I just found another house plan that I'd started working on last year.
The original design was one that I found on Houseplans.com, possibly through Pinterest.com but right now I don't remember, but nevertheless I thought that I could modify it some.
Plan 25-4524.
I believe that's the number assigned to it by Houseplans.com, as it looks like the original designer might have given it another number that appears to be written with it. It doesn't really matter in this case I guess...
It's a very contemporary style home, generally not something that I like aesthetically, but the bare bones of it I was very much drawn to. I suppose that the exterior styling could be changed, but I didn't do so this time.
FYI - the changes that I've made to this house are for if I were to move into it alone, without my roommates. Basically, if my roommates moved out for a house of their own, and that I'd need to have a place of my own to go to, I'd probably go for something like this one.
The first thing I think will be noticed, is that I've actually finished this house (except for any landscaping that is), as opposed to the other two houses in this post... it's much smaller, the roofing was really a "no brainer" in figuring out how to place it, and I just styled it similar to the original designer's illustration.
As you can see, this house plan was designed with a basement, and with a staircase inside leading down to it (although the website didn't include a floor plan of what the basement level would look like). Where I live, generally speaking, basements aren't all that common, pretty rare in fact. So, the first thing changed was the removal of the basement and the staircase leading down to it; I would say that it is now on a slab foundation.
Also, I thought that the sunroom would be better used as a living room area, so I changed that part a bit too.
Lastly, in order to have more room in my sewing area for more bookshelf space, I took out the fireplace the original designer had in the plan. I think that maybe the original designer had in mind for this to be a couple's cabin-in-the-woods retreat or something.
Anyway, here's my modified version, and below are the pictures I rendered of it.
Screenshot of the floor plan... and now that I look at it I see that the one back corner did not "merge" to form the angle that it should have... I'm going to have to fix that, again...
And, now that I look even closer, I think that I made my house a little smaller than, and not as perfectly square as, the original design (originally 30' wide x 30' long, my version looks more like 29' wide x 26'6" long)... I don't think that I'll "fix" that though...
Aerial Front
Virtual Visitor Front
Aerial Back
Virtual Visitor Back
Three views taken at different angles of what I guess would be now a Great Room, all taken from the front entrance. The area where the original designer had placed the staircase down to the basement, you can see I filled in with built-in storage, as well as enlarged the closet near the back door. And since I took out the staircase, there was more room in the back, and I enlarged the bathroom/laundry room area as well.
Three more views at different angles of the Great Room, taken from the general middle of the Great Room. I'm thinking that the long, low bookcase the Virtual Visitor is standing next to for these pictures, that is being used to separate the living room area from my sewing area, would be a built-in feature of the house.
The kitchen area is basically set up as the original designer had it, although since I did open up the change the sunroom into being part of the whole new Great Room area I had room to add some additional cabinetry for it.
A better view of my sewing area.
And here's the last picture of the Great Room, taken from near the back door, with a better view of the built-in storage mentioned above.
Bathroom/Laundry Room.
And, last but not least, the Bedroom.
... And I just noticed that I forgot to add the water heater, HVAC unit, and electrical panel... I guess I'm not as finished with this house as I thought I was...
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