Once again, I'm revisiting an older work.
I found that I had 'The Chesapeake' saved onto this computer, and saw that the pictures that I'd previously posted on it were no longer available because of that one website. So, I went to take new pictures of it, but I decided to make a few changes to it; I couldn't help myself. I started updating this just after posting about that 'new' house that I'd found that I'd created 10 months ago ; I've been working on these changes and picture renderings on and off for the past 2 weeks so some of the changes I don't remember clearly, as I will mention below.
Here's the updated file.
The Chesapeake
And here's a reminder of the original advertisement from inside the Catalog.
And here are the updated pictures.
Front aerial. As you can see I've added some railing near the front porch, as well as a detached garage (it looks like in the original advertisement that there was a driveway to one, but of course that would've been something sold separately). I've taken out that front window near the peak of the roof, mainly because I didn't include access to that small space and figured that it looked odd there, and replaced it with a gable vent. I did however put the window to the next front peak because I was able to put an attic space there with access from the top floor hallway. I'm sure that there should be a border wall and a decorated backyard space, but I didn't do either of those... yet anyway...
Front, Virtual Visitor view, taken from the sidewalk looking toward the front entrance. Now that I look at this picture, it looks like I have some odd issues with those front steps... maybe I'll get to those later too...
Front Entrance, taken from on the front porch. You can see that I modified that little privacy wall on the side there; shortened it and added some of that railing... and maybe I should add one of those lights over the French doors into the Living Room... and I think that I'd forgotten to add a mailbox as well...
Back Aerial. Here's a bit of a closer view of the detached garage. Also I'd added some more of that railing here on the back porch; if I'd been able to find a similar railing to put on the steps I would have I think... and I see that I have a bit of an issue with the alignment on the Attic wall... yikes! I'm finding quite a few issues...
Back, Virtual Visitor view, taken from in front of the garage.
Back Entrance, taken from on the back porch. A pretty good view of the railing.
Side Aerial. More of the detached garage is visible... and it looks like I have a bit of an issue with the little roof over the water heater... and I just realized that I'd forgotten the water heater was there and put one in the laundry room... oh, good grief!... I guess that's another thing to fix...
Side Entrance. Yeah, my adding that little bump-out here was silly in the first place; it's going the first chance I get...
Reception hall, taken from the front door. As usual the staircase didn't render properly; it's supposed to be dark wood with those rounded sections of rug... maybe I'll just switch out that for the dark wood... boring but then I probably wouldn't have that rendering problem. I think that I'd made the light a bit brighter.
Reception hall, taken from the doorway to the kitchen.
Living Room, two different angles. I'd changed out the 2-seat sofa for a smaller byte-sized one (I think that I did that for the 3-seat sofa as well but I don't remember), and the fireplace for an Art Deco style one. Oh, and I decorated those two matching tables surrounding the fireplace with the White Lilies and a cat figurine... and I'm not happy with the way the coffee table rendered either...
Dining Room, two different angles. If I remember correctly there'd been a door to the kitchen. I changed that so that there was an arched doorway instead, hopefully to bring in more light. I'd also added more lighting, changed the sideboard, and added the tea set. Oh, and I changed the pattern on the rug, as well as the back of the big china cabinet.
Kitchen, two different angles. I regretfully took out the antique style stove/oven for a more modern but not tiny one, mainly so that I'd have some more storage space next to it as well as a prep counter. I also moved some of the accessories around on the counters... I don't remember what other changes that I did here...
Laundry/Utility Room. As you can see I took out that outside door that had let out onto the back porch, just so that I'd have some more room. I rearranged what I had in there, added the laundry sink, a drying rack above said laundry sink, and the aforementioned second water heater... and moved the window.
Back Porch, taken from the back door, looking toward the new garage. It's a 1-car garage...
Top floor Hallway. Once again the stairway rendered badly... and I think that I might lengthen that hanging lamp in there... You can see the Attic stairs (they're retractable of course).
Bedroom 1, taken from the door. This is the smaller of the back bedrooms. I'd found a triangle that I could use to cover that one corner where the roof pitch is visible. I don't think that I made any other changes here...
Bedroom 2, two different angles. This is the larger of the back bedrooms. It's still decorated as the Master Bedroom. I've added that triangle to that weird roof angle area here too. I also took out the wardrobe and put in a second matching closet, and added that closed bookcase. Oh, and I changed out the nightstands... I think those are all the changes I made here...
Bedroom 3, taken from near the door. I added the bookcase to that one bumped out wall, and I think that I changed the TV... and I think that's all that I did in this room...
The front 'chamber' that I have decorated as my Sewing Room but could be the Master Bedroom or a Family Room in the house for those who don't sew, taken from two different angles. I've added the computer and changed the sizes of the two sewing machines, oh and that triangle to those two weird roof angle areas too... I think that's all that I changed here...
The one and only Bathroom, taken from near the door. I changed out the bath for a glass enclosed one, added the towel rack, a bathmat, the light above the vanity, and the triangle wall piece to cover the roof angle... I think that's all the changes that I made here...
Attic space. I realize that the space looks a little strange; that's because of my placement of the roofing originally.
The detached 1-Car Garage, two different angles. I'm not sure I have enough lighting in here... but then again it's a garage, it doesn't really need much lighting...
And I believe that's it for this house, for now anyway. Maybe in another year or so I'll revisit it again...
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