**WOW! To score a grafted plant that is already 2 meter high! ** Yes! One of the most important and older rose nurseries in Italy, Rose Barni, has a good collection of Old Climbing Roses, that are availables only potted, "ready for flowering" as you can read in their catalogue :o): these are a 2 years old plants, grafted on R. laxa, ad average 2 meters high, sometimes more than that, depending on the variety's vigour, in pots of 18/20 cm ( 7" 1/2). Last spring, I bought from them a 'Cooper's Burmese', which is now more than 5 m (17') high LOL! Lady Hillingdon is in a pot, because I was thinking to have bought the bush form, but now -first year- she's 2 meters high, climbing up a pillar, so I think I have the climbing one. Not so bad, there's so much more to enjoy!! :o)) Hoov, I will take many pictures, ok? :o)) The "orange" splash colour in the picture above, under my selected Miscanthus sinensis seedling, is a Chrisanthemum x rubellum 'Lady Anne Brockett': it's a delightful variety, very long flowering. The colour change as the flowers mature: they open in coppery apricot, then changes o salmon-peach, then pink... ;o) ciao! Maurizio PS: I was discussing by now about this thread with a friend, which has a rose nursery, specialized in rare, historic and old roses. "You must to have 'Chromatella! I'll present it to you". So, this is the story: I will have soon also 'Cloth of Gold'. But definitely NOT have the space!! What's the solution ...? The mother and the son, maybe togheter, in a soft yellows' hug? Sounds nice....!!

I assume since you are attempting to an "authentic" kitchen that you will be closing up that passthrough? And getting rid of your refrigerator? And your granite? And your range vent? And only using your one single light fixture? Because that is all "authentic" to the period that the home was built--IF the home was one that would have been electrified at all, that is. Many homes were still on gas if they were urban or candles or lanterns if they were rural, right up until the mid 1930's when the REC made it their mission to bring electricity into the country homes. Yes, my point is that you're being inconsistent and arbitrary about which modern conveniences you are picking and choosing from to allow into your kitchen to achieve a "correct" look. A lot of things have changed for the better in 100 years and lighting design is certainly one of them! In a small room the size of your kitchen, all that would have been in the home originally would have been a single central light fixture. (And not one as ornate as that in a working room like a kitchen.) That's it. One light fixture. You would not have had 6 other fixtures in that room! It's too small, and that would have been much too expensive for a modest home. You recognize that being correct and choosing one fixture does not provide enough light, but you're unwilling to take the next logical step of working with a modern lighting design. This is one of those places that you can pick to be "correct" and suffer with bad lighting, or you can look at using modern lighting design to achieve less eyestrain and a pleasing visual look. The lighting plan that I gave you will give you enough light to do the work you need to do in the kitchen. You don't care for it, that's fine. But you are operating of some incorrect assumptions on your part when it comes to lighting your home. Please do ask the hundreds of people on here who use chandeliers/pendants over their kitchen islands whether or not they have any tall family members bump their heads on them. Not one will say yes, because not one is placed in the traffic aisle. They are placed over the work surface. Stand at your counter edge and bend forward. Your head goes down it does not remain at 6' and glide across the counter. A pendant over a work surface will work, and well. Or a down light. I stand by my statement that two semi flush lights can provide general room lighting and that adding more similar in function lights at the same level in the ceiling will do nothing to give your good lighting for working in your kitchen. It will give you glare and overkill. Ceiling lighting is not task lighting in a kitchen. You will either suffer from not enough light on your work surfaces, or you will install task lighting such as under cabinet lighting and/or pendants and downlights directly over your work surfaces. Perhaps you should consult with a paid professional lighting designer.

It seems most of you prefer 290 and its matching lights--and I was hoping that would sort of be an updated look to go with fairly traditional furnishings in a craftsman style home. Our builder had suggested a different direction and before I order, I'm just curious to see how many of you would choose that set over the other. And do you think it would work with various furniture style? Here it is compared with the ones on the left. The photo is the manufacturer picture of the chandelier on the left installed. Again--needing an entry light, DR chandelier, and kitchen island pendants all visible at the same time from at least one point, using white cabinets, trim and doors, and wall color is a greige. Thanks so much for your help if you're still hanging in there with me on this decision!

Well, it sounds like schoolhouse pendant wins!! Definitely in pewter? Is brushed nickel ok? (one manufacturer I'm looking at only offers that.) Faucet is chrome but it's the only chrome thing in the room, so that shouldn't make a difference, right? Would the brush nickel coordinate well enough with the appliances? I'd think so, but I'm no finish expert. EEEEE I'm getting so excited! I ordered all the appliances yesterday, should be in in 10 days! And my contractor just sent me a picture of the island in with the new floor!