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Random House Generator: Style, Setting, Size, Colors and a Feature: 30 houses

A two-story Streamline Moderne in a brand-new subdivision, still half built. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a laundry room. Warm white with navy trim and a yellow door. Standout feature: a hedge maze low enough to see over.

Styletwo-story Streamline Moderne
Settingin a brand-new subdivision, still half built
Sizethree bedrooms, two bathrooms and a laundry room
Colorswarm white with navy trim and a yellow door
Standout featurea hedge maze low enough to see over

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A two-story Vancouver Special on a ridge, open to the wind on all sides. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a nursery. Pale gray with charcoal trim and a red door. Standout feature: a half basketball court behind the house.
A two-story Prairie-style house at the foot of a mountain. Four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a mudroom. Taupe with cream trim and a black door. Standout feature: a sunroom full of plants.
A single-story Minimal Traditional behind a tall hedge on a street of open lawns. Four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a mudroom. Dove gray with white trim and a black door. Standout feature: a garden pond with a small footbridge.
A story-and-a-half Storybook house on a tree-lined avenue of much grander houses. Two bedrooms, one bathroom and a mudroom. Olive green with sand trim and a red door. Standout feature: a windowless room nobody has found a use for.
A two-story Monterey Colonial in a clearing in a pine forest. Three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a home gym. Teal with white trim and an orange door. Standout feature: a chicken coop with six hens.
A two-and-a-half-story Queen Anne facing a small town square. Four bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms and a craft room. Mustard yellow with white trim and a black door. Standout feature: an aquarium built into the wall between two rooms.
A single-story Minimal Traditional beside a country road, behind a stone wall. Two bedrooms, one bathroom and an eat-in kitchen. Taupe with white trim and a red door. Standout feature: a weathervane shaped like a running fox.
A single-story Spanish Colonial Revival at the dead end of a quiet town street. Two bedrooms, one and a half bathrooms and a den. Sand with white trim and a teal door. Standout feature: a sauna off the main bathroom.
A two-story shed-style house backing onto a golf course. Two bedrooms, one bathroom and a carport. Pale gray with charcoal trim and a red door. Standout feature: a wood stove in the kitchen.
A two-story Italianate with a rooftop cupola behind the dunes, a short walk from the beach. Four bedrooms, two bathrooms and an eat-in kitchen. Dove gray with white trim and a black door. Standout feature: a walk-in pantry with a sliding door.
A raised single-story Queenslander beside a railway line at the edge of town. Four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a playroom. Deep red with cream trim and a natural wood door. Standout feature: a sunroom full of plants.
A single-story L-shaped ranch on a tree-lined avenue of much grander houses. Four bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms and a one-car garage. Teal with cream trim and a natural wood door. Standout feature: a library wall with a rolling ladder.
A two-story Italianate with a rooftop cupola on the edge of a wheat field. Four bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms and a workshop. Dove gray with cream trim and a plum door. Standout feature: six pear trees trained flat along a fence.
A two-and-a-half-story Shingle-style house at the edge of a village green. Two bedrooms, one and a half bathrooms and a den. Turquoise with white trim and a yellow door. Standout feature: a dry garden of raked gravel and three boulders.
A story-and-a-half Craftsman bungalow within earshot of a waterfall. Four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a formal dining room. Taupe with cream trim and a black door. Standout feature: a mailbox built as a scale model of the house.
A two-story Second Empire with a mansard top floor in a meadow with a single old oak. Four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a playroom. Cream with dark green trim and a red door. Standout feature: one round window beside the front door.
A two-story Tudor Revival in a meadow with a single old oak. Two bedrooms, one bathroom and an eat-in kitchen. Butter yellow with white trim and a navy door. Standout feature: a safe hidden behind a painting.
A two-story Colonial Revival beside a slow river with a wooden dock. Three bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms and a den. Sky blue with cream trim and a yellow door. Standout feature: an outdoor shower by the back door.
A two-level split-entry house at the end of a lane shared with one neighbor. Four bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms and a home office. Deep red with white trim and a black door. Standout feature: a glass wall that folds open to the garden.
A two-story Italianate with a rooftop cupola at the end of a cul-de-sac. Four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a home gym. Butter yellow with dark green trim and a red door. Standout feature: a doorbell that plays a full eight-bar tune.
A two-story Italianate with a rooftop cupola on a small island with a one-lane bridge. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a carport. Chocolate brown with cream trim and an orange door. Standout feature: a dog-washing station by the back door.
A single-story mid-century modern house at the end of a cul-de-sac. Four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a den. Lavender with cream trim and a black door. Standout feature: a tree house in the biggest tree on the lot.
A story-and-a-half Tudor Revival cottage at the foot of a mountain. Three bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms and a den. Sand with chocolate brown trim and an orange door. Standout feature: a fireside inglenook with two built-in benches.
A single-story Mission Revival on the edge of a tidal marsh. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a mudroom. Peach with white trim and a teal door. Standout feature: a sauna off the main bathroom.
A single-story Spanish Colonial Revival on a small island with a one-lane bridge. Four bedrooms, two bathrooms and an eat-in kitchen. Navy blue with cream trim and a coral door. Standout feature: a mailbox built as a scale model of the house.
A two-story conch house on a lot shaped like a slice of pie. Two bedrooms, one and a half bathrooms and a den. Brick red with cream trim and a black door. Standout feature: a fire pit ringed with benches.
A two-story Craftsman at the edge of a forest, where the pavement ends. Two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a home office. Mint green with white trim and a pink door. Standout feature: a glass wall that folds open to the garden.
A single-story dogtrot house on a corner lot across from a park. Three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a home gym. Black with charcoal trim and a pink door. Standout feature: a koi pond by the front path.
A two-story Italianate on the last vacant lot of an old neighborhood. Three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a home gym. Plum with white trim and a yellow door. Standout feature: a hallway wide enough to hang a gallery of pictures.
A two-story Monterey Colonial on a lot shaped like a slice of pie. Four bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms and a workshop. Deep red with cream trim and a natural wood door. Standout feature: a tiny guest cottage across the yard.

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Random House Generator: Style, Setting, Size, Colors and a Feature: how it works

This random house generator deals a house in five rows: an architectural style that brings its own story count, a setting, a size in bedrooms and bathrooms, an exterior color scheme and one standout feature. The rows are written to agree, so a locked style survives any reroll. Build the result in a life-sim game or sketch its floor plan.

Keep the saltbox, move the lot

Press New house, then lock Style to keep the two-story saltbox and change only where it stands. The timer starts at 20 minutes for a speed build. Print makes a sheet of 30 briefs. In the full lists under the tool every line has a note: what marks the style, what the site asks of the plan, where the feature goes.

Why the style carries the story count

In real houses the style often settles the height: a ranch has one story, a saltbox two in front and one behind. So the height rides inside the style line, and no other row mentions stairs, attics or basements. Where a style comes in several heights, the line picks one. Every house is detached, so the setting row can put it anywhere. Log, adobe and stone styles are left out so the color row can paint any wall.

Tips

A tall style dealt with one bedroom is not a mistake. Decide what the other rooms became: a studio, a library, a whole floor for the cat.
For floor-plan practice, lock Size and reroll Style. Three bedrooms and two bathrooms sit differently in a U-shaped ranch and in an American Foursquare with four rooms to a floor.
For a speed build, untick Next one automatically first, or a new house is dealt when the clock runs out.

Questions and answers

Will two builders get the same house?

Hardly ever. 54 styles times 53 settings times 41 sizes times 60 color schemes times 72 features gives 506,917,440 combinations, and a style that has come up sits out until the other 53 have been dealt.

Can I build these in a life-sim game?

Yes. It was written with builders in The Sims and similar games in mind, but no result needs a particular game, pack or lot size, and the settings leave out climate, so any world works. Colors are plain names, with a hex value in the full list. For who lives there, draw from the random family generator.

Are the house styles real?

Yes. All 54 are documented styles or forms, from the Cape Cod to the Czech Šumperák, and each note was checked against Wikipedia's article on that style on 2026-09-18. The articles are listed under the Style list. The notes are for sketching and play, not building advice.

Style: all 54 house styles

Colonial and classical 9

raised single-story French Colonial Raised on a tall basement: outside stairs climb to a full-length gallery, entered by French doors.
story-and-a-half Cape Cod Steep side-gable roof, big central chimney, door in the middle, shingle or clapboard walls.
story-and-a-half Dutch Colonial A broad gambrel roof, two slopes on each side, with eaves that flare out over the long walls.
two-story Federal Georgian balance made lighter: a flat, smooth front, thin detail and oval or elliptical motifs.
two-story garrison colonial The second story juts out over the first along the front, a timber-frame overhang called a jetty.
two-story Georgian Strict symmetry: sash windows on a regular grid and a central door that carries the only ornament.
two-story Greek Revival A temple front: thick fluted columns carry a bold pediment, and the side walls stay plain.
two-story Monterey Colonial Two stories with a covered second-floor balcony; the first known example went up in Monterey in 1835.
two-story saltbox Two stories in front and one behind under a long rear roof slope, with a flat front.

Victorian 10

single-story Queen Anne cottage The small Queen Anne: a hipped or pyramid roof, one front gable and a bay window.
story-and-a-half Carpenter Gothic cottage Steep central gable, pointed-arch windows and jig-sawn gingerbread trim on the bargeboards.
two-and-a-half-story Queen Anne Lopsided on purpose: a dominant front gable, a tower, a wraparound porch and fish-scale shingles.
two-and-a-half-story Shingle-style house Walls and roof read as one skin of plain wood shingles, often under a gambrel or hip roof.
two-story Folk Victorian A plain house with a regular plan, dressed up with spindlework trim along the porch.
two-story Italianate A low roof you can barely see, wide eaves on heavy brackets and tall arch-headed windows.
two-story Italianate with a rooftop cupola The cupola or belvedere, a small windowed lookout on the roof, is a key element of the style.
two-story octagon house Eight walls: a fad of the 1850s set off by an 1848 book by Orson Fowler, often with a veranda all round.
two-story Second Empire with a mansard top floor The mansard roof, steep on all four sides and pierced by dormers, hides a full story of rooms.
two-story Stick-style house Flat boards laid over the clapboards in a grid, copying a timber frame, with trusses in the gables.

Early 1900s 15

single-story Craftsman bungalow Low gable roof, deep eaves with bare rafter ends and a wide porch on tapered square columns.
single-story Minimal Traditional The plain house of the 1930s and 1940s: a gable or hip roof with barely any eaves and little trim.
single-story Mission Revival A curved parapet gable on the main front, plain stucco walls, wide eaves and a shady arcade.
single-story Spanish Colonial Revival Smooth stucco, a low clay-tile roof, round arches and iron trim, often wrapped round a courtyard.
story-and-a-half Craftsman bungalow The half story sits inside the roof behind a dormer, and the front door opens into the living room.
story-and-a-half Storybook house Built to look crooked and old: uneven roofs, shingles laid to look like thatch, odd-shaped doors.
story-and-a-half Tudor Revival cottage One steep front gable does the work; the half-timbering is thin boards added purely for show.
two-and-a-half-story American Foursquare A square box with four rooms to a floor, a hipped roof, a center dormer and a wide front porch.
two-story Colonial Revival A symmetrical front, a door with fanlight and sidelights, and double-hung windows with shutters.
two-story Craftsman Craftsman details on a taller house: brackets under deep eaves, shingle siding, 4-over-1 windows.
two-story Dutch Colonial Revival A barn-like gambrel roof on a two-story house, a revival that stayed popular through the 1930s.
two-story Mediterranean Revival Stuccoed walls, a tiled roof, a symmetrical front, and iron balconies with window grilles.
two-story Prairie-style house Long horizontal lines, a low hipped roof with broad eaves and windows in ribbon bands.
two-story Streamline Moderne Rounded corners, a flat roof, long horizontal lines, porthole windows and glass block.
two-story Tudor Revival Steep roofs, mock half-timbering in the gables, tall ornamental chimneys and small window panes.

Postwar and modern 13

four-level split-level A quad-level: one more half flight down is added to the three staggered floors of the usual split.
single-story L-shaped ranch Two wings meet at a right angle, and sliding glass doors open onto a patio in the corner.
single-story mid-century modern house A flat or low roof, floor-to-ceiling glass, an open plan and exposed beams, roughly 1945 to 1970.
single-story ranch Long, low and close to the ground under a low roof with deep eaves; most popular 1940s to 1970s.
single-story U-shaped ranch Three wings wrap a sheltered patio, so almost every room can have a door to the outside.
three-level split-level Staggered floors joined by two short stairs: you enter mid-level and bedrooms are half a flight up.
two-level raised ranch A ranch lifted onto a finished lower floor, so a full flight of steps climbs to the main level.
two-level split-entry house The front door opens onto a landing between the two floors: half a flight up, half a flight down.
two-story A-frame The roof starts near the ground and meets at the top like a capital A, so upstairs rooms are narrow.
two-story neo-eclectic house A late-1900s mix: one house may borrow Cape Cod, Tudor, Mission and French details at once.
two-story shed-style house Single-slope roofs and a lopsided outline; the style began in the 1960s and was big in the 1970s and 1980s.
two-story Šumperák A 1960s Czech and Slovak type: flat roof, living rooms upstairs and a narrow ornamental balcony.
two-story Vancouver Special Boxy and front-gabled with a low roof: brick or stone below, stucco above, main rooms upstairs.

Folk and regional 7

raised single-story Queenslander A timber house on tall stumps with deep verandas and a steep iron roof; air moves freely underneath.
single-story dogtrot house Two halves under one roof with an open breezeway between them, built to catch a cooling draft.
single-story Florida cracker house A wood-frame house raised off the ground, with wide shady porches and a straight front-to-back hall.
two-story conch house A Key West type: a wooden house set on piers, with a porch across the full width of the front on both floors.
two-story gablefront house The gable end faces the street, which lets the narrow side of the house sit on a tight lot.
two-story I-house Two full stories but only one room deep and at least two rooms wide, with the gables at the sides.
two-story upright-and-wing A gable-front upright with a lower wing set at right angles to it, making an L or T plan.

How this list was compiled: The tool builds one house from five rows (style, setting, size, colors, standout feature) and cannot block a combination, so every line in this row was written to sit beside every line in the other four. Every house is detached and stands on its own lot. Rules for this row: the story count is part of the style line, because in real life the style often decides it (a ranch has one, a saltbox has two in front and one behind), so no other row mentions floors, stairs, attics or basements. Where the Wikipedia article on a style states a story count, the line follows it; where the article gives none, the line uses one common form of the style, and that choice is ours. Attached houses (terraces, row houses, townhouses) are left out because the Setting row must be free to put the house anywhere. Styles defined by one wall material or one wall color (log, adobe, stone, the white walls of the International Style) are left out because the Colors row must be free to paint any wall. House types too small for four bedrooms or too grand for one are left out because the Size row runs from one bedroom to four. Style names were taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_house_styles and house forms from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_house_types, and the recognition notes were checked against the Wikipedia article on each style, all checked 2026-09-18. The articles, confirmed live on 2026-09-19: Cape Cod: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Cod_(house); saltbox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltbox_house; Georgian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_architecture; Federal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_architecture; garrison colonial: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrison_(architecture); Dutch Colonial: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Colonial_architecture_(New_Netherland); Greek Revival: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Revival_architecture; French Colonial: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_colonial_architecture; Monterey Colonial: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Colonial_architecture; Carpenter Gothic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpenter_Gothic; Italianate, both lines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italianate_architecture; Second Empire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Empire_architecture_in_the_United_States_and_Canada; Stick style: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stick_style; Queen Anne, both lines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Anne_style_architecture_in_the_United_States; Shingle style: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingle_style_architecture; Folk Victorian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_Victorian; octagon house: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octagon_house; American Foursquare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Foursquare; Craftsman, all three lines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Craftsman; the bungalow form: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungalow; Prairie style: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_School; Tudor Revival, both lines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudor_Revival_architecture; Colonial Revival: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Revival_architecture; Dutch Colonial Revival: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Colonial_Revival_architecture; Spanish Colonial Revival: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Colonial_Revival_architecture; Mediterranean Revival: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Revival_architecture; Mission Revival: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Revival_architecture; Storybook house: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storybook_architecture; Streamline Moderne: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streamline_Moderne; Minimal Traditional: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimal_Traditional; ranch, all four lines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranch-style_house; split-level and split-entry, all three lines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-level_home; mid-century modern: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-century_modern; A-frame: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-frame_building; Vancouver Special: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_special; shed style: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shed_style; neo-eclectic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-eclectic_architecture; Šumperák: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0umper%C3%A1k; I-house: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-house; gablefront house: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gablefront_house; upright-and-wing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upright_and_Wing; dogtrot house: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogtrot_house; Queenslander: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenslander_(architecture); conch house: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conch_house; Florida cracker house: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_cracker_architecture. After a review on 2026-09-19 three notes were reworded to say only what their articles say: Monterey Colonial (the Larkin House of 1835 is the first known example, and porches on both levels are also common), shed style (the article describes single-sloped roofs and asymmetry) and conch house (the top-hinged shutters belong to the Bahamian houses the style grew from). The notes are in our own words. Reviewed line by line for sense, safety, duplicates and agreement with the other four rows on 2026-09-18. Licence: own work

Setting: all 53 settings

Town and city 12

across the road from a school playground Loud at recess and silent by four: face the home office, if there is one, away from the road.
at the dead end of a quiet town street Nobody drives past, so the front yard can work as a second living room.
behind a row of shops, reached by an alley There is no street front, so the garden side becomes the face of the house.
beside a railway line at the edge of town Turn a blank wall and the storage to the tracks, and open the house up on the other side.
between two taller houses on a city street Side windows look at walls, so pull daylight in from the front and the back.
facing a small town square The front rooms are on show, so give them the best windows and keep the mess at the back.
next to the town fire station Bedrooms go on the far side, and the driveway must never block the engine bay.
on a busy main street, next to a bakery Put the quiet rooms at the back and plant a hedge between the front door and the traffic.
on a corner lot in a small town Two sides face a street, so draw two good fronts and hide the bins on the third.
on a tree-lined avenue of much grander houses Match the neighbors on setback and hedge height, then be yourself behind that line.
on the last vacant lot of an old neighborhood Every neighbor has watched this lot for years, so expect them at the fence.
overlooking a harbor full of fishing boats The harbor is busy at dawn, so bedrooms on the water side need shutters or sound sleepers.

Suburb 11

at the end of a cul-de-sac A cul-de-sac lot is a wedge: narrow at the street and wide at the back, so the yard is the prize.
at the top of a street that floods at the bottom The house stays dry, but the way in may not: plan where the cars wait out a storm.
backing onto a golf course The back of the house is the public side here, and stray balls rule out a glass roof.
behind a tall hedge on a street of open lawns The hedge buys privacy, so the front can have the big windows other houses keep for the back.
in a brand-new subdivision, still half built The views will change as neighbors go up, so rely on fences and planting, not on empty lots.
next door to the house it was copied from Same plan, different owner: change three things so nobody walks into the wrong one.
on a corner lot across from a park Borrow the park as a view and spend the saved yard space on the house.
on a curving street where every other house matches This is the one house that breaks the pattern, so decide how politely it does it.
on a double lot with room to spare Set the house to one side, and the spare half becomes a garden rather than a bigger lawn.
on a lot shaped like a slice of pie Put the narrow point at the street and let the house fan out toward the wide end.
on a street of mature oaks and cracked sidewalks Roots and shade come with the trees: keep the driveway and the vegetable beds clear of both.

Countryside 12

among the rows of a small vineyard Vine rows run straight, so the house either lines up with them or makes a point of not doing so.
at a crossroads, miles from the next house Four directions of passing traffic: choose one to face and screen the other three.
at the edge of a village green Everyone crossing the green sees the front, so it is worth a good door and a bench.
at the end of a lane shared with one neighbor You will pass their windows every day, so put your own parking out of their sight.
at the end of a long gravel drive Visitors arrive slowly and see the house the whole way, so design the approach first.
beside a country road, behind a stone wall The wall decides where the gate goes, and the gate decides where the front door goes.
beside an old mill pond Still water doubles the house in reflection, so the pond side deserves the better elevation.
in a meadow with a single old oak Place the house to frame the tree from the kitchen window, and keep well clear of its roots.
in the middle of an apple orchard Line the front door up with a row of trees and the orchard becomes the front walk.
on a horse farm, between two paddocks Fences on both sides: leave a wide track round the house for a truck and trailer.
on a working farm, beside the barn The yard between house and barn is the real front door, so plan for boots coming through it.
on the edge of a wheat field Nothing blocks the wind or the view, so plant a windbreak on the weather side.

Waterside 9

behind the dunes, a short walk from the beach Sand gets everywhere: give the way in from the beach a place to rinse off and drop towels.
beside a slow river with a wooden dock Keep the ground floor above the high-water mark and let the garden take the flood.
on a bluff above the sea Wind comes off the water, so put the sheltered outdoor space on the landward side.
on a canal, with a mooring at the garden gate There are two fronts here: one for the street and one for anyone arriving by boat.
on a small island with a one-lane bridge Everything arrives over that bridge, including the builders, so nothing can be wider than it.
on the edge of a tidal marsh The view is flat and wide with a long horizon, so favor low, wide windows on that side.
on the shore of a small lake Every room wants the lake, so stretch the plan along the shore, one room deep.
where a creek runs into a lake Two kinds of water meet here: bridge the creek once and put the path to the lake beside it.
within earshot of a waterfall You hear it before you see it, so give the side that faces the sound a porch or a wide window.

Hills and woods 9

among tall old trees at the end of the road Fit the house between the trunks and let the footprint bend where a tree says so.
at the edge of a forest, where the pavement ends One side is lawn and the other is wild, and the back door decides which one the family uses.
at the foot of a mountain The mountain takes the afternoon sun early, so give the morning side the biggest windows.
at the top of a steep, winding drive Leave a flat place to turn a car round at the top, because nobody wants to reverse down.
in a clearing in a pine forest Light comes from straight above, so the clearing, not the house, is the brightest room.
in a wooded hollow, below the road People look down on the roof as they arrive, so the roof is the first elevation you draw.
on a hillside with a long view of the valley Decide early whether you enter from the uphill side or the downhill side.
on a ridge, open to the wind on all sides Views in every direction and shelter in none: make one walled outdoor room.
on a terraced slope above a village Each terrace is a ready-made outdoor room, and the house only needs to claim one of them.

How this list was compiled: An original list written for this page. The tool builds one house from five rows (style, setting, size, colors, standout feature) and cannot block a combination, so every line in this row was written to sit beside every line in the other four. Every house is detached and stands on its own lot. Rules for this row: a phrase that starts with a preposition and says where the lot is and what is around it. No climate, season or weather (no snow, desert or palm trees), so a regional style is never put in the wrong climate. Nothing about how wide or how flat the lot is, so a long ranch always fits. Every lot can be reached by car, because the Size row may include a garage, and no lot is bare of trees or sure to have one. Each setting carries one note on what the site asks of the floor plan; the notes are our own suggestions for a sketch or a game build, not building advice. Reviewed line by line for sense, safety, duplicates and agreement with the other four rows on 2026-09-18. Licence: own work

Size: all 41 sizes

One or two bedrooms 14

one bedroom, one and a half bathrooms and a den A half bathroom is a toilet and a sink with no tub or shower: put it near the front door.
one bedroom, one bathroom and a craft room The craft room wants north light and a floor you can sweep.
one bedroom, one bathroom and a home office The office needs a door that shuts, or it is only a desk in the living room.
one bedroom, one bathroom and a workshop Give the workshop its own outside door so lumber never crosses the living room.
one bedroom, one bathroom and an eat-in kitchen With one bedroom the kitchen table is also the desk, so give it a window and an outlet within reach.
two bedrooms, one and a half bathrooms and a den A den with a sofa bed is the honest way to sleep a guest in a two-bedroom house.
two bedrooms, one bathroom and a carport A carport is a roof on posts with no walls, so it can sit against any side of the house.
two bedrooms, one bathroom and a laundry room Put the laundry room next to the bathroom and both can share one run of pipes.
two bedrooms, one bathroom and a mudroom A mudroom can be as small as a bench, a row of hooks and a floor that takes wet boots.
two bedrooms, one bathroom and a nursery The nursery sits beside the main bedroom now and turns into a study later.
two bedrooms, one bathroom and an eat-in kitchen An eat-in kitchen has room for a table, so the plan can do without a dining room.
two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a home gym A gym needs a solid floor and nobody sleeping under it, so the ground floor is the place.
two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a home office Two bathrooms for two bedrooms means each bedroom can have its own, one on each side.
two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a one-car garage Plan the door from the garage to land near the kitchen, because that is where the shopping goes.

Three bedrooms 14

three bedrooms, one and a half bathrooms and a den The half bathroom takes the morning pressure off the full one, so keep the two far apart.
three bedrooms, one bathroom and a one-car garage One bathroom for three bedrooms: every bedroom door should reach it without crossing the living room.
three bedrooms, one bathroom and an eat-in kitchen With one bathroom, give it a separate toilet if the plan allows, and mornings go faster.
three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a home gym A bathroom for every bedroom costs floor area, so the bedrooms themselves can be modest.
three bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms and a den The half bathroom serves the living rooms, so guests never walk past a bedroom.
three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a carport With a carport there is no garage to hide the bikes and bins in, so draw a shed as well.
three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a formal dining room A formal dining room wants a door to the kitchen and a wall long enough for a sideboard.
three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a home office The usual split is one bathroom inside the main bedroom and one off the hall for everyone else.
three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a laundry room Put the laundry room near the bedrooms, where the washing comes from, not near the kitchen.
three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a mudroom The mudroom belongs at the door the family really uses, which is rarely the front one.
three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a nursery Draw the nursery nearest the main bedroom and the older children at the far end of the hall.
three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a playroom Put the playroom within sight of the kitchen now, and it can become a teenage den later.
three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a two-car garage A two-car garage is often the widest room in the house, so decide early which way it faces.
three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a workshop A workshop is noisy, so put the garage, a bathroom or a closet between it and the bedrooms.

Four bedrooms 13

four bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms and a workshop The half bathroom goes beside the workshop, so nobody tracks sawdust through to wash up.
four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a formal dining room Set the dining room between the kitchen and the front hall, so dinner guests never pass a bedroom door.
four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a home gym Put the gym next to a bathroom with a shower and it doubles as a guest suite when needed.
four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a laundry room Four bedrooms make a lot of washing: allow counter space to fold and a rail to hang.
four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a mudroom Give the mudroom one hook and one cubby for every person, plus two spare.
four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a playroom One bathroom shared between two bedrooms, with a door from each, is called a Jack and Jill.
four bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms and a craft room A craft room with a closet counts as a fifth bedroom on the day the house is sold.
four bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms and a home office Put the office by the front door so a visitor for work never sees the rest of the house.
four bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms and a one-car garage One garage bay for a four-bedroom household fills with bikes fast, so draw a wide driveway as well.
four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a den The den is the second living room that lets two generations watch two different things.
four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a formal dining room With this many people the dining table seats eight, which sets the size of the room.
four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a two-car garage Four bedrooms on two bathrooms works when three of them share a hall bathroom with two sinks.
four bedrooms, two bathrooms and an eat-in kitchen The kitchen table is where this household lives, so give it the best window in the house.

How this list was compiled: An original list written for this page. The tool builds one house from five rows (style, setting, size, colors, standout feature) and cannot block a combination, so every line in this row was written to sit beside every line in the other four. Every house is detached and stands on its own lot. Rules for this row: bedrooms, then bathrooms, then one extra room, and never a number of floors. One to four bedrooms, because that is what the smallest house in the Style row can hold and the grandest can get by with. A half bathroom is counted the way United States listings count it: a toilet and a sink with no tub or shower. The extra room comes from a fixed set (office, garage, carport, den, playroom, laundry room, mudroom, workshop, craft room, gym, nursery, dining room, eat-in kitchen) that the Standout feature row never repeats, and none of them is a basement or an attic, because several styles stand on piers or stumps. Each size carries one floor-plan note; the notes are our own suggestions for a sketch or a game build, not building advice. Reviewed line by line for sense, safety, duplicates and agreement with the other four rows on 2026-09-18. Five sizes were added on 2026-09-19 to bring the row to 41, inside the same one-to-four-bedroom rule and the same set of extra rooms. Licence: own work

Colors: all 60 color schemes

Whites and pale neutrals 14

cream with chocolate brown trim and a teal door Walls #F3E5C3, trim #4A3426, door #2F7A7A.
cream with dark green trim and a red door Walls #F3E5C3, trim #2F4F3A, door #B3261E.
cream with white trim and a navy door Walls #F3E5C3, trim #FFFFFF, door #24324A.
dove gray with cream trim and a plum door Walls #A9A9A4, trim #F3E5C3, door #5E3A55.
dove gray with white trim and a black door Walls #A9A9A4, trim #FFFFFF, door #1E1E1E.
pale gray with charcoal trim and a red door Walls #D5D8DA, trim #3A3D40, door #B3261E.
pale gray with white trim and a navy door Walls #D5D8DA, trim #FFFFFF, door #24324A.
pale gray with white trim and a yellow door Walls #D5D8DA, trim #FFFFFF, door #F2C230.
sand with chocolate brown trim and an orange door Walls #D8C3A0, trim #4A3426, door #E07B28.
sand with white trim and a teal door Walls #D8C3A0, trim #FFFFFF, door #2F7A7A.
warm white with black trim and a red door Walls #F4EFE4, trim #1E1E1E, door #B3261E.
warm white with charcoal trim and a natural wood door Walls #F4EFE4, trim #3A3D40, door #8A5A33.
warm white with dark green trim and a black door Walls #F4EFE4, trim #2F4F3A, door #1E1E1E.
warm white with navy trim and a yellow door Walls #F4EFE4, trim #24324A, door #F2C230.

Earth tones 12

brick red with cream trim and a black door Walls #8E3B2F, trim #F3E5C3, door #1E1E1E.
brick red with white trim and a dark green door Walls #8E3B2F, trim #FFFFFF, door #2F4F3A.
chocolate brown with cream trim and an orange door Walls #4A3426, trim #F3E5C3, door #E07B28.
chocolate brown with sand trim and a turquoise door Walls #4A3426, trim #D8C3A0, door #3FB5B0.
mustard yellow with charcoal trim and a teal door Walls #C99A2E, trim #3A3D40, door #2F7A7A.
mustard yellow with white trim and a black door Walls #C99A2E, trim #FFFFFF, door #1E1E1E.
olive green with cream trim and an orange door Walls #6B7340, trim #F3E5C3, door #E07B28.
olive green with sand trim and a red door Walls #6B7340, trim #D8C3A0, door #B3261E.
taupe with cream trim and a black door Walls #9A8B7A, trim #F3E5C3, door #1E1E1E.
taupe with white trim and a red door Walls #9A8B7A, trim #FFFFFF, door #B3261E.
terracotta with cream trim and a dark green door Walls #C26A45, trim #F3E5C3, door #2F4F3A.
terracotta with white trim and a turquoise door Walls #C26A45, trim #FFFFFF, door #3FB5B0.

Blues and greens 14

forest green with cream trim and a yellow door Walls #2F4F3A, trim #F3E5C3, door #F2C230.
forest green with white trim and a red door Walls #2F4F3A, trim #FFFFFF, door #B3261E.
mint green with white trim and a pink door Walls #BFE3CF, trim #FFFFFF, door #E58FA6.
navy blue with cream trim and a coral door Walls #24324A, trim #F3E5C3, door #E9836B.
navy blue with white trim and a yellow door Walls #24324A, trim #FFFFFF, door #F2C230.
sage green with cream trim and a red door Walls #9CAF88, trim #F3E5C3, door #B3261E.
sage green with white trim and a plum door Walls #9CAF88, trim #FFFFFF, door #5E3A55.
sky blue with cream trim and a yellow door Walls #A7C7E0, trim #F3E5C3, door #F2C230.
sky blue with white trim and a navy door Walls #A7C7E0, trim #FFFFFF, door #24324A.
slate blue with cream trim and a natural wood door Walls #5B7690, trim #F3E5C3, door #8A5A33.
slate blue with white trim and a red door Walls #5B7690, trim #FFFFFF, door #B3261E.
teal with cream trim and a natural wood door Walls #2F7A7A, trim #F3E5C3, door #8A5A33.
teal with white trim and an orange door Walls #2F7A7A, trim #FFFFFF, door #E07B28.
turquoise with white trim and a yellow door Walls #3FB5B0, trim #FFFFFF, door #F2C230.

Yellows, pinks and reds 12

blush pink with cream trim and a dark green door Walls #E9C3BD, trim #F3E5C3, door #2F4F3A.
blush pink with white trim and a black door Walls #E9C3BD, trim #FFFFFF, door #1E1E1E.
butter yellow with dark green trim and a red door Walls #F3DC8A, trim #2F4F3A, door #B3261E.
butter yellow with white trim and a black door Walls #F3DC8A, trim #FFFFFF, door #1E1E1E.
butter yellow with white trim and a navy door Walls #F3DC8A, trim #FFFFFF, door #24324A.
coral with cream trim and a navy door Walls #E9836B, trim #F3E5C3, door #24324A.
coral with white trim and a turquoise door Walls #E9836B, trim #FFFFFF, door #3FB5B0.
deep red with cream trim and a natural wood door Walls #7A1F1F, trim #F3E5C3, door #8A5A33.
deep red with white trim and a black door Walls #7A1F1F, trim #FFFFFF, door #1E1E1E.
lavender with cream trim and a black door Walls #B9A9D3, trim #F3E5C3, door #1E1E1E.
lavender with white trim and a plum door Walls #B9A9D3, trim #FFFFFF, door #5E3A55.
peach with white trim and a teal door Walls #F2C3A0, trim #FFFFFF, door #2F7A7A.

Dark and dramatic 8

black with charcoal trim and a pink door Walls #1E1E1E, trim #3A3D40, door #E58FA6.
black with natural wood trim and a yellow door Walls #1E1E1E, trim #8A5A33, door #F2C230.
black with white trim and a red door Walls #1E1E1E, trim #FFFFFF, door #B3261E.
charcoal with black trim and an orange door Walls #3A3D40, trim #1E1E1E, door #E07B28.
charcoal with cream trim and a red door Walls #3A3D40, trim #F3E5C3, door #B3261E.
charcoal with white trim and a yellow door Walls #3A3D40, trim #FFFFFF, door #F2C230.
plum with cream trim and a black door Walls #5E3A55, trim #F3E5C3, door #1E1E1E.
plum with white trim and a yellow door Walls #5E3A55, trim #FFFFFF, door #F2C230.

How this list was compiled: An original list written for this page. The tool builds one house from five rows (style, setting, size, colors, standout feature) and cannot block a combination, so every line in this row was written to sit beside every line in the other four. Every house is detached and stands on its own lot. Rules for this row: a wall color, a trim color and a front door color, always three different colors, and never a material, so the scheme works on clapboard, shingle, stucco or painted brick. Trim means the window frames, the corner boards and the edge of the roof. Roof colors are left out because several styles fix their own roof (clay tile, iron, wood shingle). The hex values under each scheme are our own pick for each color name, the same value every time a name appears; they are not a paint maker's codes, and a printed paint chip will differ from a screen. Reviewed line by line for sense, safety, duplicates and agreement with the other four rows on 2026-09-18. Licence: own work

Standout feature: all 72 features

Rooms and built-ins 15

a bathtub under a big window Face that window toward the garden, not the street, or draw a high sill.
a breakfast nook with a built-in bench Tuck it into a corner with windows on two sides, within reach of the stove.
a dog-washing station by the back door It is a raised shower tray with a hand sprayer, and it needs a floor drain.
a hallway wide enough to hang a gallery of pictures Five feet wide lets two people stop to look while a third walks past.
a home cinema with six seats It is the one room that wants no windows at all, so give it the worst spot on the plan.
a kitchen island that seats six Six stools need about twelve feet of counter, which sets the length of the kitchen.
a kitchen with two ovens and a baking table Put the baking table in the middle, with the ovens one step behind whoever stands at it.
a library wall with a rolling ladder It needs one tall, unbroken wall, so pick the wall where no window wants to be.
a music room with an upright piano Keep the piano on an inside wall, away from radiators and direct sun.
a reading nook lined with shelves The dead space at the end of a hallway is the usual place to find room for one.
a sauna off the main bathroom A two-person sauna is about the size of a closet: four feet by six will do.
a sunken conversation pit in the living room Two or three steps down is enough, with built-in seating on at least three sides.
a walk-in pantry with a sliding door Put it on the way from the car to the kitchen and the shopping unloads itself.
a window seat in the main bedroom A window seat wants a thick wall or a bay, so plan the closets either side of it.
an aquarium built into the wall between two rooms Leave a closet behind or beside it, because the pumps and the food have to live somewhere.

Windows, light and warmth 12

a bay window with a cushioned seat A bay adds floor area without moving a wall, so use it in the smallest living room.
a fireplace open to two rooms Set it in the wall between the living room and the kitchen, and both rooms get the fire.
a fireplace tall enough to stand in A hearth that size becomes the center of the plan, so arrange the seating round it first.
a fireside inglenook with two built-in benches An inglenook is a small room inside a room: low ceiling, benches facing, fire between.
a glass wall that folds open to the garden It needs a level floor inside and out, and a wall somewhere else to hold the furniture.
a greenhouse off the kitchen Put it on the sunny side with a door straight into the kitchen, and herbs are one step away.
a kitchen window that opens as a serving hatch It needs a counter on both sides, one in the kitchen and one on the patio.
a stained-glass panel beside the front door Put it where low sun hits it, and it throws its pattern down the hall once a day.
a sunroom full of plants Glass on three sides is the rule, with a floor that can take a spilled watering can.
a wall of glass block in the main bathroom Glass block lets daylight in and keeps the view out, so it can face the street.
a wood stove in the kitchen It needs a clear circle of floor round it and a straight flue up and out.
one round window beside the front door A single round window reads as an eye, so place it on purpose and never quite on center.

Porches, patios and yard 15

a bike shed with plants growing on its roof A shed by the street side saves wheeling wet bikes through the house.
a chicken coop with six hens Put it within a short walk of the kitchen door and out of sight of the front.
a covered patio with a ceiling fan A roof over the patio darkens the room behind it, so give that room a second window.
a fire pit ringed with benches Set it well away from the house and downwind of the doors on a usual evening.
a half basketball court behind the house Keep the hoop end away from windows and the neighbor's fence.
a hot tub on the back deck Water is heavy: a filled tub for four weighs about two tons, so the deck needs its own posts.
a lap pool along one side of the yard A lap pool is long and narrow, so it fits the strip of yard nothing else can use.
a playhouse that copies the main house in miniature Draw the big house first, then the same elevation at one quarter of the size.
a screened porch across the back Make it deep enough for a table, about ten feet, or it will only hold a row of chairs.
a swing seat hung beside the front door A swing needs four feet of clear arc behind and in front of it.
a tiny guest cottage across the yard One room and a bathroom is enough, with its door facing away from the main house.
a tree house in the biggest tree on the lot Make it visible from the kitchen window and nobody has to go outside to check on it.
a writing shed at the far end of the garden The walk to it is the point, so do not connect it to the house.
an outdoor kitchen with a pizza oven Keep it close to the indoor kitchen, because plates and salad still come from there.
an outdoor shower by the back door It wants a slatted floor over gravel, a hook for a towel and walls on three sides.

Garden and water 15

a dry garden of raked gravel and three boulders It is made to be looked at from one seat, so decide where that seat is first.
a fountain in the middle of a gravel court Line the fountain up with the front door, so the door frames it as you leave.
a garden pond with a small footbridge The bridge should lead somewhere, even if it is only to a bench on the other side.
a hedge clipped into a row of animals Clipped shapes are called topiary, and they belong where people arrive.
a hedge maze low enough to see over A maze needs a goal, so put a bench or a small tree at the center.
a herb garden right outside the kitchen door Ten steps is the limit: any further and nobody goes out for parsley in the rain.
a koi pond by the front path Koi need depth, about three feet, so rail the pond or set it back from the path.
a rain garden fed by the downspouts It is a planted dip that holds storm water for a day, set at least ten feet from the walls.
a rose garden with a sundial A sundial only works in full sun, which is also what the roses want.
a row of beehives along the far fence Face the hive entrances away from paths, and a hedge in front lifts the flight line overhead.
a swimming pond edged with reeds The planted shallow end cleans the water, so it takes up about half of the pond.
a vegetable garden in raised beds Beds four feet wide can be reached from both sides without stepping on the soil.
a walled courtyard garden at one side Open two rooms onto it and the courtyard works as a room with no roof.
a wildflower lawn that is never mowed Mow one curving path through it, and the rest reads as a choice rather than neglect.
six pear trees trained flat along a fence Trees trained flat like this are called espaliers, and they fruit in very little depth.

Secrets and oddities 15

a bat box and six birdhouses on the sunniest wall Mount them high and clear of doors, since whatever lives in them will leave droppings below.
a book-swap box on a post by the front gate Set it at the edge of the lot, where a stranger can reach it without coming in.
a child-sized tunnel linking two closets It runs inside the wall between two rooms, low down, with a hatch at each end.
a closet with a false back wall The space behind needs a reason to exist on the plan, such as a chimney that is not there.
a dog door with its own tiny porch roof It belongs on the door to the yard, not the street.
a doorbell that plays a full eight-bar tune Visitors will wait through all eight bars, so put a bench by the door.
a front door wide enough for a grand piano A door that wide swings a long way, so the entry hall has to be generous too.
a hidden room behind a bookcase Steal the space from between two rooms, where a thick wall raises no questions on the plan.
a mailbox built as a scale model of the house It is a second, tiny elevation to draw, colors and all.
a mural painted across one whole outside wall It needs a wall with few windows, which is usually the one facing the neighbor.
a safe hidden behind a painting It has to sit in a wall thick enough to hold it, which usually means an inside wall.
a time capsule sealed into one wall, with a plaque Pick a wall nobody will ever want to knock through, such as the one beside the front door.
a weathervane shaped like a running fox It goes on the highest point of the roof, where the wind is cleanest.
a windowless room nobody has found a use for Put it in the middle of the plan, and let every other room work around it.
the name of the house carved over the front door Name it after what you can see from the door.

How this list was compiled: An original list written for this page. The tool builds one house from five rows (style, setting, size, colors, standout feature) and cannot block a combination, so every line in this row was written to sit beside every line in the other four. Every house is detached and stands on its own lot. Rules for this row: one thing a visitor would remember, written as a noun phrase. A feature never needs a second floor, stairs, an attic or a basement, because the Style row may deal a single story or a house on stumps. It never belongs to one style (no turret, cupola, dormer or widow's walk), never names a color, never moves the front door, never depends on the view or the water in the Setting row, and never repeats a room from the Size row. Each feature carries one note on where it goes on the plan. Sizes and weights in the notes are round figures for sketching, and the notes are our own suggestions, not building advice. Reviewed line by line for sense, safety, duplicates and agreement with the other four rows on 2026-09-18. Licence: own work