Now that the land is ours, we can move on to other things.
First thing – the people need a place to live. We need a house. When we first decided to build, for whatever reason, both of us were thinking “Dutch Colonial.” Stylish, classic, and not as common as the more ubiquitous “modern farmhouse” – whatever that means. But (strange as this concept is to some people) the style of a house has some influence over its layout, and how it “lives.” A Colonial, of any flavor, is a somewhat formal home. And, if we’re to be honest, we aren’t formal people.
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