Hello TCB,
Never worry about length...
....You have to ask what you are thinking about, and sometimes it can get long...
.../am uncomfortable embracing something so different from what I expect a 'wall' to look/work like..
I can appreciate that for sure...Yet you have explained and shared, "...
I simply have no experience..." and as such perhaps should really push past your comfort zones (with current understanding) so no option of consideration is left out...???
Just a suggestion of capacity in scope of comparative understanding. This is one of the reasons folks do hire Architects/Designers and the collective knowledge (and team) they bring with them...
Continued....