Floor plans

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:

Usually I make plans myself (most of the time i draw plan and front of the house on paper or iPad first).

We don't have Victorian houses in my country so when I started I made a Pinterest account and pinned as many pictures and photos as I could to get an idea how it should look.

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)

"elanorbreton;c-17087981" wrote:

"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 would, but I don’t know how to post screenshots.

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!

"AriaMad2;c-17088000" wrote:

"elanorbreton;c-17087981" wrote:

"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 would, but I don’t know how to post screenshots.

Upload the pic to a website like Imgur. Then look for the bb code of the image and paste that code here. Try it. It's quite easy.

Google, lots of googling. Typically I spend about a week looking through house plans before finally settling on one. For family homes, I like to use actual house listing like on Zillow, or realitor.com sometime they give you the floor plan with those, plus actual pictures of it being lived in. I like to use the thepinnaclelist.com for any kind of mansions or modern houses.

This site might help you, it lists lots of Victorian era floor plans https://www.architecturaldesigns.com/house-plans/styles/victorian