Lyfia, I thought about your great idea and stood there and sized up the situation. I think that is beyond my meager capabilities and the chair rail would come right in the middle of it. I wish I'd thought of it before I put up the wainscoting, and maybe then I'd have had a fighting chance at it, but not now. Lukkirish, I will, thanks. Here is what keeps haunting me about this job. I have a leftover (from previous home) partial roll of wallpaper here that I adore, that looks fab with the Mucha. It's an arts and crafts pattern. I just keep coming back to wanting to use this paper. [](http://tinypic.com?ref=2woja78) The problem is, I don't have enough of it for the job, even with not going over the bathtub area. I have looked and looked and can't find anything out there like it. So the question is, could I put up narrow margin molding frames on the upper walls and put this paper inside them, then paint the paper's background color on the rest of the wall? Or the lighter beige\-peach featured in the first picture here? Or with the wainscoting would that look too choppy? Here is an example of a framed wallpaper panel: [](http://tinypic.com?ref=vkxae) What if I did it ONLY behind the Mucha and nowhere else in the room? What do you think?

You have made such thoughtful, beautiful choices! I really like the American Diner pull but the Liberty Colossus is even better, amysrq. I love its clean lines with the hint of curve: that long and lean rectangle makes perfect sense with the clean lines of your Shaker cabinetry and the curve gives a subtle touch of modern. Now this is my prejudice, but I really like a hint of modern in a classic space and a hint of classic in a modern space. I think it just pumps it up and makes the room feel fresh, not stale. Additionally, I like the base of the Colossus better than the base of the American Diner (AD has a little too much detail). Based on the online photo of RH's Adeline pull it and the Colossus will go together beautifully without being too matchy-matchy (even though both you and I like things which match, it can sometimes go too far and show a lack of creativity). Clearly, you are creative! Look at your green building project. Wow. I agree, I think the HH Studio pull would just be wrong in your kitchen (based on my visualization of it, I mean) -- it's too square and wrong in feel. And the more I think about it, the more I think the Studio style isn't really right for a Shaker cabinet -- too much square and too much detail at the base (which would be inconsistent with the Shaker style). I measured our Studio pull and the clearance (area for your knuckles) is a hair more than 1.25". Good luck with your lighting; I'm pretty ignorant about that so I totally applaud what you're doing and am really looking forward to seeing your in-progress / finished pictures! (no pressure -- you have a b-i-g trip ahead of you!) And thank you again for your nice words about my pre-teen self.

myknobs.com sells long appliance pulls but as they get longer there seem to be fewer finish options. If you want a really long one, you'll probably have to get a stainless steel one. Suggestion: look at photos of refrigerators which do NOT have custom panels on, say, appliances.com. Look at the styles of the pulls and estimate their lengths based on the height of the appliance. Use those as a guide for choosing your own pulls. Also richelieu.com. Another possibility: find an appliance whose handles you like and see if you can buy the handles as spare parts. Also ebay.

i've shown you many, many pictures. of course white would work. you haven't said which of those styles in the pictures you like. or what else you'd like to do in the room. do you view all of the pictures in both of my comments? any of those you like best? I like these if you want to keep the white brick. the shelving on the sides are paramount to the overall look I would do a diff mantle, something slighting darker than what you currently have. Can you do something like this built ins? I gave you a bunch of examples and a tutorial you can try. get a black firebox insert (or paint yours) This is a white mantle, but the reclaimed wood one would also work. (look at how this picture is style w/color and textures. this is how you get away w/doing a plain white wall,,,,,color through other items in the room) if you can't do built ins, then get some simple white shelves (or paint some raw wood ones) and install them like this: You could do the black hearth if you want to go w/black contrast (see further down) (get a solid piece cut to fit, or, take a look at large Basalt tiles and cut those to place on the hearth. you should only need 2 or 3 of them (18" or 24" size tile) I also like this black. what do you think about all white walls, your rug, a darker brick color, and these other elements? what if you did the white, darker wood mantle, and a black accent wall (and do the others in white) (diff stone, ) But what do you think of this look? I think you have a similar bench. just get two sofas that face each other, some art for the mantle, two match chests or cabinets for the black wall (you could even do the angled black shiplap if you like) some lights, accessories. or, try painting the brick black (or charcoal, navy, gray,) , white walls (do a better wood mantle that goes all the way across) do black brick on the bottom part, and a white MDF top portion that covers the brick (like the other pics I posted earlier) Then you could decorate like either of these Or, if you rather would have the white brick, here's plenty of design options. just pick one of these photos you like and copy everything! very white, boho type of look. Exact same fireplace. get this type of wood mantle (doesn't have to be quite this thick, but just make it look like this) Style like any of these pictures that I've posted. White brick? try these items in the room Furniture options. How about a nice deep navy or forest green accent wall w/the white brick? Here's a nice blue like BM Gentlemans Gray or Newburge Green Pair it w/a leather sofa. (Try Article Sven Sofa) looks great w/the white brick and thicker mantle! another blue wall shot Here's your room size w/the forest green (imagine your white brick all the way up) This is modernized. Love this