Vintage Point

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(01-07-2013 09:49 AM)Ollie Wrote:  Most of the lots are around 20x30, so this one is probably around that.

Well I suppose that is a fairly large plot for one house but it is by no means too large. It will make a nice big family home. It's always nice to have a variety of sizes of houses in the world so you can find something to suit different sizes of sim families.

Edit:

Just been eating lunch (quiche) and staring at the floor plans!

I see what you mean about the large space around the stairs. You actually have enough room there to make the bathroom and middle bedroom bigger by pulling out their East walls into the area containing the stairs (let's call it the hall). If my poor old eyes aren't deceiving me, those rooms are currently four large tiles across, just enough for a double bed and two side tables, so they could stand to be bigger without looking crazy large, I think.

Another thing you could do (or in addition to enlarging a bathroom and bedroom) is to go ahead with your plan to put in a study nook or similar in the hall. It's nice to make use of that space and I usually put easels in the hall or some other hobby items. Or you could add storage cupboards or even just decorative clutter such as hat racks, dressers, suitcases and tables with plants on them. If it's going to be a family home then I guess the kids could use if for toys etc.

A slightly more radical change would be to swing the stairs round 90 degrees, so that they run up the north edge of the lounge, with the 'back' of the stairs butting up against the garage wall. Then you could actually include a much bigger dining room, towards the back of what is currently the hall. The kitchen would be accessed through the dining room. The room currently allocated for dining could be retained as a breakfast room (very la-di-da!) or possibly even be something like a laundry room or a little room for use by the butler!

I will now leave you in peace to build (actually looking at the time you should be asleep) but no doubt I will have more suggestions and questions in the future.