Hi SandiB This is my first time over here at Garden experiments and your "hot tips for gutter cables" caught my eye. I have a wnderfully simple system that I designed for my cold frames. The heating cables that I use on the floor are similiar to gutter cables ,but they are the type used to wrap water pipes. Same principal just a little diff. application. The cable itself is 25feet long and is 10 watts /foot. The frames are 8'long x 4'wide. About 3 1/2 feet high in the back and 1 1/2 feet in the front. A pretty good pitch. 250 watts is plenty for my application. The wiring is relatively simple so I hope I don't turn it into a "challenge" while trying to explain it. On the back wall of the cold frame I mounted 2 separate electrical boxes which are connected by a short piece of conduit.In the upper box I have a standard line voltage thermostat which is wired to and controls a recepticle (weatherproof) mounted in the lower box. When the temp drops below whatever I have the thermostat set for, it will send power to the recept in which the heat cable is plugged into. Also the power comes to the coldframe from a heavy duty rubber cord which I plug int the back of the house. I don't use it during the coldest winter months for vegs. I put my seedlings out at the end of march/ beg.of April, and its looking more like April for this yr. I usually like (so do they) to start my seeds indoors and then move them out when they get their true leaves. It's a really a simple system and it works well. I'm much anticipating that 1st peep out of the tiny spring peepers. They will probably stay quiet until June, at the rate things are warming up. Do you have the gutter cables, or are you going to purchase in the future. If you dont have them yet, you might consider the type for water pipes. Just a thought. Joe in PA.

Those are actually hand painted, but I wanted to show that we can take an idea and find photos and materials to create for so little exactly what we love. Thrift store furniture cleaned and painted then decopage on the theme and embellish at will. Anything from chicken wire to lace, gems to sand, shells to nuts & bolts, We CAN make our own high end decor and have endless fun doing so. Thank you for liking my finds Oceanna, I know I began looking for chest/drawers under beds which took me to PoshTots, PoshLiving and then I can'find my correct backtrack to how I ended up.....The Safari set I believe is by Pieces......I'll look more to see if I can recover my path... Oh, Oceanna, please have a look at "find a muralist", that was fun to see so many themes and styles!

Looks like you are getting some good advice in Bathrooms. Good luck!

I love the hutch. I love the picture. Both look good to me. I am not someone who needs a big mirror, but there are lots of decorative ones you might come across which could be placed anywhere in the room. Even ones that sit on a nightstand, I have one of those in my bedroom. Or a groovy hand mirror. There are plenty of mirrors in other areas of the house for me, don't need one in every room.