The existing home have these huge overhangs (4 feet on the main house, 2 feet on the old additions).
Now, if I want to replace the siding throughout the house Iit would be less of a problem simply to chop off the overhangs - or reappropriate them somehow. Then I would only have to come up with a pretty way for the new siding to meet the flashing of the roof - and I would of course need some special overhang over the front door.
This is where I badly need an architect (ok, one of the many places I need one ;-). I need someone who can make the structures look stunning and beautiful, and like they belong to the same "family".
I fiddled around with SketchUp, but I am not really happy with the result. It is not really "inspired".