Gotta love that Bill Cosby ... but seriously everyone, this is an important election, and not matter which party you support ... GET OUT AND VOTE!!! Since most of us are ladies at this forum, I'll mention as we all know, that women couldn't even vote until about 100 years ago. I think our younger generations don't realize how hard it was to get that right, and everyone should exercise it. Iron Jawed Maidens was a very good movie on this very subject. I always say one shouldn't complain about an elected official if they don't vote LOL. And oh yeah baby, I've already voted, always vote early. It's our civic duty. Makes me feel good ... we have a great country, and we're having some rough times right now, but hopefully we will see a better economy and a peaceful world someday. Pray for our military, hubby was a Navy man on the riverboats in Vietnam, I know what it's like to have your loved one serve, and they serve well no matter what their political opinions are, they do what they are asked and I'm proud of them all. I always support our military no matter what I think about the wars we ask them to serve in. Okay I'm getting windy lol ~tenderlee

I've been doing some reading, lots of reading, LOL, and came across an article saying that home designs like ours, two stories with a vaulted entryway and staircase are a nightmare for HVAC. It recommended two systems: one up, one down for real comfort and said it was really more economical than a two-zone single system. We've thought about putting a second unit in the attic, but it's something that probably has to wait until the house is paid off. In the meantime, I've been thinking and finally realized that there is a place we could put another supply duct. It would be on the far side of the door into the garage. The current duct trunk is on the other side of that door. It's right above the closet in the guest room, so we should be able to go through there and straight up to the attic--hope the attic joists aren't in the way. The run would be about 10"-11" x 24" in size and approx 58' long with 2 right angle turns. We're thinking it could handle about 900 CFM and hoping we could take our master bedroom and vaulted ceiling bath off the current duct and supply them with that. Our bedroom gets a little, but our bath is at the end of the current run and gets basically no air. With our master suite off the main trunk, I'm pretty sure the other upstairs rooms would have plenty. Does that sound like a duct that would work? Hubby is also thinking that if we did it with ductboard, he'd be able to do most of it himself, except for the connection to the plenum. He's pretty good with carpentry, plumbing and electrical, but has only worked on a/c in cars. And if I hadn't mentioned it, after measuring our house, we're really around 2,600 sq ft, not the 2,400 sq ft we had thought we had. Sorry, one more thing, if we have 1410 CFM now and add 900 CFM with another duct, going to about 2500 CFM, does that mean we'd need any certain blower size? Or do we just go with what the manual J says, assuming I can find the manual or a tech to do the calcs for us?

If your quote is in the less featured Diamond line (there are two) then I would upgrade to the better quality cabinet by jettisoning the fluff. With your described location and home, I would definately not do decorative end panels nor a mantle style hood. If you have an island, that's the only place that I'd splurge on decorative paneled backs. That mantle hood is probably costing you 2-3K by the time you add in the insert and installation costs. It would be the FIRST thing to go. Especially since it's a look that will not stand the test of time at all unless you live in an estate sized home with a kitchen to match.

IMO hunter green tile was done 20 yrs ago so why that choice ?I like larger format tile for shower walls to keep grout to a min. In fact I like 12 x24 tile on both the bathroom floor and the shower walls to keep things simple and easily cleaned . Do you have to have a tub since your inspirtation photo has none . I think the shower will still be too smal.