Dream house (floor plans, colors, dining room, kitchens)

[hypocore]

My husband was given a computer program that lets you design your own house floorplans, complete with many material choices such as carpet or not, what colors and exterior walls. It can be viewed in many different ways including panoramic and 3D.

He's been having a blast playing with it designing a 'dream' home. He's learned quite a bit through this program that he didn't necessarily expect....especially how different his dream home is from mine! hahaha

It's quite amusing to see his interpretation of something I say I would like.
For instance, when asked, I told him I would like for the door leading from the garage into the house to be in the corner of the kitchen. He placed it at the opposite end of the wall where I had wanted, saying that it didn't look right in the corner. I just laughed and then said, so why did you ask?

It's been fun to play with this idea and I've used many of the posts here for references in the choices I have offered to his plan. I have my own definite idea of what I want if I could build with no limits of money.

I know I am not the only one to dream big, and smaller at the same time, while knowing it's not going to be a reality either at all or for a long time.
I'm not the only one, right? haha

[findinghope]

its what my DH and i used to so when playing Sims. we only played to build the homes and landscape the outdoors. the first time i played with it, 5 hours went by and i didnt even realize it. have fun!
the truth is when you live in a house you start to see what you need and dont need and how things would work better for you...

[desertsun41]

I design dream kitchens for people on a 3D program. Been doing so since just after the home PC was for sale to the public. Before that we used to draw by hand.

I never get sick of designing a dream for people on a PC screen and then turning it into a real life touchable dream come true.

How fun can it get?

The only job better then this is if I was drafted into the MLB or NFL. Or if I succeeded as a Rock star with my keyboards.

Just never ever forget that dreams are not free or cheap. Dreams cost and custom dreams cost more. Thats the hard part about this job.

[Ohiogirl81]

Any of you guys remember Play Tiles? The little colored plastic "bricks" you'd arrange on a plastic pegboard to make pictures of clowns, etc.?

We used it to design our dream homes. Mine always turned out looking like the Stephens' house on Bewitched.

[hypocore]

I've lived in 5 different houses so far in my life time, so I have lots of things I want or don't want...if it were to ever happen! haha

I've always hand drawn my houses, kept them for awhile, then thrown them away. Then a few years later would do it again. Some things change, some don't.

My kids love the Tycoon series of games, though I don't think they've had one that does houses just yet. My 10 yr old prefers them much over the Sims, though we do have those too. I never got into those...too much time involved. haha

[Tek_Freek]

We've been designing our retirement home for a couple of years now. My wife has been keeping floor plans she cut out of the newspaper for years (they stopped publishing them last year ) and we keep them when we find them in magazines or on line.

We took all the ideas from them we liked and I started drawing it in AutoCAD LT. Over the last year or so it has really been honed down to what we want. She gets a fantastic kitchen and craft room (cross stitch and a very expensive Janome) and I get my wood working shop. No carpeting. All wood and tile with throw/area rugs.

Next stop is an architect to tell us how good/bad the design is and then fix it.

We've got about 3-5 years to finish so we feel we're ahead of the curve.

This house is similar to what we are designing, but with some very important (to us) changes.

http://www.nelsondesigngroup.com/pla...php?planid=492

[blossom4792]

I guess my dream home is a little bit less specific - probably something older that has been updated in a great way. I went through an open house a week ago that was one version of my dream house: a 1929 tudor on a shady street that had been redone on the inside - it has an open floor plan, a lot of light, but traditional elements and a lot of nooks and crannies upstairs in the bedrooms. Oh and the yard was smallish, but gorgeous. Basically my dream house is either a 1929 tudor on a large lot *or* a Frank Lloyd Wright bungalow on a large lot or maybe something I haven't thought of yet ... New houses are great, but I'm an old house person.

[hypocore]

Originally Posted by Tek_Freek

We've been designing our retirement home for a couple of years now. My wife has been keeping floor plans she cut out of the newspaper for years (they stopped publishing them last year ) and we keep them when we find them in magazines or on line.

We took all the ideas from them we liked and I started drawing it in AutoCAD LT. Over the last year or so it has really been honed down to what we want. She gets a fantastic kitchen and craft room (cross stitch and a very expensive Janome) and I get my wood working shop. No carpeting. All wood and tile with throw/area rugs.

Next stop is an architect to tell us how good/bad the design is and then fix it.

We've got about 3-5 years to finish so we feel we're ahead of the curve.

This house is similar to what we are designing, but with some very important (to us) changes.

Nelson Design Group - Plan Details For NDG-561

My ideal is similar to that one...though the dining room would be replaced by a library-my one 'gotta have'. I have no desire to have a formal dining room. Instead the breakfast area would serve as the main dining place for us.

I also only plan for 3 bedrooms,so that flips a few things from that particular plan.

It's fun to look though!

[hypocore]

Originally Posted by blossom4792

I guess my dream home is a little bit less specific - probably something older that has been updated in a great way. I went through an open house a week ago that was one version of my dream house: a 1929 tudor on a shady street that had been redone on the inside - it has an open floor plan, a lot of light, but traditional elements and a lot of nooks and crannies upstairs in the bedrooms. Oh and the yard was smallish, but gorgeous. Basically my dream house is either a 1929 tudor on a large lot *or* a Frank Lloyd Wright bungalow on a large lot or maybe something I haven't thought of yet ... New houses are great, but I'm an old house person.

I could definitely take a great old house...as long as it had a library (or room perfect for it) and as long as it had a large kitchen that opened up into a family room or could be opened up.

[motormaker]

My dream home is not really exhorbinant, but I wonder if I can afford it because it's larger than we really need.