At $ 349 and you have to put it together, that should tell you about how durable that piece will be. A 50" Plasma TV is HEAVY (over 230 lb) , and I'd be concerned about sagging / collapsing issues. Some of that kit furniture made in China is not too pure. I too, found no one making anything decent, so one day I sat down and designed one, from scratch, and had one of my suppliers build it - shameless plug - Its now the top-selling piece in their line. I have the prototype in my own home that I fitted with a pull-out, articulated arm for the Flat Plasma to come out of the upper cabinet and rotate into the room. This is all solid wood (tiger maple, cherry, or painted poplar), and is available as the lower section only in two sizes. Doors are stacking bi-folds, but I suppose it could be made with tempered smoked glass in lieu of the raised panels. Here is a link that might be useful: Flat Panel Entertainment Center

Hi Radley, The doors appear to be a mix of original stain and a newer gel coat. I had to paint the half bath and utility doors in the nearby area as they were so badly done. I kept three doors in the badly done wood at the end of the hall along with double doors (just like entry) going into the master bedroom. I will tackle the striping and re-staining down the road. I was told the kitchen cabinets were cherry but I swear they look like Lyptus. The crown molding appeared to be a sort of walnut stain (now painted wall color but in a gloss).. Close-up of door stain on master doors. These are different to the attempt at gel coating on the other bedroom doors to hide a “mom stay out” carving and multiple dog scratches. I don’t have a close-up of front door but these master doors are close. Thank you Kswl, the house has been a lot of work believe it or not to get it to this point. Lots of oddities here! Husband and I have worked our way to the end and have closed this guest bath slider in and added a door with a doggy door. It’s not magazine worthy but will make my life easier. This week we also gutted the master and master bath and will be adding a closet. The fireplace was tweaked as well as it was originally an attention hog the minute you walked in. However, so was the kitchen so we tweaked that a bit and it doesn’t scream as loud. There were no electric outlets beyond the wall cabinets between windows. About that brass thing at fireplace…yes I think I agree and that’s why I haven’t hung it. After I finish the drywall in 2nd bath husband will hang to dining light and we will take it from there. Also, in my mind I would love to find an old but nice black metal cabinet of some sort with brass on it to use as a media cabinet. There does not seem to be any such thing in my searches. In fact I can’t find any of the ideas that are in my head. It just seems like that area needs some brass (a bit) to say it’s part of a certain time. An area I'm doing dual time in. And, some "before" pic's.. Geokid I like that idea and actually looked on Conestoga last night. They didn't have my configuration. It's looking like I need to find a vintage something with brass and tweak it. I'm thinking that although I like the light wood it seems I might need more of an anchor...and brass! This post was edited by jterrilynn on Mon, Apr 14, 14 at 12:29

Still no answer from A&M. Many more of my hosta have signs of the same problem. It's probably some sclerotenia fungi (Southern blight is sclerotenia rolfsii). There are several others. I'm just figuring out what is what. Apparently, the cool wet spring we had gave the fungi the perfect place to grow. Couple that with several hosta that needed repotting that didn't get it and are too deep in the pot (no enough circulation). Adding bark mulch to my sterile potting soil introduced the pathogen. We had the right temperatures and high humidity that ifungi love in the early to mid spring.with rain every day (same with nematodes) Then we went from 80 degree days to 100 almost immediately, which stressed the plants. That's my working theory, anyway. I'm still trying to identify the exact pathogens I have and if there are any chemical controls After heat treating some plants for nems a couple of weeks ago, I don't think it's a good idea to stress the plants any more than they already are. Bare rooting them at 100 degrees is probably not a good idea. The treatment will kill them if the disease doesn't. I've drenching them with fungicide, and will follow that up with different fungicide in a few days. When it cools off, I'll do what ever I can to treat them. . This is what I found in pots that look perfectly healthy from the top. I found this in Striptease, which I think I indication of another sclerotinia fungus. It's bits of soil and leaf strung together with really thin cottony threadlike material. If I'm guessing correctly, it's sclerotenia sclerotiorum, which is a cousin to southern blight. If I don't hear from A&M by tomorrow afternoon, everything will get a fungicide drench. I'll try to contain it until it cools off and then try to treat. bk

I really like it, especially with your very 'airy' plant. All 3 objects give one the feeling of 'floating'. Like magic! It makes the oversized electronic, look like it's in a home setting. Very nicely done. Couldn't be any nicer. Now, look for all those with the giant 'entertainment with a bridge' armoires or wall shelving be putting them up on resale websites, so they can lighten the load in their tv rooms... LOL