“The dark slate hides wet shoes on rainy days,” June said softly.

“But the sand tone makes the window light reach farther across the room.”

“Rowan?” Caroline called across the table.

“What do your floor plan specifications say?”

“The sand wool has a higher commercial durability rating,” Rowan said without looking up from her floor plan drawings.

“It holds up for twelve years under daily foot traffic.”

Ellis set his small cedar frame down on the workbench, wiping a speck of clear wood glue from his thumb onto his canvas work apron.

He picked up a four-room miniature wooden house with a pitched roof frame and tiny square windows carved neatly into the pine sides.