Will be going for shutters in the new house. As much as I love textiles, I am not into curtains. As the windows in strawbale are quite deep, we will put in shutters that will fold neatly against the sides of the window recess.

Have the ideas/wish folder here as well and DH is the one taking pics with his phone when out and about.

Still trying to work out designs here, but what seems to be sticking is a house in 2 parts. The main with the living areas, our bedroom and bathroom. Then a secondary wing with the girls rooms, guest room and bathroom. Well the guest room may go in the main part, as it will let us build the bulk of the house, move in with the girls in the guest room and then build the other wing. We mainly want the second wing as it will be able to be shut off when not in use. So if the girls are not around, or when they move out, then we just shut the door and not have to heat or cool that area (not that it would be much of an issue with strawbale)