I am in the south central region of PA, SW of York, PA. The glazing is glass, and I don't use any lights for growing. Size, 12'6" X 26'6" (3.8m X 8.1m). Heat, about 300 gallons of propane/yr. I have a fan that runs 20hrs/day. Most of the plants in there are cactus/succulent. Cool nights preclude many Arums, but the high humidity favors some rainforest cacti, strangely enough. Whatever you choose, build it as large as you can afford. Mine was a rare find for 500 bucks, and that included most of the glass, all the frame and the aluminum bolts to put it back up. I have friends with double walled jobbers, and they are cheaper to heat, but the esthetics are different. Theirs also produce thousands of dollars of food, mine gives me occasional cactus fruits and lemons for a couple of months. Each greenhouse also has its own little climate. The materials used, the orientation and the outside climate all combine to make individual little biomes. A for instance: most folks would think that a carpet of moss in the pot of a cactus would mean the cactus would rot. Not so, and I can send you pics of many species of succulents with a solid moss covering on the soil. The air is humid, but the soils are dry, and the moss thrive in the cool damp air. It looks really good too. So the climate in mine favors moss, succulents, tropical epiphytes (jungle cactus, bromeliads)and cool climate citrus, and kills Aglaonemas (leafy Arums in general), Polypodiums and Sansevierias. The point is, while you can get much encouragement, ideas and information from a bulletin board like this, after you set up your greenhouse, it will show you what you can grow. Change the conditions, change the plants. Lots of bucks and cheap fuel? Growing orchids is possible. Shallower wallet and heat costs a consideration? Cacti make good pets despite their prickly reputation.

I have been using liquids exclusively lately (Tide TurboClean HE F/G) so it was time to do some powder loads to mix it up. I have a load of white towels and undershirts washing using some of the generous sample of Sunlight that MamaPinky sent me months ago. I had done one load with this in my Samsung and didn't care for it so it was back-burnered. I pulled it out today and think maybe the more reliable (and hotter) temps of the LiGi will give better results. I have it on 140F and just a tablespoon of unscented FS.

Alex- is your dishwasher the Miele Diamond? Do you have the grates and filters cycle? OMG I put in a horrible large roasting pan that I overcooked chicken, vegetables and rice in. I couldn't scrape the food off even with a metal spoon. I figured what the he**, try the grates and filters cycle. Yes it ran for almost 3 hours but at the speed and temperature that engages with the "short" option on cycles. I used a Cascade platinum pod and still figured there was no chance as it was by far the worst thing I have ever put into a dishwasher. The sides were burnt , the rice was stuck I mean really bad. I opened the dishwasher and the roaster was absolutely spotless. Not a speck of anything on it. It was a white pyrex dish. The dishwasher was blazing hot on the outside and my granite was hot above the unit. This is now my go to cycle for horribly dirty dishes like what I have described. I am not even sure my GE 2800 Potscrubber would have removed the hot mess inside that pan. I was stunned. I was mad that I didn't take a before and after picture.

More than the ceiling height being a major factor, is the fact you don't have bedrooms on the right side of the house. If your house is only 1-2 rooms deep that makes all the difference in the world. This house is 4 rooms deep which might be mitigated if the rooms in the other direction were only 1-2 rooms deep. My home is mainly 3 rooms deep depending on area of home. In one area it is four rooms deep. Are your main public rooms deep into the house or near windows? Meaning the living/dining/kitchen rooms? For what it’s worth my last home was only two rooms deep and it faced directly so the back was west. It was the darkest hole I’ve ever lived in hands down. It was miserably dark. After 12 years I couldn’t take it anymore! That too is a problem depending on how the house was designed. A good house has to take in not only the lot, but also where the best light is, what location you're in, etc. For example, I know that in winter in FL, I'm still getting a heck of a lot more sunlight in my south windows than most who are up north do. Also agree IF the OP is unwilling to redo the floor plan. It will help but also it will increase the costs significantly. Good windows are expensive. Adding one more window in family room and increasing size of some existing windows shouldn’t be $30k though ;-) I noticed you put more than one more window. And one more window will not mean significantly more light into the deep recess of the living room. I don't think the bedrooms are the problem in this house. It's the public areas in the middle. The kitchen and the living room. I do agree the bedrooms need more windows but not the transoms. The transoms aren’t to bring light into the bedrooms. The transoms above doors will bring the light from the bedrooms out into the halls and living areas. Since the bedrooms are the south west side of the home that is where the light will be. It’s an option especially if the bedroom doors won’t be open a lot of the time (teenagers come to mind) It will bring light from the bedrooms to the hallways but not to where it's mostly needed. The kitchen and living room. Not possible with where the hallways are in relation to the living/kitchen. The middle of the house WILL be dark. It's not clear but being there's no upstairs shown and there's a door to the staircase, i'm guessing that's the staircase to the basement so a window will not really help. Didn’t catch the door on stairs. Had just assumed transoms on front were to rooms And it was 2 story. Makes more sense now as to stair location. If there is no second story over porch overhangs and areas that maybe dark you could look into doing solatunes to bring in more light. Getting light to your porches will be a huge factor in brightening up interior. So even sky lights on porch roofs will combat potential for dark interior. I do agree it will help somewhat and adding some in the roof in the living room will help.