The 8' wall faces West, the East wall faces a 10' arborvitae hedge in the neighbor's yard. The South end is blocked by the neighbor's huge Box Elder tree and our camper. The North end with the door faces our shed. Unfortunately, the greenhouse gets direct sun only from the West and not until afternoon and also when it is directly overhead. Trust me, there is no other spot in our yard to put it except smack dab in the middle of the front lawn. Diane, I have a 900 gallon watergarden with various goldfish and two whiskey barrel ponds, one preform and three small liner ponds for waterlilies. What we are planning on doing is using 2 x 12's to make an insulated wooden frame across the back of the greenhouse. It will be 6' x 2' x 12" deep, we may dig down and make it a bit deeper but not much. The liner will show, it won't be natural like our other ponds but it will be a pond in the greenhouse to winter over Tropical Waterlilies etc. I will need to heat the water with an aquarium heater and will need supplemental lighting. I know from years on a watergardening forum that Tropical Waterlilies will continue to bloom throughout winter if warm and bright enough. I may install some sort of a small spitter to make some noise but not too much splash. Chris, I've read that thread, thanks. Looking for something more decorative.

I just used little rubber pads that you use on the bottom of chairs and such. They are those round things that you put down to keep things from sliding. They are about 1/2 inch in diameter. The inside of my cabinet is white as are the pads. I just stuck it to the edge of the plate and they haven't moved at all. The two plates I have standing up are actually platters, so they are bigger and heavier than the average plate. I thought about the molding, but I was afraid of putting it in and messing up the cabinet. I waited two years for that thing to go on sale. I wasn't going to add anything to it that I could mess up. :) Hope that helps!

Mamagoose, the fold up bed which becomes a dresser is similar to the ones we saw in Ireland in the castle and museum near Shannon. It is like the shaker pegs up high that they would hang chairs from, or even small chests hung on the wall from the "chair rail" and the wainscoting rail which was even higher up the wall. The shakers did not waste an inch of space. And it was flexible for use in different ways. I was thinking of the 4 captain's chairs (Windsor wooden) that my DH wants to keep, but which have no place in the house. I'm planning a high wooden board with good pegs spread on it, in my Teahouse, up high above the cement blocks where the wood framing for the end gables and the roofline begins. I'll hang those four chairs up there to preserve them. Also, if you think about it, a huge table can host a mattress. My former neighbor had a raised captain's bed built with draw curtains and a huge assortment of drawers beneath. Her grandson now has her house, she lives with his parents. Her home thus is staying in the family. The house was a small post WWII construction that my friend bought for her retirement. But it is back to serving a younger generation.

Don't have any photos... but.... I collect blue & white china and have a large plate rack on the wall in the DR where I have displayed many of the plates. None of them match, but they all are b/w so they all look great together. Some are antique flow blue & some are more contemporary. The other thing they have in common is that I love them all. I don't buy something just because it is the right color or I think it will look good... I have to love it & want/need to have it. For Christmas, I remove the b/w ones & have displayed my set of Lennox Winter Greetings bird plates. Each plate has a different bird on it & I love the bring them out for the holidays. I'm sure there are lots who will be posting pios. The main thing is to use pieces that you love. That way you are sure to be happy whether they "match" or not.