unique small home plans

Hi. I am starting to plan my sweet sixteen. Thing is it will be very small (6 to 7 people) and in-home. I am really into doing something semi-unique and I love to decorate. Let me know if you have an ideas or suggestions about activities, food or the decoration. Anything helps. Also if you have pictures of your parties(or someone else's) that might be helpful too. Anything helps =D -K

My daughter and I produce Wedding and Home fairs. We lived in Austin previously and loved it. Two sons live there. We are planning to move back within a few months. We are planning to produce a fair in Austin and in San Antonio which is simply described in our title. We believe that the current fairs in the area are wonderful but do not give exposure to SMALL vendors and Brides, Grooms, and people planning to do new things to their homes (furniture, remodeling on a Budget). Our fairs are staged for people who do not have an unlimited bank account - who do not buy wedding gowns that cost multi thousands of $ and cannot afford photographers in the 5 figures, etc. Also for newly married couples, anniversary couples, people looking for a new home, new decor, new towels, all kinds of unique designed things. We are curious what Austin and San Antonio residents would think of this idea - would you like to attend? Know a "place" to recommend that would hold a large crowd?

I am a little wary of the plastic, battery-eating, lights-flashing, obnoxious noise-making run-of-the-mill toys. We have some, and baby likes them, but I would be interested in finding some neat, unique, non-battery operated toys that will hold my babies' interest. I hear Plan Toys are good. Also, I would rather support a small business, than Fisher Price or another huge company. Does the "toymaker" type still exist? Has anyone had any luck with a small, home-based toy business? Links and reviews, opinions and ideas please. Thanks!

We have a unique 50 year old house that was built without a front door. We'd like to put a door in, and it'll probably have to go in the kitchen (but where?), the kitchen is too small as it currently is, so we're going to move the first floor bathroom somewhere else (but where?). We need help figuring out what our final floorplan should be, and how to do these reno's in stages while still maintaining some order in a 5 family household. Does anybody know where I might find (free) help in coming up with a new layout? Perhaps some school of designing genius's that do this kind of thing as a learning exercise??? (I'm hoping). We'll be doing most of the actual work ourselves (we have friends and family that are carpenters and brick layers), so it's not like we can get design help included as part of a renovation contract.

I'm looking for something very unique. I've been to coolhouseplans site, but no luck. Anyone know where I might find something unusual? We are building for the second time, and I really want something breathtaking. A small vacation/cabin type home, about 800 square feet. Thank you