Building Inspiration Infographic | Most Popular and Iconic Home Design Styles «12...Next Go

Beanfoot

I found this infographic reblogged on KiwiSims's TS4 Tumblr from this source at Blogarama. I think it's a nice bit of inspirational prompting for beginners and pros alike!

You have probably heard of a Tudor or Georgian style home, but maybe never knew how to identify one on sight. Our guide to iconic home styles shows how dwellings in England, Italy, and France influenced the way we build our houses today in North America. This guide is a must-read for any real estate buff who prides themselves on their knowledge of architecture.
By reading our guide, you will learn how to identify homes based on their facade, style and amount of windows, roof, and siding. Not only is this helpful on a practical level, as it will increase your real estate knowledge, but it also serves as an interesting history lesson. Home styles have always been influenced by socioeconomic factors of the times they are conceived; watch how the period of Victorian opulence morphs into the Craftsman style during leaner times.

Tudor House Design Style

Cape Code House Design Style and Georgian Design Style

Greek Revival Style & Colonial House Building Style

Gothic Style (Victorian) & Italianate House Style

Stick Eastlake Style & Second Empire Style

Queen Anne House Design & Shingle Style Design

Dutch Colonial Style & Neo Classical Design

Craftsman Design & Cottage Style

French Colonial Design Style & Mediterranean Style

Mid Century Modern Design & Traditional Ranch Style

Contemporary Design Style

EmmaVane

That was a really good read. I'll be sure to look back next time I'm building a house in one of the neighbourhoods.

Evalen

@Beanfoot Love what you posted, Makes it easy to see how to build.
Do you have something on the Tuscan house, that is my favorite. would love to see what you have on it. I guess the closet thing you posted would be the Mediterranean one, but not quite Tuscon.

Beanfoot

@EmmaVane I'd love to see what you come up with

@Evalen I'm glad you like it the infographic isn't quite so comprehensive but you can always mix-and-match the styles.

lovlyb

Thanks great read and find! good to will look at this next time I build.

linsleyk

thanks so much for this

Beanfoot

You're welcome @lovlyb and @linsleyk

Dannydanbo

Thank you @Beanfoot. I hope a guru stickies this to the build section for quick reference.

Beanfoot

Dannydanbo wrote: »

Thank you @Beanfoot. I hope a guru stickies this to the build section for quick reference.

You're welcome That's a good idea, paging @SimGuruBChick and @SimGuruDrake

drake_mccarty

Ummmm love this!!

allygold98

thanks for this!!

Beanfoot

Glad to help, @drake_mccarty and @allygold98

ShaddBoi

Very interesting! I like these ideas!

lisi_ja

Thank you so much for sharing this

Beanfoot

I've always been worried about filling up Newcrest uniformly but not with that ticky-tacky all-the-same vibe. It's cool you're inspired too, @ShaddBoi

You're very welcome @lisi_ja

Don_Oello

thank you for sharing this infographic, it's easy and will help many builders

KatnissEverdeen

I hope it will help me to build better houses for my sims! Very nice, thank you for sharing

MysticLegacy

Oh this infographic is amazing! I've been looking for more building inspiration lately and this was incredibly helpful. Thank you for posting it!

Beanfoot

@Don_Oello @KatnissEverdeen @MysticLegacy

I'm very happy to see you all inspired. I'm a terrible builder, myself, so I know you guys can definitely take this far further than I ever could. You're all welcome!

MysticLegacy

@Beanfoot Definitely looking forward to putting it to use!

Completely off-topic, but I love your avatar!

Beanfoot

MysticLegacy wrote: »

@Beanfoot Definitely looking forward to putting it to use!

Completely off-topic, but I love your avatar!

Tag me if you post your creations! I'm so excited to see what comes of this post. And thank you do you play LiS?

MysticLegacy

Yep! I played it about 6 months ago. It was fantastic!

HowGreatThouArt

@Beanfoot I've never been much of a builder but this infographic really inspired me! I tried my hand at a couple of colonials based on the infographic and pictures I found on the Internet.

Beanfoot

@MysticLegacy It still makes me emotional to think about and I played it nearly a year ago!

@HowGreatThouArt Those are absolutely stunning! I'm so happy you found inspiration, but this is all you! The first one gives me a very modern, just-renovated feel on the wealthy streets of Connecticut. The second one looks soooo warm and inviting, like everybody's ideal childhood home. The third one looks like the home of a top government official - I say because it reminds me of 24 Sussex, where our PM here in Canada lives. (Or lived, it's falling apart. Maybe they can get you to redesign it.)

HowGreatThouArt

@Beanfoot Thanks for the comments. I'm glad you're able to relate to some of them.

saskut0

I love building. Just wish there was a way of sticking my pre made rooms in the catalogue rather than having to get them from my gallery.