∙ Sep 4, 2009

Nice work

weezythreet ∙ Sep 2, 2009

GREAT HOUSE! i'm very inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright, and i've toured several of his houses in Chicago, IL... as well as one house in Phoenix, AZ! wonderful work & thx for sharing!!!

ErikMesa1179 ∙ Aug 29, 2009

The Meyer May House is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and was built
in 1908-09 for Meyer S. May a clothing store owner.  The house was
restored several years ago and is open to the public for tours.  My
version of the house features a first for me (custom wallpaper).  I
made three different wallpapers for the house in Homecrafter (the
yellow ones in the interior screenshot).  They should have uploaded
with the house and should be there when you download.  My version of
the house has four differences from the real house.  First I included a
basement (I have no idea if the real house has one).  Second the
stairway landing area is what I came up with based on partial pictures
and no detailed floorplan.  The company that restored the house
(Steelcase) does have an interactive website where you can click a
vague floorplan and see the rooms so I was able to stay pretty true to
the design.  Third my version of the house has five bathrooms whereas I
think the real house had three (but I'm not sure).  The last difference
is actually kind of "realistic".  The actual house is on the lot so the
back (with the windows and terraces) actually faces the street.  The
"Entry" is in what is in reality the backyard.  If you look at my
version of the house it's true to form.  I have no idea why the actual
house was placed that way on the corner lot but the entry really is "in
the back".   Here on my version I've just swapped the entry door so it
enters off the front covered terrace.  The main floor features a large
living room with a library
corner, a large dining room that seats 10 as well as the kitchen and a
bath.  Upstairs is a large master bedroom with a dressing room, luxury
bath and "morning room" (where I've put the TV).  There are two
childrens bedrooms one with a balcony.  There are also two servant
bedrooms with a seperate stairway down to the kitchen.  In the real
house floorplan this is present on the second floor and I believe with
the exception of the stair landing the second floor is an accurate
floorplan as best I could make it.  As usual the house has my normal
unfinished basement.  This lot has heavy landscaping and I used a
couple of "cheats" to place things.  The moveobject and snaptogrid
cheats allowed me to be creative placing landscaping and creating that
large wine rack in the dining room.  I hope you enjoy the lot I
certainly enjoyed making it.  ErikMesa.