I should add the discription of the sink I have posted: Kohler K-6608-2P Bayview Cast Iron Wall Mount Utility Sink 2 Holes. Can you use this type of faucet mount if my plumbing comes from the floor? They do make this sink for a top mounted fixture but I don't care for it and would probably go with another sink.

CamG, I really like he latest rendition with only one gable. I agree with using taller windows. Will you have divided lites? I think this is similar to what virgilcarter is suggesting: We used 8x8 . The columns were slightly off the ground so we put in trim pieces. I would reconsider the stone on the front of the porch. I didn't realize this needed to be specified in advance. We didn't have a brick or stone ledge so it was too late by the time I decided to put stone. Maybe just put in the stone ledge just in case you change your mind.

Claire, nope they are all level. But maybe you’re seeing the gaps in between the planks that are typical for old floors. We choose to not fill them in. They still have to finish the toe trim.

GW members represent a wide range of experience and understand that it is necessary to design a house before selecting exterior colors. Even the non-pros are more disciplined than many original posters. By the way, you can have tall ceilings and still have an upper level so don't let one drive the other. Shed dormers are great but the ones on the rendering are poorly proportioned and awkwardly placed, possibly by the renderer. As a practical matter, dormers so close together would be combined into one large shed dormer so these look contrived and inauthentic. The narrow bright blue vertical window panes don't help. The Craftsman style may have taken on an "everyman" quality in its later years due to mail-order designs but the early Craftsman houses were carefully proportioned and detailed in a professional wood and metal working manner. Maybe the dormers just need to be spread out on the house with different windows. Someone can do that for you in Photoshop. The dormers could even be in a one story cathedral ceiling.