I could use that color, but because of the open floor plan, I can't. I do think the kitchens look warm and inviting. Alywa, your yellow is very pretty - it is bolder than mine and more golden!! I'm going to meet with a painter today and see what he says. I have bought soooo many samples of paint and just can't find the right color - creamy colors beige out and turn shades khaki, mushroom, peach, etc., tans turn green, and on it goes. I may just stick with the yellow at this point - "better the devil you know than the one you don't!" My cabinets are Canac - I live in Sacramento, CA and there just happened to be a showroom in a nearby town. Here is their link: http://www.canackitchens.com/index.cnc There prices were very good and they have a beautiful selection of cabinets. My cabinets have an interesting cut in each of the four corners that looks really sharp when two sets of cabinets are together - it forms a diamond shape. I don't have a picture of two sets together, but here is one set of cabinets with fairly good detail to view. The colors are more uniform than this picture looks, probably caused by using a BlackBerry instead of a real camera!! :-) Here is a link that might be useful:

Thanks, everyone, for your comments. I have to say that I feel so relieved reading that you don't care for the ring pulls, I guess because I wasn't 'feeling it' with them either! Really, I could care less if it's considered MCM or contemporary - whatever. I love les's idea of wood pulls to match the dark wood and DH liked it to, so I will explore that idea. K9arlene, your point is a good one! We have already bought this bed and are using it. I guess we don't prop up in bed much, because it hasn't bothered us. We are really happy with this bed. And I will use ellendi's suggestion to put firm pillows in our decorative shams and bolster pillow - good idea! Sherrmann - I would love to see a pic, but it's probably not easy to get one. Here is my main inspiration pic, although I kind of did the opposite coloring. It has teeny tiny knobs, so I obviously strayed in a big way from it. Maybe I will get some samples like these, but I don't know. Thanks again, everyone, and keep the comments coming!

SoFl, I wanted to add that Bolero smells similar to Sugar Moon. I could have a garden comprised of those two just for smelling. Guess I'll have to add Sharifa Asma to my list now if it smell similar. : ) When I comment on a post and go to it from my email notice, it take me directly to the last posts and if it's a short one without pics, I just read it in my email.