grove manor help?

[bacc_krow]

Hey readers!

So I think I mentioned last post that I hit a snag with the house for the Grove family. There was some discussion on things that could be done, but I'm still stuck.

Wanna help?

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[mswn]

Okay, just provisionally throwing down walls and furniture, option 1:


Entryway with a powder room and place for mail/coats; small study off the living room; and a den that currently holds a spare bed for guests and a treadmill/workout equipment. No windows on the spare room, which makes it more of a den or library space, some kind of catchall space for a bachelor.

Option 2:


The same but moves the spare room to the other side where it gets a window and becomes a full-fledged extra bedroom. Still being used as a provisional guest room/workout room/whatever, but leaves more flexibility for dealing with future family members.

That's probably how I'd break down the space. Something like that! :)

[bacc_krow]

Thankyou for these. :D

I thiiink I prefer option 2, feels neater? Having a hallway like that is a good idea. I don't feel completely sold on it though... not sure why. I'm torn between having a normal layout and having a fairly empty/spacious house that can later be made over into something more functional once Mr. Grove stops roaming and starts up a family. In the spirit of an RKC (though one set in the future, lol) I'm also still trying to find the happy medium between futuristic/medieval/limited infrastructure+resources. :< Like, I don't think they'd have a huuuuge labour force for the production of elaborate furniture/etc, but if they have ~the technology~ to do that with minimal labour, not an issue, you know? So that limits what furniture is available, and that limits what sort of rooms would be in a house.

I have already started messing around with it and I'm getting closer to something I like, so after this rambling, here's one whole picture of where I was up to last night. XD



loads of progression, amirite?

hmmm. maybe I'll flip the staircase and put in a couple of rooms along that back wall there. At the very least that gives me more room. An itty-bitty library-study, maybe? Things!