I bought two of the mission style arbors from them, with a gate in the middle and side panel for 70 a piece. They are really stable/heavy and as good as others seen for 3 times the price. One I'll use parts for fencing on the sides. They had a 20% off of your total buy at the time. Wish I had taken advantage of the wicker then...as I am going back for the chairs and table. Big Lots is getting better quality merchandise than in the past. Hope they just keep growing....

You're going to have a beautiful porch! After re-reading your original message, I don't think you'll like the split leaf philodendun because it won't have the height you desire. Jan was kind enough to give me these directions for posting photos. (I had tried and tried to learn and had given up. This works...) Photo posting instruction by another GW member. Here's the basics: I think it's easier to do all this if you have two browser windows open - one on photobucket and one on gardenweb. Go to photobucket(dot)com and open an account. It's free, takes only a minute, and is no harder than signing on to GardenWeb. There are other photo posting services but I think this one is the easiest to use. Once you have the account you'll see how easy it is to upload your photos to photobucket. You can set up sub-albums with one click of the mouse, so you can sort your photos into different subject (more on that below). When they are there, you'll see three little 'addresses' under each picture. Highlight the middle one - the TAG line - and 'copy' it. (You can copy it by right clicking on your mouse and selecting 'copy', or by clicking on EDIT at the very top of your computer screen.) Once it's copied, go to the GardenWeb message you are composing and paste the TAG line directly into the text of your message. Don't put it at the URL line under the text box. At this point you will only see text, but once you choose to view your message you'll see the photo. If it comes out too big, then go back to photobucket and choose the EDIT button over that photo. You'll have the option there to reduce the photo by 75, 50, or 25 percent. 75% makes it a good size for these messages, but 50% works too. Try both on different photos and see what you like. Technically I think you can post as many photos as you want in each message but remember that not everyone has a high speed line and try to keep it to 5 or less. More than that makes it pretty slow to load for some. Here's the sub-album tip about photobucket or any other service you use: set up sub-albums for different subjects so you don't end up with 200 photos in one album. For example, I have Garden 2005, Garden 2006, House Shots, Yard Sale (where I post photos for things I am selling through the newspaper or eBay), All the Muffins (pet pictures), etc. Besides making it hard to find something if you have it all in one album, if you ever decide to move photos later, any link you've posted on the web will be lost.

davewg, I have wrought iron furniture on a deck at my lake home. It's not screened in, but does have a roof over it. First year we put the furniture in storage, last winter we left it uncovered. No problems. We wiped it down with a wet rag. Never had to hose it off. It gets dusty, but it does well as it's not out in the sun and doesn't fade. I fully expect it to last years and years.

Val, I love all the choices you've made. The chairs, ottomans and unbrella look so inviting to sit and chat with a friend or your dear hubby. And I've always loved wrought iron table and chairs. They're just classic and in my opinion, will never go out of style. As for the urn, I wouldn't plug the hole or get a drainage dish. Any run off would dry so fast you'll not have to worry. I think it wouldn't look as nice with a drainage dish either. It's a beautiful pot.