Hi, here's an "old" photo of Adobe in our small, guest BR -- before it was finished. (I haven't been on the forum for a long time but have been wanting to post a few completed projects, one of which is a headboard and pillows for this bed. Maybe over this holiday break.) Adobe is such a soothing color. When I first read your post I was concerned at the color choices then I read on realized you're the one with the Moutarde and Pumpkin and you know what you're doing. :) Your dining room is one of my all-time favorites. Interestingly and if I recall correctly, Demifloyd has sort of a reverse color situation as your two current choices. She has Adobe in master BR and soft blue drapes. Adobe for a transition from the outdoors into a home seems dark to me, but it sounds like it would work if you have a good amount of light and your other EK colors are in adjoining rooms. Was Camel or another color along those lines too light for your foyer choice? A few quick thoughts...Have you considered playing up the architectural feature of your BR ceiling by doing something different, and I could see accessorizing your BR with a range of nature's neutrals, starting with ivory and going darker, to harmonize with all the blue.

Amy, that is just about the coolest thing since sliced bread! I'd thought of a few things you might do with Sheila, but a key keeper wasn't one of them. What a great idea! I hope you two are very happy together for years to come and I love her eyelashes and her hair bow!

"Welcome to the pinkhood". I'm just laughing at that! I do have a lovely pink set of Pyrex bowls that were my Grandmother's, but I don't use them because I'm scared that I will break them, like I did her peach luster pie plate and that pink pressed glass fruit bowl. I'm kind of a klutz. (sigh) Grandma liked pink, I also have an old pink patterned candy dish that she got as a wedding present clear back in the 30s, but I am very, very careful with it. As for that new pink dish, I set it on the counter next to my red Kitchenaid mixer and it looked like Valentine's Day! Bragu, when I venture out to the store I'm going to see if they have other sizes. I like having a prettier container to serve things in like hot dips or that layered Mexican dip. They are "gloppy" if I remove them from the cooking pan, it's prettier to leave it in the baking dish, so now I have a pretty dish to leave it in. Although I'm relatively frugal (the kids say "cheap"), I'll pay the extra dollar or two to get something made here and hopefully keep some of my neighbors working. Annie

Oh wow! That is sadly, NOT my yard. But it is a perfect depiction of my brain this time of year! How BEAUTIFUL those punkins are!!! I am MORTALLY jealous!!!!