If you think working with Subs is difficult, try working with a "I know it all" husband. I'll agree, he has been in the architect/construction business for over 50 years, but he is stuck in the 70's when it comes to details and decorating that I want to do. I can't begin to count the times he said, "It just won't work"....but never tells me why...it is just "You won't understand". I swore when we built this last house, never again!!...but we are back in the planning stages of doing it again...or I should say HE is.... I want to buy a ready-built home, but he thinks he can build one being the contractor himself (of course, he will not be using a tool), and this one took 3 years to complete.....and I want this next one (if we do build) completed in my lifetime!!!! He drew all the plans and said I could pick out all of the inside stuff, but when I say I want something, he finds fault in it all.....UGH!!! You all could have it worse!!!...and I am sure I will be ready to say, "My way or the highway"....but I don't know which of us will be using that highway!

Thanks, all. These are all family images. The large pastels are my parents, ca. 1964. The others are photos and range from my granddad's barefoot school class photo from 1913, to a great aunt's thatch-roofed bungalow in Africa where she and her husband were missionaries in the '20s. Most visitors are on DH's side of the family, or are simply friends, so won't know any of these folks. My main takeaways from the comments are: it's probably all a bit too high, but possibly livable, and the top right two photos (late '20s portraits of a grandmother and grandfather) need some help. When you're in the room, you're actually pretty close to the photos, so they're pretty easy to see. But I agree those top two are getting a bit lost and will think about how to remedy that. It may be as simple as getting some slightly larger frames with some matting. Regarding the height, I'm going to live with it a while. If I have time next weekend I'll shift it all down a bit and re-post. Re ease of rearranging -- yes. Much easier than having to move nails or hangars. The hooks clamp onto the cable and can be tightened with a screwdriver. You can loosen, slide up or down, and re-tighten. The three littlest photos are command velcroed to the wall, so those I'll have to peel off and re-stick. Thanks much for the input and the kind words about the coziness of the room. It's my little inner sanctum and I've tried to keep it "me". Unfortunately the daybed is usually covered with DH's workout clothes and bags, as he goes in the study in the early morning to get dressed for the gym. I can live with it if it keeps him from waking me up at 4:45am!

And known by a few other names, also. Thanks for the link, Bev. About 1900 the Ladies Art Company, a pattern sales company, published it as the Lily Quilt Pattern and Hearth and Home magazine published it as Des Moines. In 1934 the Kansas City Star quilt column suggested you embroider your name across the center in album quilt fashion and called it Cluster of Lilies. A smaller source the Needlecraft Supply Company published it in 1938 as Pond Lily. #1952 This pattern was published as Devil's Claws by the Ladies' Art Company. Other names include Idaho Beauty and Cross Plains. This is the one I made a few months ago.

This is a close-up of the border fabric I started working with. I tried not to get too matchy-matchy with the other fabrics, which is a tendency I fight all the time. At the same time, I didn't want the quilt to lose its more subtle, darker look either. I don't have the correct words to describe the different facets of color, but I know them when I see them. (I think it may be called saturation.)