Hi Kubotabx2200, Thank so much for your suggestion. I have been debating a lot between NorthStar and Montmorency. Its not an easy decision for me. I love the look of dark red cherries. And they say NorthStar bears heavily too. And it stays a small tree. But since I already have two red cherries, my husband is pushing to get the dwarf Montmorency. Besides, my neighbor has a standard Montmorency (I am certain its a Montmorency, he does not know) and the birds and squirrels don't eat the fruit and they are tasty when cooked. Can you describe the flavor of NorthStar to me if you a little time? Yeshwant, I got my Surefire from Raintree and I planted it in 2004. It is a small tree no doubt. Now its just about 6 feet or so and upright. Last year it had flowers but set only a few fruit that fell off. This year it had many clusters of flowers and all of them have turned to baby fruit. I have big hopes for this tree(!) I don't have a picture of the tree in bloom but I could still take a picture now. But for the life of me I can't figure out how to post a picture into a message? So the answer is I think you will have to wait 2-3 years for good fruit on the Gisella 5 rootstock that Raintree sold it on. I live around Riverdale. Some parts of my yard does seem like 7a but some parts are definitely colder. The trouble with Starkbros is not that they sell you poor trees but that they don't tell you what the rootstock is so I don't have some important information. But I still did get some trees from Starkbros in the past and I ordered dwarfs only. However some of my trees turned out not to be dwarfs, they are huge. So I find them hit-or-miss. I think your Suerfire will grow quite a bit more, specially this year but it won't be a big tree. If I figure out how post pictures I will share. Katyajini

There are so many choices, but only you know what makes your heart sing. What colors do you love. Do you want white and bright or do you want to bring in more warmth, or do you want something more dramatic using darker flooring against the white bath and kitchen. Do you like gray tones? We are really at the tail end of the gray trend, but I have never cared what other people are doing and believe we should all use the colors we love rather than the colors that are popular. Do you love the colors of your walls - do you want something that works with the wall color?

IMO, Liveable Green isn't dark enough to be next to Accessible Beige. They're close to the same LRV. You need to go either darker or lighter. Get two boards (the big box stores sell small pieces of drywall for patches) for large samples of both colors. Prime and paint two color coats. Since cabinets will make up a large area of green (I don't know how much wall area you have), you need to see the color on at least ten square feet to get a better idea of how it will look. Or you can start with Samplize.com samples to narrow down your choices. Unless you're already wedded to Accessible Beige because it's in an adjacent room, it might help if you're flexible with your wall color. If it's got to be AB, then look at a wide range of greens to get the right one under your lighting conditions.

Thank you all so much. I'm going to look at lighting, and counters that work with my mat white range. I've gotten a lot of useful ideas and resourses.. The Kylie Interior Blog is so full of information! Truthfully I am always changing my colors via pillows and throws. My husband teases me about my textile addiction. Although I have a lot of fixed items (pine floors, maple cabinets, rock fireplace, husband made cedar furniture, and now a mat white range, I'm hoping to put together a backdrop that is flexible enough to allow me to change up my colors. I love monochromatic (try doing that with yellow/cream/wicher/camel) but around the corner in my living room that color has to work too and I got a whole lot of other stuff going on there. LOL . HU is right. I am not cottage or cabin in the kitchen. I'm hoping now for something neutral that i can play with.