We do plan to spend more time in the greenhouse. Only trouble now is that by the time we get home from work, it's dark out :( As far as costs it's easy to see our heating costs are drastically down, but not easy to calculate exactly how much. The GH shares a propane source with our garage & studio which we are heating about the same as last year. Just a rough estimate but we have two 100-gallon tanks that cost about $500 to fill. By this time last year they had been filled once and were about 50% full. As of Sunday, both tanks are 60% full and have not been filled yet this heating season. I don;t know this years propane rates but I'm hearing they are pretty close to last year. I'd say that's a significan savings. Keep in mind we did see an increase in our electric bill by about $20 per month for late Oct & Nov when we were only heating the GH with electric. Even so I'd say the savings in just a few weeks in propane have already paid for the solar pool cover. As an added bonus, we're seeing much more reliable GH temps so we can start to us ethe GH more. In fact we're planning to start some salad greens from seed this weekend. Our tomatoes are starting to fade and our cukes are fading also. Any other suggestions for winter vegetables? We don;t plan to add supplemental light so I know we;re limited by that but I'm betting there are crops that will grow even now.

I am with Pharaoh on this one. With the two big posts on the one end, it is impossible to get the same amount of overhang on all sides. So far we have just been talking about the two shorter ends and the overhang there not being equal. Of course they are not equal. The two posts extend out further than the rest of the perimeter of the island. Say, for grins, that you convince the granite company to remake the top. They make it so that the overhang above the posts is equal to the overhang above the apron on the other side of the island. Now look at the view of the corner like you posted alone, above. The lip extending over the short, end side of the island will now be longer than the lip over the post on the long side of the island! You would look at the corner, see the different overhangs on two sides of the same post and say it was wrong. What you saw when you looked at the island the first time was that the lip over the posts did not stick out as far as the lip over the side without the posts. You are right. This is true. It is true because the POSTS THEMSELVES create the asymmetry. Go stand at the end of the island with one post on each side in front of you. Measure the overhanging lip of granite above the apron that is between the posts. If that is the same amount of overhang that exists above the apron on the other three sides, the top was made correctly.

I had to do the same thing with some cabinet doors, although the cabinet was custom made and I had given the cabinet maker the dimensions of the pulls, he still didn't leave enough room! A good finish carpenter can do it easily. You just need someone who takes pride in their work and knows how to measure twice and cut one! My doors stayed without pulls for a while until I had a GC in the house doing some other work and I asked him to install the recessed pulls. It didn't take him long at all.

I have edge/finger pulls. We had some that were damaged at first and needed to be replaced which is proving a challenge to get them flush now as we didn’t route them (however the installer did a great job without routing and it wasn’t rubbing when he did it). However, to answer the 2 pull issue and the user friendliness issue: we only have 1 even for the large drawers that hold pots, pans, kitchen aid stand mixer, blender, etc. Installer told me if you put two, you will most likely only use one and after prolonged use like that the drawers will become off balance. Using the edge pulls hasn’t been annoying or difficult in any way. Even my very young child and my older parents, who were concerned about joint pain, have been totally fine using these. Other people pointed out to me that maybe exposed edges would catch on my clothes but it doesn’t extend past the counter so my clothes don’t actually ever get close enough. On another note, I opted out of routing in case I ever wanted to change the style and not have that edge ruined….my husband later pointed out to me that changing the type of handles on our drawers would probably be unlikely for us….which I imagine is the case for most people. Once those handles are out of style, my whole kitchen will probably be out of style lol Good luck