Marie, Thank you for your kind note. I'm intriged by something you said, are you within the city limits? It's rare that I've heard of someone with the amount of property that you have to be within the limits and under the jurisdiction of a township. Are there restrictions on your property? If there are, you might consider going before the city council or the county supervisors to apply for a nonrestrictive or agracultural zoning. If you can get this done, you'll have a greater number of options concerning your home and the aminities. So far as the wind mill goes, if you put in a windmill to pump water to a holding tank for livestock, and just happen to wire it for electricity, what can they say? It just happens to be serving a dual purpose. Also, if you have a stream of some kind on your property you might consider putting in a waterwheel to generate the power you want. The mechanics are quite simple and there's not a thing anyone can say about it, especially if you use the waterwheel as a decoration, or a pump for the water tank concept. So far as the outhouse concept is concerned, have you thought about "humanure"? It's a fantastic way to aquire composting material for your garden or potting shed. There are books on the subject if you want to consider it. I have learned, over the years, that there are always ways around politicians and their supossed control. It just takes a little creative thinking. If you are going to consider the "Livestock tank" idea, find a earth moving company and ask if they happen to have any old tires off of their biggest machines that they want to get rid of. Once you find one, take it to the location that you want to set up the tank. Once you have your pipe ran, making sure that it comes up about 2' above the ground, your boyfriend and several of his buddys can set it over the pipe. Then pour cement into the bottom until it comes up over the edge of the inside rim of the tire and let it set until it is cured. Then take a chainsaw and cut the top rim of the tire off, and presto, you have a tank that didn't cost you anything but the gas to go get it, the cost of the pipe, and the cement. That's about a 500.00 water tank for about 30.00. You were talking about going to PA to check out some log home companies. Don't forget to check out suppliers in KY and Tennessee as well. We have about eight within 50 miles of where I live, (Athens, TN. Half way between Knoxville and Chattanooga). Also, don't forget to check with some of the regular sawmills. They might do the milling of the logs for the log homes, but don't advertise as doing so, or they might know of another mill that does that. I wish you all the luck in the world in getting this done. Gray Bear

Thanks everyone - the lower half is unpainted and the top half is freshly painted silver cloud. My trim throughout the rest of the house is white, and the banister will stay stained but the stringers are being replaced and will be wrought iron.

I don't think your house ever had shutters. The trim around the lower windows on the sides is very narrow, it wouldn't support hinges. At any rate, shutters should be mounted on the trim, not next to it and be able to cover the glass portion of the window. I actually think shutter for the half moon window would fit. If you took a piece of brown paper and fitted it to the window on the inside, drew the outline, took the paper down, cut the shape, folded it half, you would end up with the right size shutter pattern. Then the shutter could be mounted on the window trim, right next to the window. (Because the photo was taken at an angle, it looks like it does fit on the right side, but I think the left side shows that it could.) I wouldn't put shutters on your house.

Thank you all.  I like several design elements, but something in the back of my mind was saying there's too much going on!  ὣ3.  I have an open floor plan, with the guest bedroom right off the foyer, so I definitely want to keep all the rooms cohesive.  I love Serena and Lily's style for a Florida house, and the wallpaper is lovely but I never envisioned it on all the walls. Do people ever do two walls?  If so, which ones?