Floor plans

I use this:

https://architecturaldesigns.com/house-plans

Nearly 30,000 plans!! :smiley:

When floorplans don't work, I often just work from pictures of the facade. I try to re-create them best I can in game and then fill in the rest of the house from my imagination.
It can also work to draw a floor plan on paper, that's what I used to do back in ts2.
By now I've built so many Victorian houses that I know the general lay out. If you like, you can check out my builds on the gallery and see if they inspire you. My gallery ID is the same as my forum username.

Google, mostly, or I just put down a box and expand it outwards until it looks like a house.

I prefer homes used on TV like the Brady Bunch home and there is an book out that has some of TVs house layout blu-prints.

I usually go onto google maps and find houses that are unique from the outside and use those to build, then I make up the floor plan to fit the shell I created! :smile:

I'm not a builder, but I also LOVE Victorian houses so I download them off the gallery. I tend to search the gallery based on what style I want and then go through them all and favorite the layouts I like the most. I may try building a nice Ranch home first to start, because building is so not my strong suit.

I do want to say that I did build the Ponderosa Ranch in TS3 and moved in my Cartwright sims, lol!!

"AriaMad2;c-17086248" wrote:
Usually, I make them myself. I’ve dedicated a section of OneNote to doing so. I also create boards in OneNote as well so I can keep track of plans for each room when I build it; such as colour schemes.

That sounds interesting, would you be prepared to share a screenshot or two? (I love using OneNote for simmy stuff)

I usually use archdaily.com to get inspired. Sometimes I do like @MDianaSanders said and get inspired only by the facades. And sometimes I try to replicate the interiors as well.

"jupkmn;c-17088007" wrote:
I usually use archdaily.com to get inspired. Sometimes I do like @MDianaSanders said and get inspired only by the facades. And sometimes I try to replicate the interiors as well.

Thanks for the link to archdaily.com. That is a truly inspirational website!