Enthusiasm should never be suppressed - but wouldn't it be nice to have an instant old growth conifer forest? My initial thoughts were that you definitely don't want anything blocking sight lines. And snow; we got another 6-8" of snow yesterday on top of the 44" since mid-December. How high will the plow banks get on your main road; how much will get pushed onto any easement you might be developing? Then there are the road salts and grit residue to contend with. List from Virginia Tech, VA Extension service for shrubs, hardy in Zone 5 and tolerant of saline soils or salt spray Common name Latin name Deciduous/Evergreen Cold/Hardiness zone range: Red chokeberry Aronia arbutifolia D 5-9 Saltbush Baccharis halmifolia D 3-7 Beautyberry Callicarpa americana D 5-10 False cypress Chamaecyparis pisifera E 4-8 Summersweet Clethra alnifolia D 5-8 Red osier dogwood Cornus sericea D 5-8 Rockspray cotoneaster Cotoneaster horizontalis D 5-7 Rose-of-Sharon Hibiscus syriacus D 5-9 St. John's wort Hypericum calycinum D 5-9 Japanese holly Ilex crenata E 5-7 Inkberry Ilex glabra E 5-9 Chinese juniper Juniperus chinensis E 3-7 Common juniper Juniperus communis E 3-9 Shore juniper Juniperus conferta E 5-9 Creeping juniper Juniperus horizontalis E 3-9 Amur privet Ligustrum amurense D 3-7 Tatarian honeysuckle Lonicera tatarica D 3-9 Bayberry Myrica pennsylvanica D 3-6 Mock orange Philadelphus coronarius D 5-8 Mugo pine Pinus mugo E 3-7 Shrubby cinquefoil Potentilla fruticosa D 3-7 Purple-leaf sand cherry Prunus x cistena D 4-8 Beach plum Prunus maritima D 3-6 Staghorn sumac Rhus typhina D 3-8 Rugosa rose Rosa rugosa D 3-9 Scotch rose Rosa spinosissima D 3-9 Elderberry Sambucus canadensis D 4-9 Japanese spirea Spiraea japonica D 3-8 Bumalda Japanese spirea Spiraea x bumalda D 3-8 Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus D 3-7 Lilac Syringa vulgaris D 4-8 Tamarisk Tamarix ramosissima D 2-8 English yew Taxus baccata E 5-7 Japanese yew Taxus cuspidata E 4-7 Highbush blueberry Vaccinum corymbosum D 5-9 Arrowwood Viburnum dentatum D 3-8 European cranberry bush viburnum Viburnum opulus D 4-8

it is really a cool book, you might want to check it out before you buy, as it has some room specific ideas that are quite fascinating. My husband and i are retired and have a large double wide and we love it..there are always a few problems with manufactured housing, but we are settled into being happy with ours now after a few headaches.. most are mentioned in other posts on this site, like cracks in drywall. ours is a rather large doublewide at 2040 sq ft..one of my favorite parts is that the family room is a long way from the living room and then entry way..hubby claimed family room for himself and half the time he is sleeping in there or watching t v..and he has a head injury, so it is best that he be out of the public stream..and he is. ours also has guest quarters on opposite end of master ..which is great if you have guests..more private..we had my mom stay with us for several months..and it was a blessing. i had 3 priorities for a home when ours burned..sadly i got none of them. i wanted all windows to tip in to clean..only bottoms do. i wanted room in the laundry room for a freezer..not i wanted the coat closet just inside the front door with a separate entry..also not think of your priorities when you shop and don't let hubby talk you out of them..like i did.

I am getting a sketch soon that hopefully will give me an idea of what it might look like to have cabinets down the wall and I will post. I agree that it is choppy. Thanks for commenting.

extra wide stairs even if it is just to the basement, b/c if you are in a w/c and decide to put a chair lift in the person assisting in transferring you from chair to chair would have to straddle/step over you if you don't have a wide enough stairway to allow them to walk around you. I too work home healthcare as a hospice nurse for over 5 years and everything she said is spot on. The fewer types of flooring the easier/better. Less risk of fall, no throw rugs, and even area rugs become problematic if you have to navigate around them. Lots of low storage so they don't have to feel like a burden asking someone to get something for them. As far as the hand held shower goes the ones that are adjustable like these pictures [https://www.houzz.com/photos/adjustable-showerhead-phbr0lbl-bl~l_8151[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/adjustable-showerhead-phbr0lbl-bl~l_8151) are great then if someone using the ADA shower is able to stand up they can adjust the height to better suit them. Also don't let builders tell you 30" is adequate and meets ADA requirements for door way widths...while it is an acceptable minimum getting wheelchairs through are a PITA. I plan on using 36" in our build. A lot really like the rocker style light switches as they are easier than a traditional switch, lever style or even oblong doorknobs are easier than a round doorknob. How will they open the window if in a wheelchair, the hand crank windows are easier for them, though my experience is in end of life care I know a few of our families used them and really liked them. I have seen a bathroom in a patient's home that was very cool, they had a large bathroom and modified it to be accessible for her husband. The cabinet "vanity" was on caster type wheels so she could move it out from under the sink and he could roll his w/c under and shave himself. They had a decorative top they could put on it if they wanted to leave it out as a piece of furniture or remove it and roll it back under the sink to look like a standard vanity. Reenforce walls where you might want hand rails like at the toilets and showers, they have some lovely ones now that don't look as industrial and blend a little better [https://www.houzz.com/photos/aging-in-place-transitional-bathroom-los-angeles-phvw-vp~8286386[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/aging-in-place-transitional-bathroom-los-angeles-phvw-vp~8286386) this gets the job done, but screams handicap accessible, something like this https://www.pinterest.com/pin/26951297741626349/ blends but is just a functional https://www.pinterest.com/pin/394276142347540350/ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/132293307777113477/