Floor plans
So where do you get your floor plan ideas from? . I love Victoriana houses. And I wanted to create my own but I can't come up with anything I seen lots of grateful plans online but I'm just liking them. I'm in a slump.
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- Ebay has lots of period plan books available for Victorian fans. I've gotten several of them so have plans for everything from simple cottages to mansions to public buildings of various sizes and types. The major challenge is finding accurate interior & exterior wall coverings, floors, stairs, detailed woodwork, and furnishings. As Dannydanbo said, go for the basic look. Build mode, regardless of TS version, has too many placement and other restrictions to get an exact copy. With care, patience, and practice you should be able to build some really nice buildings.
- 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.
- Download a house you like off the gallery or other download site. Put it in your game. Observe the layout and the facade. Play around with changing the layout, the windows, etc. Do this until you get a clearer picture of what you want. If you don't want these houses in your game you can always buldoze them. When you feel that you have good idea, then you can build your own house.
"aldavor;c-17085260" wrote:
I use this:
https://architecturaldesigns.com/house-plans
Nearly 30,000 plans!! :smiley:
Very cool - I've been in a rut with my floor plans.- Pinterest can be incredibly helpful. Local libraries often have house plan books in their architecture/home building section, if you prefer something in your hand to work from. My local library had one on Victorian homes specifically that I enjoyed.
- 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. "elanorbreton;c-17087981" wrote:
I would, but I don’t know how to post screenshots."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)"AriaMad2;c-17088000" wrote:
"elanorbreton;c-17087981" wrote:
I would, but I don’t know how to post screenshots."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)
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
