I almost forgot, you might want to see if you can leave out specific DLC's when you install. There are certain things you don't want happening too quickly or you'll be running all over the place.
Dragonborn; Solstheim and Mirrak.
Dawnguard; Vampire's killing "important" NPC's.
Heathfire; Glitchy, buggy...to me a huge pita.
If you can, delay putting in Dawnguard and maybe Dragonborn until you get some stuff completed, or you'll be running your a__ off.
Have fun! Would like Hearthfire myself, but it was too dang glitchy to mess with. That and all of the kidnapping's, bandit's, Dragon's, Draugr's and Necromancer's or some Mage. Plus half the stuff inside didn't work, whether I built it or had the Steward get. Shelves, cases, it got to be a real pita.
One thing you can do, but it is a bit of a pain, is to save before making anything. Then if it glitches or you don't like it you can just reload the save. I don't normally do that though, I'm too impatient.