Remote caddy Belt clip for phone Credit card wallet file Business card file tool bag tool tote stackable storage cabinet stackable storage drawers bucket organizer wrench roll pocket bucket He he he he I just taught myself how to copy and paste one of your lists of words, onto my post. Since now I know how to post pictures on the forum, - I thought this must be similar. Now what's going to stop me from letting all of you doing all the work, and just copying yours from now on? I kind of have a hunch that that is what all of you are doing right now anyway. Right? A lot of work for Lucy!! She has to read all these long lists of words! Will someone PLEASE find the 24th word already????? Ingrid

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Hi. You do have very beautiful furniture. I think that the reason you may be feeling frustrated, is that there is a lot going on in your room, and the eye does not know quite where to land. I think you need to create a strong focal point on the dining table, with one large piece (I am thinking something like a large greenery or floral arrangement--something with soft edges and at LEAST 2 feet--preferably more--in height and diameter, and a WIDE base). One large item would be better than several small "cluttery" items. It is hard to tell from just a picture of your room, but to get more balance, I think I would want to turn the tall buffet flat against the wall with the door on it, if it will fit (take the plate rack off the wall, of course). Maybe angle the picture over the corner curio into the corner, on an easle, to balance the tall buffet on the other side and add some greenery for more weight. Or you could still leave the picture on the wall (maybe scoot to the left a little) but add large greenery to the top of the curio. I think the smallest table may not need to be there, but if you decide to leave it, I would probably put the three-tier plate stand on it, with the other ceramicware that is pictured together with it, and hang something fairly large on the wall just above it. All those ceramicware colors in the picture with the stand-up plate rack would look great in your room--but group them all together. I like the silver set on the tall buffet and would leave it there, or you could arrange all the ceramicware I just mentioned on it instead, or maybe do the silver set with the plate stand to the side if it doesn't look too crowded. A small lamp, turned on, would look beautiful, to the side in front of the mirror on the buffet. It also would help the room to feel more pulled together if you brought in some stronger color throughout the room that goes with your room, like deeper wine/burgundy tones or maybe some deep green or even chocolate. If you have a medium size solid burgandy square table cloth for example, you could put that on the table, with the points hanging between the chairs, or even just scrunch a piece of solid color accent fabric under your centerpiece to add some strong color. Think of the strong accent colors you want in there, and see if there are things in your house elsewhere that would work. I would stick with mostly solid colors, because there is a lot going on in the room, and pattern would make it feel busier. I would also take the small pieces off of the top of the tall buffet--let the beautiful carvings on it show without clutter in the way. I would try to use only pieces in the room that support your color theme--I don't think that a lot of the other pieces--even though they are pretty--are helping you with that pulled together look you're probably wanting--particularly the yellow/gold pieces. I think if you focus on a large, not-too-busy, strong focal point on the table, strengthening your color theme with deeper mostly solid colors throughout the room in your accent pieces, and achieving some balance with the heavy furniture pieces, that you wil be happier with the space. Good luck!

The backsplash tile...is some sort of off brand. Really. But it's quite lovely. I like the sunflower marbles that are popping up over on Kitchens, but I did ming green three houses ago, and I don't want grey marble, so I went with this floral honey/pineapple onyx. The little stone on the Corian is just a loose "petal" - I just find it easier to throw in my samples notebook than the big sheet of tile. As to the Fresh Butter - our kitchen has a lot of windows, but because of the way the house is sited on the lot and because of the new house next door, we don't get as much light as you'd think. The walls in the entire first floor are Sherwin Williams Creamy with SW Pure White trim. When I first sampled the Fresh Butter we had Martha Stewart's Westport Tan (the PO's choice) everywhere. The FB looked good then - now I think it looks a bit washed out for the cabinets. I might move down my current strip or possibly over a strip to Vellum. I need a "gold-er" yellow to ground the painted cabinets. The Fresh Butter, without a glaze, is just too airy in the new LRV of the Creamy wall paint. I think it will be a good while until I master my accessorizing, but I think the main components should be in by Christmas - including the kitchen facelift. We are studiously eating our way through the pantry so as to have to pack less cans of beans and whatnots for while we have no kitchen. i will keep looking for a crane lamp. I managed to score a brass Ralph Lauren Yvonne table lamp for a song on One King's Lane on Thursday. That will be on the table between the two spool chairs.