Don't know where you live, but I am in Vermont. The logger who hauls that wood off will make about $1200-$1600 dollars once they get the wood split. They will use little resources in hauling, just gas and manpower. I would say that someone should pay you for the wood and give you the 1 cord you want for free or for a small deduction from their cost.

So to answer my question: About $80 per inch. My builder gave me the quote for the change, I'm going with the 42" high window. I know it will make me that much happier. The cost to change to a wider, different style window was going to be heftier (more expensive window, a lot more labor for changing nearly the entire wall's framing, etc.) and my wife didn't want casements though we do love the look. So it made the decision quite straight forward once I had a number. So thank you, all of you. I'm so glad that I know about this place because it makes it so much easier to be able to get 10 or so very informed opinions in a few short hours when trying to make a decision like this. This won't be my last crisis post by a long shot as we have a long way to go in the build, but I want to thank all of you who chimed in. It gave me the right perspective to think ahead of time so that I knew when I saw a figure if it was worth it or not. Woo! Here's the rendering, with the proper sized window back in effect.

Well apparently I stink at this and don't see issues with furniture. :p I guess I need to work on that. Looking at these few now. This is kind of a walk through Boop's learning how to buy used furniture thread or furniture in general I Think. I like this set from Vanguard. I think I read that is a decent name. I don't know why but I really like the warmth of the orange. It says Best offer and is from furniture land south. I have no idea what is reasonable to offer. I really like these, but I think the arms might be too high for everyday use.... These look too lumpy right? this is a pair of Baker sofas. Good price I think. Velvet, but I love that and the price is so good I think I could deal with that and the cleaning or recovering the cushions at some point. To the person who said I was all over the place it is true. There is really nothing I am married to in this room ATM besides The IKEA birch expedit shelves and the TV. Well and the brick fireplace (we are thinking of putting in a pellet stove there) I am planning to paint the walls BM windswept. I think it will go with many colors and the kitchen which this room is open to. We currently have a sofa and loveseat. The sofa is shot (very ripped, not worth repairing I think) and the loveseat is OK. A cheap set overall.

Been a busy week so a little late to the party here but glad you posted the update AV. Please keep us all updated with progress reports/photos. Regarding using an architect or a person of design talent, I've posted elsewhere on this board just a few weeks ago that the major reason cited here for not doing so is cost and I just don't get it nor do I understand some of these fees being thrown out there to support that reason. Now, at the great risk of sounding like bragging but given in the spirit of illustration so I hope it's read that way, I've been doing this architecture gig solely for 35 years, have not won anything in the lottery beyond a free "scratch off" ticket, Mrs. Architectrunnerguy stays at home, have not inherited anything beyond an 8 place setting of fine china (whoopie!!!) nor have I participated in any jewelry heists. I'm paying all my bills, have enough left over for nice vacations, live in a nice house in a nice neighborhood and have a pretty good life while not charging anything near what's being thrown out on this board. I am a believer that the best designers are fast on their feet which of course means less time to get from point A to B which means less $$ spent so maybe that's the reason. I don't know. Another reason is office space and staff (I have neither) means considerable overhead which drives up fees with marginal effect on design (nobody drives by a house and says "Wow!! Great house. That architect must have had a really nice office space."). Pure speculation on my part here too however. I'm glad AV's architects decided to try the real time design sessions she referenced above and hope they refine it to fit their methodology. I do these all the time. Here's one done just yesterday. All day but at the end we had a house conceptualized at nowhere near the design costs noted on this board.......And AV, note the piano in my studio!!......hmmmm.......maybe I ought to do a little number between sketches!!!