It's a well-proportioned house with a distracting amount of detail. A few small tweaks would make it great: 1) get rid of all the horizontal lines in the walls. Don't switch siding 3/4 of the way up a wall. 2) Have fewer siding choices. It's not adding interest, it's adding distraction 3) That half-chimney or 2/3 height stone wall in the middle of the house just looks odd. Get rid of it. 4) In the lower left, have the two units flush. Given that the windows in the center are recessed, you could simplify the changes in facade. 5) Simplify the roof over the lower half of the front. It's not big, it doesn't need all that distraction. 6) The door can be emphasized with a path to the door from the street and landscaping.

You don't think 18x20' is big enough for family room? We like to gather in the family room and that's where we spend most of our time together as a family. Are there any wasted space that you see? Yes lots of wasted space and the room sizes are not what they seem. Here in the first plan, I drew in red the walkways to get to other rooms or to get to a door to get outside, or to a closet. These need to be a minimum of 3' and 42" is better. 3' is tight feeling. Notice how much of the house is taken up with walkways? So for example. The living room which says it's 16' x 22' really isn't. The 22' is really only 15'-16' deep because of pathways. However the width is even worse. First you have the fireplace wall which takes up 1'6" right there. Ideally behind a seating area at a counter you need 5' of walking space between the counter and for example your sofa. So now the 16' width has been reduced to 9'6". (16' - 5' - 1'6" = 9'6") Even if you skimp and make the area behind the island 4', that still only leaves you with a living room width to put furniture of 10'6". Considering a sofa or large chair is 3' deep, that now leaves you with a space that is only 6'6" from the fireplace or again if skimping on the space between island and sofa 7'6". Similarly, the nook which says it's 10' x 8' isn't. You'll lose 3' because of the door to the porch so the 8' is now only 5'. However the loss because of the pathway to the game room is even worse. It's not a loss of 3' like someone above suggested. It's almost double because those are double doors. Assuming those double doors are 5' wide, then the space for the nook is only 5' x 5'. A very small table is 3' x 3' so where is the seating room? The second layout is a bit better, but still nothing wonderful. The living room will not be 20' wide but will be 17' wide. Still not shabby though. However the 18' width again you need 5' between seating and island countertops so now your width is down to 13' wide. Plus you will have the problem of how to lay out furniture with a corner fireplace. Corner fireplaces are a bear to lay out furniture in. And again with the nook. the nook will not be 10' but 7' wide and the length will not be 12' but 9' wide. 7' x 9' is doable for a small table and chairs. Also as others have said, even if the houses are oriented north/south, they will still be dark on the interiors. Light can only penetrate so far. One thing you haven't told us is how big is your property. These two plans are meant for suburban lots and not if you have acreage. If you're building on acreage, look for plans that are long and lean. Or, I, T, or H shaped Add to that a U or L shaped plan too.

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When it is cool and damp in the spring use Daconil. It helps not only control blackspot, but boytrytis which affects roses in cool damp conditions. As the season progresses and it gets warm, Daconil can harm plants when sprayed at temps over 77F. In warm weather I generally use Ortho Rose & Flower Disease Control f/k/a Funginex. Last year I used Immunox instead of the Ortho product just mentioned. Immunox worked great. In the spring it is important to clean up the leaves that blow in around the base of your plant or were from last season, and apply a nice layer of mulch. I am using cypress mulch. These two actions help prevent blackspot, and can help you reduce the frequency of spraying. I generally spray every 7-10 days but spread it out more in dry conditions.