We need a development like that here. (I already live atop Mt. Doom). We are actually very Shire-like, excepting the hookers on Sprague Ave.

Honest, I tried to mojo you WB! Bwahahahahaw, Hobbit wHores!

I love tudor style houses. There are few skattered here and there among the spanish and craftman bungalowss of Long Beach. One down the street just landscaped with a traditional English garden and it looks great! Not the most practical thing for So Cal, but pretty. Bend seems like it would be a better place for this type of garden.

I just think it's funny to say "Bend, Oregon" 3 times fast.

I want viking-esque carvings on my house! Did you check out the interior images for the Swordsman model?

Heck yeah!!! We really want that stained glass piece above the doors.

We're going to start our "Middle Earth" furniture transition after the wedding. I've been wanting to reupholster our sofa, so Ken will now help pick out the fabric, and we totally want something Hobbit-like. And, once we get our pre-fab next year, we'll get rid of the Ikea type pieces and go with more wood stuff. Right now, we have a mix of the two, just because we got most of it cheap or free.