It's been a while since the last time I commented on this post. So far, I haven't recreated or downloaded any of these houses, and I probably ought to at some point. The reason why I'm commenting on this post after so long is because I worked on reworking another vintage house plan.
DISCLAIMER: There are a large number of pictures in this post.
The original picture.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/t0cq3d8ap29mra1/New_Orleans_88.sh3d/file
Now, I'm not sure exactly how old this is, and I don't remember the source (other than that I found it on Pinterest), but I believe that it's either a couple decades older than my previous reworks, possibly from around 1900/1910 or so, or a more recent design with vintage style. As I tried making it close to the original, I found it really quite closed in with way too many walls, and then the roofline I felt cut into rooms. Below are renderings of what I came up with.
The original plan could either be a 2-story 3-bedroom 2 1/2-bathroom home, or a 3-story 5-bedroom 2 1/2-bathroom home. I kept it as a 3-story home, but I converted the storage room on the top floor into a third bathroom. I tried to keep the windows the same, even keeping the ones in the bathrooms as large as the rest of the house, but I was able to add a few additional ones in the top floor bathroom, the front of the house as well as near the top of the stairwell on the top floor, although I'm not sure what the windows look like for the basement so I just added what I thought would work. I also made a small change with the closets in both Bedroom 2 and Bedroom 3.
The wood siding is supposed to be white, but for some reason it kept rendering as pink. The bottom half of the house is covered in stucco.
The Virtual Visitor just standing inside the front door. In the original layout what would have been visible would have been a long hallway with a few doors visible, and that's it. That would boring. I also opened up the stairwell and the passageway.
While still at the front door, the Virtual Visitor is now looking into the dining area. The passageway between the Dining area and the Kitchen is visible; I opened this up as well.
Still at the front door but looking into the living room area. I realize the original design actually was open between the "Parlor" and the back room (which was marked as either Dining Room or Library), and that I closed it off. I made that back room into a Family room instead and felt that would be better closed off. I might change my mind later and open it up again, I might not.
The Family Room with the first picture taken from the corner near the Living Room double doors and the second taken from the opposite corner near the Breakfast room. I kept one of the closets and the door down to the basement from this room, but I did move the TV wall so that there is a bit more room in the Kitchen.
The Breakfast Room. I wanted to have a bench that followed the curve of the window but I couldn't find one, and went with the chairs instead.
The Kitchen. I extended the peninsula into the Breakfast Room for more counter and cabinet space. And the passageway that was visible from the Dining area is visible from here.
The Powder Room. No changes from the original.
The Stairwell. I really worked hard on this, mainly because I had at first made changes to the one closet that's still included in the Family Room (I'd turned it toward the stairwell) as well as the stairs from the basement (I'd had it coming out into the Kitchen) - nightmare. When I put those two things back the way it was in the original design, this staircase worked.
Now onto the First Floor:
The view of the stairwell from just in front of the Master Bedroom. The stairs up to the Second floor, part of the Sitting room and the door to Bedroom 4 on the Second floor, as well as the door to Bedroom 5 on this floor are visible.
The Master Bedroom. I didn't make any changes to this room, and the more I look at it I'm not sure that that was a good plan... not bad, but just something about it might need a change or two...
The Master Bathroom. Sure, it's tiny, but it's the space I had... I switched the shower space with the closet space for Bedroom 3.
The Laundry Room. I did remove the door/door frame as well as half of the wall, mainly so that the door to the linen closet inside this area didn't interfere with it. Before, that wouldn't have been a problem in this space, but it would have been in Bedroom 4, and taking out the door to the bedroom wasn't an option; this was. Also, it seems that there was room for the drawers cabinet.
Bathroom 2. Basic layout is the same.
Bedroom 2. I didn't like how the original had access to the balcony, in either this bedroom or Bedroom 3, so I changed that in both rooms. That, and the closet placement in both bedrooms, are the only changes.
Bedroom 3. The only reason I believe this room is so dark is because of the wallpaper that I used.
On to the Second Floor:
The top of the stairs looking down to the First floor. This would have been closed off, as well as having a wall instead of the banister in the Sitting room. Too closed off for my taste.
Bathroom 3. This had originally been a storage space with the back wall cut into to accommodate the sloping roof, but with the changes I made outside this room was possible. I kind of felt that it was inconvenient for those in the Second Floor bedrooms to run down the stairs when they have to go or from a shower... I couldn't fit the same vanity sink that I'd had in the other bathrooms, so I found a small one that could.
The Sitting Room. I'm not sure what the original designer had in mind with the way the roofing cut into this room, and expecting someone to actually use it... With my change to the roofing, I was able to not only not have the room cut into but add the long window. I realize it seems to be in a weird placement, but that was because of where I was able to place a matching window in Bedroom 4.
Bedroom 4.
Bedroom 5.
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