I agree with @Jeff Berg - the large windows on the ground floor look good.I also think it can be cool to embrace a bit of the commercial / store front feel and not try to hide it too much. 

They didn't have it in stock, but i ordered it online and they shipped it to the store for me to pick up.

Some Lowes stores carry a finished hardwood that has some 50 year warranty and it's in the $1.90 a foot range.

I don't do section 8 for the above reason.I have a genetic defect in my brain that makes me angry every time i see these lowlifes who won't work in the store buying $12 lb steaks with food stamp cards.I live in a small town & we have 4th generation welfare families living in some of the housing projects.You guys don't even want to get me started on my beliefs on the new govt program idea i have called "Work or Starve"

I've met more of these guys than I have guys who claimed they were (FBI, CIA, Treasury Department, "other" Justice Department) but would tell "just me" in this bar how they had the goods on Bill Clinton (notice I didn't put him on this list, sorry, PROFESSIONALS ONLY, no amateurs) for having (1) run the biggest coke smuggling ring in the US, (2) personally murdered Foster, (3) provided the gun that murdered Foster.

Use in small amounts...can be harmful in sizing, backings or stuffing material.DO NOT use gasoline, lighter fluid or carbon tetrachloride.POG -Paint, oil and grease remover; available in hardware stores.

I suggest you get a state contract, many office supply stores carry forms.

I keep hearing the same answer, go to Home Depot or Lowes, early in the morning and get names from the trucks at the store or even try to meet subcontractors there.

They can usually beat the box stores by 10-45% depending on the item.

I was iuyn Florida recently and visited the Habitat for Humanity outlet stores, they has excellent prices on both new and used items for houses.