I am a licensed cosmetologist even though i don't practice anymore but am in contact with several nitpickers which are profession women who get ride of lice for a living.. they come into your home or you go their salon and in 2-4 hours your problem is over. No combing every day for 2 weeks to keep checking for nits etc.. my sisters kids got lice and it was bad..they had all 3 cycles of them growing in their hair..adults, nits, and eggs, and they kept coming back. My sister called my nitpicker friends and they said forget about nix or any of theose treatments because not only are they poison, but they only work for some live bugs..will not kill all of them, and they don't do anything about the nits and eggs. They said to do the cetaphil treatment which is at the following address http://www.ehow.com/how_2123367_treat-head-lice-cetaphil.html.. then sent her over an awesome lice comb and directed her to part the hair section by section starting at the bottom and to go through every hair in each section and that they would be lice free in a few hours and they were. The comb did not miss anything. Then she told her from now on to use the fairytales line of hair products for kids.They also sell the comb used by the nitpickers, and have a product called lice goodbye. The nitpickers have not tried it yet because the cetaphil works so good, but said some schools had started to use it and thought it was excellent. So after my sisters ordeal, i now check my kids once a week because if you can catch it early things will be so much easier. I have a kit in my bathroom which contains cetaphil, the lice comb, and my kids use the fairytales shampoo, conditioner, and leave in sprays daily... it is a little expensive,but gives me peace of mind.. and if you sign up for the newsletter you get a coupon in your email every month for free shipping or 10% off, and then each time you order you accumulate points which takes money off your next order. You can also look for which salons in your area sell it...i swear i have no affiliation in any way with the company..just highly recommend the products Here is a link that might be useful: Fairy Tales

Here's a queen: http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/fuo/1541211917.html Here's a king four poster: http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/fuo/1546824613.html Here's a queen: http://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/fuo/1546868516.html Another queen: http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/fuo/1539274706.html I think if you take some time, you could find just what you are looking for if you are near a large metropolitan area like Dallas. Just do a search on Henredon bed, Drexel bed, Ethan Allen bed, Pennsylvania House bed, Thomasville bed, etc. Also search on four poster bed. That should pull up several listings without having to go through lots of junk. Good luck! Jo

What a wonderful room. I agree with everyone else about it. What's particularly caught my eye the most at the moment are the little details. For example, Kevin, you might have mentioned this before, but where did you get the bed linens? Like the bed skirt, which I really like. I also like the fact that the bed skirt and bedside table lamp shade work so well together. As another example, the pot for the plant (orchid? staghorn fern?) - what is it and where did you get it? I've been thinking of repainting a room. It's not as small as that guest room, but it's not overly large either. I'd already been considering a warm, rich color and the sucess of the red on those walls confirms my feeling that deep colors in small spaces can be both beautiful and cozy.

Excellent ... I still have bubble wrap left over from insulating my potted roses in summer (last year) - it worked a treat - when they were planted out in early March they'd all developed lots of really healthy roots so being confined to a pot hadn't fazed them at all. The straw arrived as packing around my rose order a few weeks ago - it's lovely clean wheat straw .... I put it all in a plastic bag and have been saving it until I could find a use for it .... guess I'll re-arrange my very overgrown strawberry beds and use the straw to protect the strawberries. I re-read your advice about watering .... it would seem that citrus and roses are almost diametrically opposed when it comes to watering. I haven't watered the plant since I brought it home and soil is still quite damp so I'll keep monitoring it and when it feels dry down to the second knuckle I'll water it.