How to Post Pics on GardenWeb: Setup: 1) Go to photobucket.com and open a free account. 2) Follow their instructions for uploading your pics to their site. 3) To enable sharing of the pics and posting on sites like GW, click 'Share' from the menu right below the pic you want. A new window will open. 4) Click 'Get Link Code' 5) Select the first box next to 'HTML for websites and blogs'. Make sure it is the only box selected and click 'save'. (You can also choose to apply this setting to all pics in your album with a link in your album). Now your pics are enabled for posting on sites like GW! Posting pic in GW message: 1) Begin the written portion of your posting on GW. 2) When you are ready to add the pics you desire, open a new browser window and log into your photobucket account. 3) Copy the contents of 'html code' box below the desired pic. 4) Go back to your GW posting on your other browser window, place the cursor where you want to pic to appear, right click and select 'paste'. Your pics will appear in the preview so you can ensure they appear properly before the final submission.(I know, this looks like a lot of potentially confusing steps, but trust me, once you copy the pics into your posts once or twice it's a piece of cake!) The Frank Betz Stillbrooke is also a very nice plan. The layout is similar to the Blenheim plan I mentioned above. It was on our list as well until we decided to 86 the formal living room. I like the size of the family room of the EastHaven. Like you, we have had such a hard time finding a houseplan we liked when our Plan A of building our ultimate dreamhome fell apart with this national mortgage mess. I think I looked at every ready to build plan on the internet. We ended up going to a designer in our area who was an accomplished framer before he got into designing. He took our ideas & square footage requirements and came up with a very efficient yet spacious plan that meets our needs and includes our desires. I've attached our floorplan & proposed front elevation. We are looking at adding a staircase for attic/future bonus room access &/or basement access. Summerfield Designs also did a couple excellent mockup floorplans for us which we loved, but we had to keep the square footage as low as possible. We are however using the exterior he designed minus the parapet walls on the garage & bedroom. The house is 2307 sq ft. The room sizes didn't show up very well in the photo--Master is 16' x 14', secondary bedrooms & dining room are all 14' x 12'3", family room is 19'7" x 21'8", kitchen is 12 x 21'8", Laundry is 8'6" x 8'6", foyer is 7' x 12', mud room area is 9' x 5'6".

Holy Smokes! that is a long way to the toilet in the night from the MBR! It would almost be faster if you were sick (definitely more direct) to run to the other bedroom's toilet. It look like a nice plan, but I'd rearrange the master bath layout, in particular.

I'm sure you've seen the pics on his website. Have you done a search on this site? There have been a lot of his plans discussed in the past. I'm not sure if Hollyhock has been, but maybe something similar. Good luck with your build!

Hi Jenny, here's a few things that come to mind. 1) Would have made the Great Room larger. Fine for a small group, but tight when it's 2 kids, spouses and 3 grands. 2) Laundry is very small, should have expanded it. 3) Would have put a beam in so we wouldn't need the load bearing column between Great Room and Kitchen. 4) We added 4' of depth to the Master Closet, could still be larger. 5) We added tub/shower in guest bathroom. 6) Should have included the HVAC in the Bonus Room. 7) Should have floored as much as possible of the attic. 8) We love the covered Back Porch, should have used tin for the roof.