The BIG Picture! First Floor Plan

The first floor has more symmetry than the basement. Note the X axis which goes through the front door and portico, past the entranceway and stairs, through the kitchen and out through the Veranda. The Y axis goes through the side porch or Portico and follows a hall where it meets the X axis. I designed the windows to be symmetrical for the side of the house they are on. Second floor windows align perfectly with first floor windows. The east side of the house is open to a 50 mile panoramic view of the snow capped Absaroka mountains. Mt Emigrant rises almost 11,000 feet into the heavens and is only 8 miles away. I would like to add a decorative cornice or frieze under the eaves. Perhaps we could divide the first floor from the second floor with a frieze or cornice also? Some sort of rusticated block siding would look good on the first floor. The second floor should have smoother siding. Columns and pediments window surrounds would work best on the first floor. Perhaps keystones for the second floor windows?

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