...... Usually when I start building I am to focussed to take pictures. So I admire your constraint and ability to take a step back and take the pictures!
Hi Gis, I wish I was that noble but I did it for a simply practical reason, I didn't have enough parts to build several layouts at the same time. So the only way to compare them was to build one, take a picture then use the bits to build the second.
The StaircaseNow this is where I keep changing my mind about the internal layout. As you've seen on the last post I have the stairs going across the back wall of the kitchen. This was for two reasons 1) storage space under the stairs, 2) the staircase is longer than a Tudor wall. But it's a bit awkward if you wanted to walk a figure up and down the stairs.
Yes I'm a bit too old for playing with klickies but I like to plan things with "play" in mind.
The answer is to turn the staircase 90 degrees and have it behind the front door wall. I tried it in both postions here, against the wall which looked good or against the open frame. I went with the second option mainly so I could have a straight corridor joining the two sides together.
Now the eagle-eyed amongst you will have spotted that this picture above shows a slightly smaller building of two and a half rooms in length from front to back. This was because when I changed from a "U" shaped building to a "H" I didn't want to use a lot of castle steck so the back was shorter. The pictures I've got aren't really in chronological order but more to illustrate an idea.
When looking at the back of the house the stairs have to go down from the left side so you cant see under the stairs, they also have to start off inside the kitchen otherwise they'd end up cutting into the banquet hall and just blocking the main door.
But like all great ideas I do keep changing my mind about where the stairs are going
