I would LOVE to give you some toadpoles as I have hundreds in a large water container. I live in Cuyahoga Falls (next to Akron). Lisa

I wouldn't plant one of the Callery pears, if for no other reason than there are already a zillion of them planted EVERYWHERE around here. It's very obvious because they are in full bloom right now, along with the Forsythia (2 zillion) and those poofy purple azaleas. Thank god there are some nice Magnolias, Redbud, and some early fruit trees blooming otherwise it would get very repetitive.

Good Sunday morning to you. Maybe something like Nishiki Willow? I've seen one in my neighborhood in NY zone 6, tree form and it puts on a lovely, very dense show. I think it only grows 15' or so and needs lots of water. Plus I'm not sure when they leaf out or lose their leaves or what kind of debris they may drop in your pool though. If you like the look of Nikishi, maybe someone more knowledgeable could recommend something similar yet more appropriate.

Oh boy, I'm going to have to agree that might look very out of proportion and top heavy if you take it to the ceiling height of 11'. 132" - 36" base cab - 18" or 20" countertop to upper cab space. So are we talking 6 1/2 feet of upper cabinets??? That's a lot! If you are using a 42" for the first upper, you would have 34-36" left. Am I calculating that right? I remember researching this when I was planning for my stacked uppers. The recommendation for stacked cabinets is about 1/3 over 2/3 for a balanced look. So in your case that would be a 21" cab over your 42" cab. If you did a normal size crown molding on top that would look very nice imho. I would think that would give you plenty of storage. I did have this photo saved and it doesn't look too bad to me. I don't know how tall the ceiling is and they are not the 1/3, 2/3. It may be the ladder rail breaking it up? I think I saved it because I was loving the cabinet color and the cow painting! Lol!