So for the corner bed in the this picture, I have been looking for some with a green/gold hue to put right in the center, something looks like a "skylands" or perhaps something like Picea abies Aurea Jacobson? Want something that will be mounded/broadly conical but not too large obviously so that it overshadows everything else or outgrows the bed too quickly. The bed itself is larger than the picture seems to indicate. I can get skylands locally but worried about the fact that it eventually gets very large and may burn. The bed itself is eastern exposure and gets full sun till about 3-4pm when the upright junipers give shade. The other option is a smaller Japanese maple but would prefer an evergreen.

Dave, made out a photo time-lapse for you. My specimen gets about 10 hours of direct sun in Summer. Not quite 100%, but a LOT of sun, 3/4's for sure. Perhaps there are subtle differences in growth rates per area but everything I've heard is that most pines grow faster here not slower. Miclino, I haven't done a thing to my 'Thunderhead' except an occasional needle shake out. Eneref, my 'Knaptonensis' doesn't seem to burn to much ever but this specimen is somewhat protected even in Winter by two large evergreens. That said, we just don't see much sun in Winter. Those unfamiliar with it would be shocked but the true rains of the Pacific Northwest come in late Autumn/Winter. We MIGHT have 2-3 days where it's mostly sunny in the entire 4-5 month span. It's ugly. Thanks for the comments folks, I'll keep sharing these photos over the years, even if my displeasure with the advertisement on GW has hit it's peak. -Will

Thanks. Yes, Blonde is used in the highest part of the trey, the lower part is Ivoire. I thought they'd be darker than they are, so I need to go further down the strip to get a GOLD on the ceiling. The trim color is a creamy white: SW Dover White. My other "color" in the house is a pumpkin-y color called Basque Brown (old Duron color). None of my pics of it show it well, so I didn't post it. I'll try again under different lighting conditions. These colors: eggplant, earthy green, and "pumpkin" were all accent colors in my last house with was entirely a soft gray. This time we decided to use the Blonde as the over-all color and then paint individual rooms too (we were too afraid of multi-colors in the last house...then I found this forum). I'd like the eggplant to be a bit darker, too, but we were also afraid the Walnut wouldn't show up as well when we were first picking colors. There's someone on the forum who painted a room (or wall; I think in the basement) in the next color down from Soulmate and posted a pic of it.

Some pics of DS's room (pardon the tween boy mess - I managed to avoid taking pics of the unmade bed). Horizon paint color - I forgot, his trim isn't stained, just beeswax and boiled linseed oil but it's somewhere b/t a "natural" pine and honey. Bunk beds (ignore the box spring underside) in sunlight bookcase - maybe darker pine than bed plus a shadow but I did use flash Desk cubby (dark) and edge of closet trim (beeswax) - I think the flash washed out the side of the closet a little though And, what you were waiting for - he has an oak dresser! This is next to a window, so the paint is under an east-facing window, no light but flash. Finally, here's BM Light Pewter with no stain, poly-only baseboard in bathroom. The colors are pretty true in this pic (a little bit of White Satin showing around the corner to the tub).