certainteed has a line called "luxury" that has several shake look alikes to choose from. i think they look great. a little description from their website: "Presidential Shake TL Shingles - Color: Weathered Wood The luxury shingles with the look of cedar shakes and the performace of one of the finest composition roofing solutions in the industry. Presidential Shake TL gives your home the distinct look of a hand-split wood shake roof with the durability and performance that leaves wood in the sawdust. You get sculpted edges, staggered lines, and triple layer depth, for an amazing ground level effect that will last and last." heres the link: http://www.certainteed.com/products/roofing/residential/luxury

Thank you straitlover for the compliment. Yes I did take that photo. I haven't ever sold any pics before. But in this instance, I will grant you permission to use the photo to frame in your home, provided that you make a donation to the Newtown Youth and Family Services in support of the families affected by this recent shooting tragedy. I'll leave it up to you how much you want to donate. Does that sound fair? Here is a link that might be useful: Newtown Youth and Family Services

Whew! Glad to know I'm not the only one who didn't get it. I thought it was your real name, too, and wondered about you using your last name. Still couldn't figure it out until Arkansas Girl posted it. I hadn't realized the first name was part of it, plus didn't know how the last name was pronounced. Never would have thought of pronouncing 'Annie' as 'any'. Definitely very clever. Rusty

My wife and I liked Shadow a lot in that stairway pic, but after painting the sample on the wall it seemed too light (they used pretty moody lighting in the image). Our room is naturally really bright (day or night) so we went one shade darker on the sample. It's a color called "Galaxy" and love it (but its dark, sometimes it looks black). Sorry if I overload with these pics, have posted before under different topics :) -- Also, it doesn't have the full effect yet, we aren't done (new rug, curtains, bedding, artwork, etc)