Glad to be of help. I used Amtico Rosewood for the wood floor, Garcia Stone for the kitchen and foyer floors and an antique brass strip which I had them custom make double wide to fit my application. We first saw the flooring in Expo which was an upscale Home Depot store...they had it throughout the store and were driving tow motors over it and parking skids on it in addition to tons of foot traffic...we figured if it could stand up there, it could stand up in our little home. We opted for it against advice of architect, who has since used high end vinyl in other applications.... Foyer with Garcia Stone and Rosewood trim edging the room, with a compass in the middle. Compass is made of rosewood, garcia stone and light maple. Our DR is open to our library with columns separating the spaces to create a hallway between the rooms. I added the antique "brass" amtico flooring in a square pattern that matches the coffering in the ceiling of the hall area. I ran the grain the other way to help visually separate the spaces. I used the rosewood in the family room and used the garcia stone in the kitchen, cutting a shape in the floor that matches the curve of the island which matches the curve of the soffit that separates the kitchen from the family room. Fair warning...it is expensive, more expensive than hardwood. I believe there are other mnfctrs out there making comparable products now, but when I was looking, none of them had that brass trim that I coveted and none had the rosewood color which I fell in love with. Here is a link that might be useful: Amtico flooring

Thank you for the compliments....happy to help. The roofing is GAF Camelot in Aged Oak. It is a 50 yr roof which we wanted as we have mounted solar panels on top in the back and wanted the roof to last longer than the panels. The stone on the front is real new england field stone that has been sawn thin like a veneer. I don't know what grout the mason used, but I told him I wanted the joints tight tight tight. It's a lot more work that way, but it makes a huge difference in terms of the look of the stone. The stone came from stoneyard.com. The siding is certainteed cedar impressions vinyl. All the trim is azek trim and then there are just touches of standing seam copper roofing as accent. Hope that helps!

I get sucked into HT because of the first post/topic and I've learned a few things that didn't show up in my news feed, but I ought to just stop there. Within 5 or 6 comments, folks are name calling and worse. It can get pretty awful. A couple of people try to tone it down, but no one seems to pay attention. After awhile you have to wonder what the point is. I've heard it said that no one does anything unless they are getting something out of it ... so I suppose it happens on HT because people are enjoying themselves.

Thanks teeda. We love them and are so glad we got them. People remark on them all the time. Whenever we're on the deck, we're looking out at the view. I can't stand railings that always seem to be at eye level when you're sitting. For this reason, I chose to not have a cap put on them as well as that would be at eye level. It might not have mattered so much if we were overlooking a mountain, say, where the view is up, but especially since the view from our deck is down to the pond below, anything obstructing the view would have been especially annoying. We considered cables which would have been cheaper, but I was concerned that children could climb them. Instead we went with the glass. It is thick and tempered. The brackets had to be custom made and they are not an inexpensive solution, but we think they were worth ever penny. There's a 4" space at the bottom which is perfect for shuffling snow off the deck underneath the glass. Yes we have had a few bird issues so I don't hang bird feeders near the deck. Maintenance wise, we've been here 10 yrs and have never washed them...we only spot clean as necessary for the occasional bird dropping. Mother nature seems to keep them clean...at least clean enough for us.