Nothing is harder than trying to decipher blueprints to understand how everything in your home design will ultimately come together. Getting a sense of scale and proportion can be a huge challenge because home plans tend to have varying amounts of roominess.
For example, a bedroom can legally be as small as 7ft wide but we never design plans that small because it's really just too tight unless used purely as a nursery. We find that bedrooms are best suited to be 10-15ft wide which gives plenty of room for a queen bed frame with side-tables and room to walk around. Still, 10-15ft can be a significant range - some people may find that 10ft is too tight while others find it is just right.
As a solution, we came up with a creative way for you to get a sense of exactly what you're looking for before you build.
All you need is:
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A Tape Measure
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A bag of Bamboo Skewers
This should take about an hour total and will be a great return on investment when you get the perfect scaled house plan design for your family. Plus this is a great activity with kids or family!
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Print out your work-in-progress, dimensioned house plan (bring a clipboard and pencil). We can provide you with high quality PDFs.
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Find a flat open grassy field. If you have your land, you can do this on your proposed site.
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Lay out your skewers at the corners and doorways of each room using the tape measure. No need to be precise - just get it close to the nearest inch!
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Tie the tape off then run it around the skewers (doing a lop or two on each). Run it just touching the top of the grass so you don't trip.
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Once finished with the floor plan, start walking around. Imagine your furniture in each room and try to get a sense of what rooms are working and which feel too tight.
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Markup your dimensioned print-out with your proposed changes. Submit your scanned markup to us to customize your house plan. From there, we'll have 100% updated, completed renderings and drawings out to you within 48 hours!
