Only if you admit it has taken years off me, now that it is done and over, Amergin!

Artbrooks...LOL...those water rights are inDEED part of the deed! And, even though we only use it part of the year, I understand we will be billed all year round! On the purple, oh yes, we will save a smidgen for some laughs later on. BUT, I don't like the sounds of the grey carpet at all, so I don't think even a scrap of it will survive!

I had seen the old wallpaper thing done in a house in New England. Someone had renovated an old Victorian, framed and matted a beautiful old scrap of really old wallpaper and hung it in the dining room. Really a neat idea.

Rog has now been in there two nights and gave me a detailed, "walking tour" via his cellphone. Looks as though there are hardwood floors under the ugh-lee carpet and nice wood under the poi-pole paint, too, so looks like the summer will be spent stripping, refinishing, etc. I knew there was some reason we both were almost addicted to the Home and Garden network! Now we get to try out some of those tricks of the trade!

Thanks, again, everyone.