mforr - It's funny you should mention that, because I just looked at the map of queens, trying to remember the name of the highway that went thru a friend's neighborhood like that .. and I think they renamed it! There used to be an "Interboro Parkway", and now it's called the "Jackie Robinson Parkway"! Wikipedia says it was renamed in 1997 .. who knew?! "The Jackie Robinson Parkway is a 4.95-mile (7.97 km) parkway in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. The western terminus of the parkway is at Jamaica Avenue in the Brooklyn neighborhood of East New York. It runs through Highland Park, along the north side of Ridgewood Reservoir, and through Forest Park. The eastern terminus is at the Kew Gardens Interchange in Kew Gardens, Queens, where the Jackie Robinson Parkway meets the Grand Central Parkway and Interstate 678."

1st Plastic zip ties work with poles and areas you can zip tie to firmly. 2nd Suction cups will fall off in high and low temperature (ie. air condensing and the temp affecting material expansion and contraction). 3rd If you or your partner have the tools, skill and time you can drill small holes in the glass then securing it with clear zip ties. 4th If you buy rapid set epoxy glue you can glue the rope light to the glass directly giving a floating look to the leds. 5th If the lights will be near a edge you can buy small metal hooks to hold the ropes. Don't buy the plastic ones with self adhesive, they will fall off. Hope this helps.

i also love the aged timber look but make sure there's no splinters and add a traditional runner in a gorgeous patterned carpet or sisal and there are rubber edge strips for grip, stair gates for little kids and a handrail for everyone else...check with your floor covering suppliers for options

Thank you Julie. We had a very tight budget. Would have loved to open up the back onto the garden with a large patio, however that will have to be the next renovation.