Not to differ with you, but I never considered King O'Lawn a "Packard" or even a "Chevy". "Vega" or "Pinto" does come to my mind. I grew up in Los Angeles, and KOL was from South Gate, Tru-Cut (Starlite) was El Monte, Trimmer in Gardena, McLane in Paramount, and Power Trim in Compton. KOL was always the cheapest and frankly that showed in their construction. Weakest links were die cast aluminum in the cutter head and in the bracket which held the sliding arm. When either of these broke, you took the engine off and junked the rest. Everyone else used cast iron or steel construction. They also self threading fasteners were everyone else used nut & bolt construction. When a fastener stripped, you either tried to replace with nut and bolt, or tapped oversize if possible. Generally I would consider KOL comparable to cheaper edgers like the Trim-Rite, MTD, and Sears offerings. It'll get the job done, but respect it's limitations. For home use, McLane is usually the best value proposition. The 101 and 801 models are recommended. Snapper, Tru-Cut, Deere and others have made competent machines. McLane also private labelled for dozens of people over the years (Deere comes to mind). Prices should start in the low $300's and go up. At the top of the market, Power Trim and Little Wonder stand out. However, you're now starting at $500 or so and can run up to $800 for one with a commercial GX Honda engine. Great machines, but overkill if you're a homeowner.

I have to admit that while I'm great at reading floor plans, site plans confuse me a bit. I know that they matter, so I defer to others on this topic. I do understand the concept of having 12 acres, yet having only one good spot on which to build. I have 40 acres, yet I have one "obvious" spot where the house will be located. Oh, I COULD build in other locations, but it would be more costly (not adjacent to the existing gravel driveway, need to run utilities farther, etc.), but one general area is superior to the others in numerous ways. I don't want to disturb the roughly 50% that's heavily wooded, I don't want to move too close to the little pond in the woods that floods its banks, and I do want to maintain the open field that I rent out to a farmer (this gets me a drastically reduced tax build, and I'm fine with having a corn field behind my house). As for natural light, YES, it matters! Natural light is one of those basics I keep harping upon. Look at some photographs of rooms you like; natural light is most likely the key factor in why these rooms are appealing. To give an example from my current house (though the more examples I give from my sorry old house, the more I wonder why I live here at all), my kitchen /breakfast room /family room faces East. Although I have a covered porch off the back, I get the morning sun in those rooms, and during those morning hours these rooms are at their best. They are MUCH more inviting. The colors are warmer, the room even looks more spacious. By the time we get home from school/work, those prime hours are gone, and although the rooms aren't "dark", they also don't have much life. Colors, window choices, and other things can play into making the most of your natural light, but don't ignore this all-important topic.

I love ALL of these pieces except the oak table. I have that oak table (in fact 2 of them -- with parquet tops) on either end of my new sofa as place holders until my new end tables arrive. Upon seeing them in the same room with an Art Deco inspired credenza and a Hollywood Regency inspired coffee table, my friend said: I get everything except those tables. As if he thought I WANTED those tables there. I thought it was funny!

Stay as far away from sunshine homes as u can. my doublewide is now @ 8yo, not long after the purchase the floors started to get soft so im thinking water leak but the ground was dry underneath thst i could see but i called sunshine anyway, to doeed this up they snt by 3 people over year and a half and i had enuf and called a plumber i knew. he told me i did not have a waterleak but the home had had a very serious accidentand had demolished the whole underside, and ni one informed me i calked sunshine and told them of damage that was discovered and woukdnt u know there was no arguement this time as they remembered m home well and said they would get someone out asap one did show up and cane back and had fiund a no fault probkem to draw me away from wreck but yet this was s huge oriblem. flooring was 24”oc with 5/8” osb. he said that is all that requir but apearantky the rules needed changing told me to empty out that section of home, i have lots of crap dang kol then 2 dumb and dummers show up as i leave for work so i cant watch over them. did get home earleyand they were gone snd house was looking back to normak as i started looking the had only replaced one sheet of plywood, well piec of a sheet and the plywood was 1/2” i had guys number and calked and he said that was sll they could find but not worry they beaced it well. this weekend im replacing flooring and adding supports myself be cause they think they went abve and beyond plus i cant remember how long warranty is , like 3-5 years but it had run out they lie, cheat and only do what they absol must, thinking about it now they sound lije my ex wife crossed with some of my emplo lol lol. hey i have to kaugh or cry about it but its hard not to cry when plywood meets together and theres nit a supporting stud. sorr sorry i got long winded but still didnt touch on tge other issues