I have to admit that while I'm great at reading floor plans, site plans confuse me a bit. I know that they matter, so I defer to others on this topic. I do understand the concept of having 12 acres, yet having only one good spot on which to build. I have 40 acres, yet I have one "obvious" spot where the house will be located. Oh, I COULD build in other locations, but it would be more costly (not adjacent to the existing gravel driveway, need to run utilities farther, etc.), but one general area is superior to the others in numerous ways. I don't want to disturb the roughly 50% that's heavily wooded, I don't want to move too close to the little pond in the woods that floods its banks, and I do want to maintain the open field that I rent out to a farmer (this gets me a drastically reduced tax build, and I'm fine with having a corn field behind my house). As for natural light, YES, it matters! Natural light is one of those basics I keep harping upon. Look at some photographs of rooms you like; natural light is most likely the key factor in why these rooms are appealing. To give an example from my current house (though the more examples I give from my sorry old house, the more I wonder why I live here at all), my kitchen /breakfast room /family room faces East. Although I have a covered porch off the back, I get the morning sun in those rooms, and during those morning hours these rooms are at their best. They are MUCH more inviting. The colors are warmer, the room even looks more spacious. By the time we get home from school/work, those prime hours are gone, and although the rooms aren't "dark", they also don't have much life. Colors, window choices, and other things can play into making the most of your natural light, but don't ignore this all-important topic.

I think something like this is what I may default to if I can't find anything nicer: Here is a link that might be useful: Amazon link

"If you want solid, why not go to a carpet store and have rug cut to the size you want and bound? I don't think it costs very much, and you might even be able to buy an inexpensive remnant and have it cut and bound to your dimensions. You'd get exactly what you want." I guess I am thinking that a cut piece of carpet is different than a rug? I guess I am thinking that solid color runners would be softer than just plain 'ol carpet. Carpet looks like carpet. I dunno if that makes sense. I ended up ordering the Cindy Crawford ones in vanilla, which is off white diamonds on off white rug. So I think the pattern will be pretty subtle. I'll probably know in a week or two. Can I use Scotchguard or a similar product on my new rugs? I just bought an 8x10 area rug from HomeGoods for the living room also. My main concern for stains would be from the dog. We do always keep Nature's Miracle handy.

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