I used the Firefox(probably available for Chrome too?) add-on called Stylish. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stylish/ I wrote this CSS(Cascading Style Sheet) to make it suit "me". CSS is what Gardenweb used to make it look their way. :) I'm not a programmer, just a do-it-yourselfer so I'm quite certain my code is not optimal... but it works good enough for me. If you want to try it, after installing Stylish, open a gardenweb.com page, select "Write new style -> For gardenweb.com", name it something like "Style Gardenweb" and paste this in, replacing what's already there. http://www.chuggerguy.com/pub/styleGardenweb.txt (Not the link, the text pointed to by the link) The background image I use for the center zone is hosted by me so you may want to change that, just in case I tire of it and change it, my machine dies, I die, or whatever. :) Of course you might just want to parse though it, take what you find useful, and leave the rest. Video is not visible, most likely your browser does not support HTML5 video Edited to add the video(If you don't see it, your browser doesn't do HTML5). You can right click and select view full screen if it's too small to see. Turning on my personal styling makes... a wee bit of a difference. This post was edited by chuggerguy on Sun, Feb 24, 13 at 1:52

And I just really don't like the fridge crowding the window. I wasn't particularly keen on that either but it was the only way I could see getting the fridge to that side of the kitchen without some kind of structural work, which is a no-go for Noah. Well, that's not quite true. I did figure out a way to move the fridge to the other side of the kitchen without crowding the window but I wasn't thrilled with either plan. But this isn't my kitchen so I should post and let Noah decide.Instead of moving the fridge to the window wall, I moved it to the top wall and moved the range to the lower end of the window wall. I added a walk-in pantry and a cab with counter against the pantry wall for the MW. It's a bit of a twist turn to load the DW but I know a few who have something similar on purpose and really like this set-up (hollygator's the only GWer whose name comes to mind, though). There isn't a lot of counter between sink and range in this plan, unfortunately. So I did one with a corner sink set-up. (heads up, funky, this one puts the DW in the prep zone, ducking and running for cover, lol.) I tried to get the set-up to be fridge, DW, 12" cab, corner sink but there just isn't enough room to do that. If the fridge were narrower - a 30" fridge instead of a 36" fridge - then it would work. There's loads of counter between sink and range in this one but not much upper cab storage and the DW is in the prep zone. Without knowing more about the flow of Noah's home - where do groceries come in, the main traffic routes through the house, etc - it's pretty hard to know other pros and cons of each plan that we have proposed. LOL, Lisa. As one of the most helpful, creative minds here, you are allowed a brainfart or two once in awhile. Good thing because I have 'em more than once in a while. You all just don't know it because I wait for them to pass before posting. =)

Thank you, Karen. We actually have a 50% chance of rain on Thursday and Friday. As much as I want the rain, those are the two days Ingrid and I are hoping to get together. We’ve set a date several times now, and something always prevents it from happening at the last minute, either on her end or mine. Every time they predict rain lately, we don’t get any. I have a funny feeling we might get it this time, just because Ingrid and I have plans:) We sure need it, though. Like I said, I’ll take what I can get. I’m sure the rest of the Californians here feel the same.... Lisa

There should be some style unity, there should be unity, not match, between an island and breakfast area in finish and feel. A foyer/dining/ living same thing, unify finishes and feel...... Beyond that,nobody can help. We don't know layout , do we?