Debra Campbell Design Dimensions: 21"H X 44"W X 44"D, Cost: $1780 plus cost of fabric, freight and sales tax.

Debra Campbell Design Silk pillows were custom and the red one are from Sweet Dreams. Great pillow company.

mbear2119 We are rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy. Our older Cape Cod home needed an update, but we were unprepared for this! We have painted our new walls Revere Pewter with white trim. I found a wing chair and tables in a local clearance showroom and fell in love. The chair is covered in a beautiful traditional patterned fabric of oriental urns and flowers in blue and white with nailhead trim. The end tables are traditional except for the painted dark blue finish. Never used blue before in decorating; I'm usually very neutral. My question is what color/fabrics for the sofa would compliment these furnishings? I'd like to keep a casual, coastal feel while using some more traditional elements. We all agree that we love the navy blue accents with the neutral background. It suits us and our home. It is important to note that we have a really big chocolate lab that does not go directly on our furniture, but still manages to shed everywhere! So white is out. I cannot keep up with it! The Revere Pewter is great, but I don't want the sofa to match it and disappear. I am stumped. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions.

Casart Coverings Blue is my favorite color. There's a shop in New Orleans (Hazelnut) that has it's own New Orleans toile which is available in fabric, and many accessories. I used it to cover two white antique French side chairs.

Debi McCann Has anyone heard of baby Hawaiian wood rose ? I started 2 from seed last year on my patio, they have large leaves and need to go in the yard. No one seems to know much about them. Thank you .

Christine Migala Ligularia 'Brit Marie Crawford' and Astilbe too!

sclawson Purple leaf plum trees are beautiful to look at and smell heavenly when they bloom, but are VERY susceptible to black knot, as are ALL prunus varieties (plum, cherry and almond), and anything with a red leaf is a favorite target of Japanese beetles. Although things I read online suggest black knot can be controlled and perhaps cured, to be practical, I wouldn't bet on it. At least that's what an extension agent in my master gardener's class told me. We kept pruning out diseased branches in our purple leaf plum until it eventually became so disfigured we took it down. By then, the disease had spread from front yard to side yard and infected some purple leaf sand cherries. They, too, eventually had to be removed. Between the black knot and being eaten alive by beetles every summer, both varieties were a nightmare for us. Initially we tried to control the beetles with soap-based insecticides and grub control on the lawn, but it was a losing battle. I will never, ever invest in another red/purple leaf shrub or tree or any variety of prunus. Perhaps this disease carried by spores in the air is not a problem everywhere, but here in the Midwest, it's a killer.

Julie Moir Messervy Design Studio (JMMDS) Love the trees listed here, especially when beautifully and sculpturally pruned. Amelanchier canadensis or Amelanchier arborea (also known as serviceberry, Juneberry, or shadblow) is another of our favorites. They're native to most of the East Coast, provide delicious berries for birds (and humans!), have gorgeous ethereal white flowers, and are stunning in autumn. Supposedly they are prone to various diseases but none terribly serious or disfiguring; we've never had problems with them. Lovely as shrubs or multi-trunk trees.