I brought a KD paid her $300.00, she assured me a 3D plan. Her fees would have been around $5 -10 thousand. When she presented the plan, it was MY plan!! She took everything I said and made a plan. I was so frustrated as i had communicated to her I wanted her ideas and input. Long story short, I fired her and did my own plan. I was my own KD. I think everyone is capable of doing this. You know what you need, want, and your style. With the money i saved, i purchased high end appliances and custom cabinets. Please think realistically, do you really need a KD. If you bring custom kitchen designers, they draw up the plans and don't charge for them. I spoke with 4 different custom caboinet makers and eventually decided on one. He was my KD. he listen to my needs and planned the cabinets accordingly. Just a thought.

Pal, the ripple fold drapes have a clean tailored look which I find much more pleasing than pleated drapes. They would look nice in the room. However, they wouldn't provide the ability to block excess light while still having the yard visible as tilting verticals does. Have you bought from the Shade Store? It seems like they only carry their own line and I can't tell what the quality of their mechanisms is which is very important for verticals. I'm also having trouble finding technical information on their site - e.g. what the size limits are. Fun, those panels cover up to 120". Our window is over 144". Hunter Douglas has panels that cover up to 150" in a one way draw (and note that we don't have any stacking room on the door side so we have to have one way draw). That would mean that over 2' of our window would remain covered when they are fully drawn. And like the ripple drapes, they don't provide a view and shade at the same time. Annie, those are awful looking but I've seen some awful looking cheap curtains too. That cheap, badly done or mistreated ones can look awful doesn't mean that they all do. The ones we had were good quality. They are about 27 years old and only recently did a few vanes develop problems with turning in unison with the others - which is reasonable to expect after that many years. We have over 60' of sliding glass doors and fixed pane windows on the back of our house covered with these and not a one looks like the pictures you posted. Onedog, thanks - we found the kitchen forum here very helpful with our kitchen remodel. Do you know what brand the verticals at your lake house are? I've never found ours difficult to operate. Our cords operate smoothly with no yanking and only now that they are very old do we have trouble with a vane or two not turning correctly. I'm not sure what brand we had and I'm away on a business trip. I've heard good things about the quality of Graber's rail system. We are leaning toward selecting a color that blends with the wall. There is a lot of pattern in the room already from the wood grain and the quartzite in the kitchen and fireplace surround. Plus we have a Kurdish rug on the floor, so we will probably go with a white or off white window covering without a pattern. Here is a picture with the rug: (BTW, the chair in the picture is quite comfortable and handy for holder our grand daughter while she has a bottle, but I feel that it doesn't really go and should be replaced with something visually simpler. The couch is getting quite worn and needs replacement. I was hoping to wait until our grand children were a bit older and tidier but it really is getting too bad and needs to be replaced in short order. So I have no need to take either into account in the decorating of the room.)

The forum is called Point of View and we have 190 members who like talking about politics in a civil manner. We also have a conversations area to talk about things other than politics. Here's the url for when it gets back online. You're welcome to come check it out. https://pov-forum.com/ Edit: We're up and running now!

The Nest thermostat has a WiFi radio which needs power. The RH is the 24 V power. The C is the ground connection. If no C wire is present, the ground is supplied by another connection. In your case it is W1. It doesn't work with every control board. I recommend you install a C wire connection to fix the problem. If you call Google Nest they will probably give you the same advice.