Youngsville House in 3D

Exterior stills

Rendered from this same model. They're accurate to the plan, not photoreal.

Front, late afternoon: The lounge's 14 ft window under its metal awning on the left, the front porch on the door axis with its standing-seam roof, and the garage with its two bonus-room dormers. Styled after the exterior photos: board-and-batten, charcoal shingles, white columns, brick base. — **Front, late afternoon.** The lounge's 14 ft window under its metal awning on the left, the front porch on the door axis with its standing-seam roof, and the garage with its two bonus-room dormers. Styled after the exterior photos: board-and-batten, charcoal shingles, white columns, brick base.

Front, sage option: The same house with the sage siding from the cottage photos, white trim and columns unchanged. — **Front, sage option.** The same house with the sage siding from the cottage photos, white trim and columns unchanged. Switch it in the Sun panel.

Front at dusk: Same view at 7:30 with the lamps, the gas lanterns and the path lights on. — **Front at dusk.** Same view at 7:30 with the lamps, the gas lanterns and the path lights on.

From the drive: The garage end, the side roll-up for the mower, the generator pad, the side porch and the crape myrtles along the drive. — **From the drive.** The garage end, the side roll-up for the mower, the generator pad, the side porch and the crape myrtles along the drive.

Over the pond: The long pond across the back, with the terrace and coping, the sun ledge off the porch, the koi, the wetland and the fire pit. — **Over the pond.** The long pond across the back, with the terrace and coping, the sun ledge off the porch, the koi, the wetland and the fire pit.

From across the water: Looking back at the house from near the fire pit. — **From across the water.** Looking back at the house from near the fire pit.

The falls: The two-step cascade on the front-door axis: the header pool pours over the upper lip onto a rock shelf, then into the pond. — **The falls.** The two-step cascade on the front-door axis: the header pool pours over the upper lip onto a rock shelf, then into the pond.

Aerial: The whole site. The tree line, drive length and street are placeholders. — **Aerial.** The whole site. The tree line, drive length and street are placeholders.

Dollhouse: Roof off, walls cut at 8½ ft, looking over the great room toward the pond. — **Dollhouse.** Roof off, walls cut at 8½ ft, looking over the great room toward the pond.

Kitchen: The white oak island under three brass globe pendants, the plaster hood and marble slab on the range wall, and the dining room beyond. — **Kitchen.** The white oak island under three brass globe pendants, the plaster hood and marble slab on the range wall, and the dining room beyond.

Lounge: The green lacquer library flanking a linear gas fireplace in honed black granite, and the oak slat feature wall toward the bedrooms. — **Lounge.** The green lacquer library flanking a linear gas fireplace in honed black granite, and the oak slat feature wall toward the bedrooms.

Office: The 100 in OLED on the left wall, the L-shaped couch against the desk and the window wall, and the gaming rig on the oak desk. — **Office.** The 100 in OLED on the left wall, the L-shaped couch against the desk and the window wall, and the gaming rig on the oak desk.

About this model

What's real, what's a placeholder, and how to get around.

Source: Every wall, door, window, porch post and built-in comes from draft K's plan generator, so it matches the floor plan to the inch. Furniture is the same layout as the sketch, given simple heights.
Ceilings: Living room 12 ft with cypress beams about every 4 ft, kitchen and dining 11 ft, lounge and primary 11 ft, office and bedrooms 2 and 3 at 10 ft, halls, baths and closets 9 ft. The 16 ft glass wall lines up with the front doors, so the view runs straight through to the falls.
Exterior style: Modeled on the four exterior photos Michael's wife likes (modern farmhouse and cottage): white board-and-batten, with a sage option in the Sun panel; charcoal architectural shingles on the main roofs, with dark standing-seam metal on the porch roofs and on awnings over the gable-end windows; louvered vents in the gables; square white porch columns, white header beams and painted beadboard porch ceilings; wide white casings around black windows; stained wood front doors; a brick skirt and brick steps; dark bronze gutters and black gas lanterns. The massing is still a simple gable per wing, with the two bonus-room dormers over the garage. An architect will refine the roof forms.
Board-and-battenSage optionShinglesMetal accentsWindow framesBrick skirt
Interior: Wide-plank heart pine floors, limewash plaster walls, honed white marble counters, a plaster hood with a brass band, deep green lacquer bookcases in the lounge, limestone in the wet rooms. These are the materials from the interior design pass. Added for the look of it, and all open to change: a white oak island with a brass footrail and three globe pendants, a ring chandelier over the round table, a marble slab behind the range, picture lights over the library, upholstered beds with tall headboards, painted shaker doors on the small rooms and the under-stair closet, steel-and-glass French doors from the dining room, painted baseboards and door casings, and art on the walls.
Lounge: The fireplace is a linear gas insert, about 5 ft wide, in a full-height slab of honed black granite between the two bookcases, with a floating oak shelf, a low bench hearth and a lit cove above. The wall toward the bedrooms is a feature wall: vertical oak slats on a deep green ground, lit top and bottom, with a walnut credenza and a pair of brass lamps. Note that the plan drawing still shows the fireplace overlapping the first bookcase; the 3D centers it between them.
Office: As Michael asked: a 100 in OLED on the wall shared with the dining room, with a soundbar under it, the L-shaped couch against the window wall with its return butting the desk, and no cabinet against the couch. The desk is a white oak slab on black steel legs with a curved ultrawide, a glass-sided tower, a lit keyboard, speakers and a headset stand, and a gaming chair. The couch move and the removed cabinet are 3D only until draft K is updated.
Bonus room: Over the garage, about 12½ ft up, under a vaulted roof with two front dormers. It's left open because one room or two is still undecided. You can walk up the stairs to it.
Yard: The long pond from landscape rev. D: the lap lane, the sun ledge off the porch, the beach, the wetland tiers, the falls on the front-door axis, the jump rock, the fire pit across the water and the overlook. The water is see-through now, with light caustics on the liner, a lane line down the lap lane and a school of koi that swims. The falls is drawn as two steps, with a header pool, a rock shelf, foam and mist. Added for the look of it: a built-in grill with stools at the outdoor kitchen, an old-brick front walk with brick steps, low path lights, boxwoods and white hydrangeas in mulch beds, and a row of crape myrtles along the drive. The live oaks with Spanish moss, the bald cypress, the tree line, the drive length and the street are placeholders, since the lot survey isn't in yet.
Scale: The gray figures are 6 ft tall. In Walk mode your eye is 5½ ft off the floor, you move at a normal walking pace, and the camera sees about as wide as your eyes do. The living room is 28 ft × 28½ ft with a 12 ft ceiling, and the whole house is 113 ft across.
Moving around: Outside and Dollhouse: drag to orbit, pinch to zoom, two-finger drag to pan. Walk: drag on the left half of the screen to move and on the right half to look. On a keyboard, use WASD or the arrow keys and drag the mouse to look. Walls stop you, and doors and the glass wall let you through.