okie boarder's house

Andy,
Yes, eves are vented but then you need a spot for the hot air to get out!!! Gable venting is best but as Tim mentioned ridge venting is an alternate. Unless absolutely needed due to say cathedral ceilings, I'd stay away from ridge venting with shingles. If you go with standing seam, then the ridge venting is good.

Something interesting I've noticed on this thread...nobody mentioned the lack of windows on the front gables. On another forum and Facebook, I got a lot of comments about that.

No gable vents? Are you going with ridge cap vent? Cement siding? and garage doors tall enough for a tower?

I'm pretty sure venting is done in the eaves here, but will double check. We were thinking some the gable vents, even if they are just faux vents, might add to the look. We're leaning towards the cement board. The current door design is 10' wide and 10' tall.

No gable vents? Are you going with ridge cap vent? Cement siding? and garage doors tall enough for a tower?

Oh, steel roof too.

Playing around with siding texture and stone colors a little bit to see what we think. I think we want to find stone that is a bit more colorful, maybe do the garage doors in a black or blackwash look and maybe do some color shade variation on the gable peaks and the porches. Full plan set is complete and one contractor already bid...waiting for the rest so we can decide who we want to go with.

Good thinking Gary. Great set up on lake properties where space is limited.

Unless you get a great package price, I'd chose what you want in what area, regardless if brands mismatch. My experience is the parts on X brand are only interchangeable on a few models and only for a few years.

We looked at a lot of items for the house Saturday including plumbing fixtures, etc, rock, paint colors, wood stoves. While looking at plumbing fixtures, we found some ones we liked and want to be sure we are keeping in a similar family and same brand throughout the house, if possible. What brand of fixtures would y'all recommend as an overall brand? I've understood that Delta is usually pretty good, along with Kohler and Moen.

Well, I thought I'd go ahead and post the floor plan and layout to take a look at, as we prepare to start the building process. Our original intent was to do a farmhouse style design, and we really wanted to try to stay with a fairly rectangular shape. With the rooms and layouts that we wanted, it wasn't seeming real feasible. After some sketches and tweaks, we settled in on this design. This keeps our square footage down around where we need it to be for our budget, while giving us the layout and rooms we want. Some of the design in the plans is going to be decided as we go along, like the exact cabinet layouts and some styling features. I'd say 85-90% of what we'll end up with is captured in the drawings. The elevation drawing is representing a generic stone, siding and paint color that will likely change. This first picture is really close to the color scheme and stone we'll do.