I love my Rosa, America. Love the salmon color and fragrance. Pretty foliage too. It is growing up on my wattle fence at the back of my cottage rose garden. In my zone, it does not die back. I mulch most of my roses heavily for winter with soil and wood chips, then pull it back in spring. Our soil has winter heave - freeze, thaw, freeze, thaw all winter long and in early spring. I mulch deeply to prevent my roses' roots from being exposed due to the heaving. My Rosa. America has not required any spraying. No muss, no fuss. I don't grow roses that can't take my climate and require a lot of work. Experiment and see what YOU think. It may be just the thing for you. (BTW, I bought mine from WalMart for $4...cash and carry) I order from Countryside Roses and the Antique Rose Emporium too, but I never pass up a good rose just because it happens to be from WalMart or any other store's garden center. I bought a yellow Lady Banks rose from Lowe's one year. It was on the "discount rack" dying a very sad and ugly way. It had downy mildew and some other god-awful problem, but I still wanted to try to bring it back to life. According to the tag and professional rose growers, Lady Banks is not supposed to be grown in zone 6b. But, I took it home, washed it with Tide and water and cleaned all the yuck off and it recovered quickly. It grew 6 feet the first year and then shot up to the porch pillars by the following year. It now covers half of my front porch - I have had it for over 10 years. It does not require any spraying, mulching, it does not die back and it doesn't even need watering. Occasionally, I need to prune it back because it's canes invade the porch sitting area. It has survived several years of above normal summer temps and drought, and our severe winter weather deep freezes and ice storms. So if you like Rosa, America, buy it, plant it and see how it does for you in your garden and your climate. sweetannie4u

I think Beverly makes a good point. Maybe you could break up the wood with lamps with a little more presence. A cream base would counteract the darkness of that wall. I think the current ones look more like they belong in a formal living room, but now that you've got the casual duvet and rustic furniture.... I almost hate to mention lamps as they are the hardest thing to do right and you're probably tired of shopping by now!

Mindy- just doing my kitchen (2021) & thought of doing stainless at base of island. Found your post - what did you end up doing & if SS using? I am like you - don't want scratches showing, cheap look etc. I need 11 foot long x 4 1/2 inches tall. Not finding anything that long, so concerned about the sight of a seam where the 2 pieces meet, also need to bend at corner on both ends of island. Found some stick on & they will send sample. Ikea nothing, & will check the SS tornado listed above. Thanks!

Since its an interior door, and all your interior trim, is white, I would leave the door white too. This all said by someone, who doesnt really like white trim, and has all black trim and doors in their entire house. I would leave the exterior door black, like it is, because, that one can stand out from all the others.