We have one of those nurseries in my area, surrounded by homes of the Rich and Famous, replete with private golf clubs, tennis courts, etc., etc. Their indoor sales area is about as large as the outdoor garden sales area and features hundreds of potted tropical & houseplants, every conceivable size and design of ornamental pots and garden knickknacks, plus a bookstore, stocked only with garden related tomes. Outdoors, there is a large garden railroad and a huge Koi pond, which, during the summer season, is decorated like a jungle. Huge selections of annuals, many trees & shrubs, but slim choices for the perennial gardener. They have an affiliated company, that performs landscape design, installation & maintenance, so I suppose they stock what is mostly used in that business. Within the building, there is a large conference room, that will accommodate about 100 people, which is available, free of charge, to garden clubs and plant societies. Aside from attending many meetings there each year, it's always a treat for me to browse through the sales areas, while munching on a bag of popcorn, which is also free, from an antique popcorn machine. They offer discounts to groups that meet there regularly, but even so, everything is still terribly expensive, except when they have a clearance sale. The company has been in business for more than 100 years and started as a seed store, later branching into a catalog mail-order business, which was terminated several years ago. I suppose, that in certain locations, there is a niche market for that type of business, but it surely isn't a mainstream nursery that most gardeners would frequent!

This plan (without seeing the resulting elevations) seems reasonably straight-forward and servicable. It should be possible to create an attractive exterior and avoid the all-too-frequent over-inflated look of many stock plans. That said, the plan has all the usual builder's cliches, from diagonal interior partitions, to a 3-car garage, seperate mud and utility rooms and a walk-though pantry. The front and rear covered porches will provide "dark tunnels" when looking from the interiors, but perhaps you will be in Florida where the sun and heat are excessive for 6 months of the year. If not, perhaps you should reconsider how to use passsive solar energy strategies. The problem with all of these "look at my plan" postings is that we seldom see the elevations and almost never see the site plan, all of which should be considered in how the floor plan is designed. Good luck with your project!

Sandi, that is horrible, you need to watch from now on, they say the more you get stung, the more you become allergic to them. It took me about 7 stings over the years & the last one stung me on my wrist & my whole arm swelled to the shoulder, so I know I'm now allergic to them. I also had chills as soon as the last one stung me & fever all that nite. I hope you are doing better, can't imagine that many stings at one time.

holligator- NO, that's not supposed to be that way. I have a replacement door hinged on the right side here to go in. That whole base cabinet was wrong - this was a long distance reno so I didn't catch it - it was missing the side panels (ordered, installed) and I thought that was the only issue, but when I got here I saw the drawer isn't a drawer, but a knife holder/cutting board (might be handy, didn't complain about that.) Yesterday I found that the base cabinet has roll out shelves when that one was supposed to have slots for cutting boards/cookie sheets. So gotta call the Thomasville rep again. That's just one of several mistakes - we have 2 warped cabinet doors, drawers out of square, filler that doesn't match, missing finish pieces, I could go on and on. I have alot here waiting to be installed by my contractor today. Anyway thanks for the compliment though! If this room were more closed off then we probably would be ok with the glaze. But since it's open to everything else it just doesn't look right. We're seriously kicking our own a$$es for not just going with bright white. Oh well.