so many lovely new houses! I hope I didn't skip anyone...
@ Joria: The new rooms are excellent. Each has its own unique style and layout. I only have a nitpick for the green/tropical room: I think you've used that leaf pattern a few too many times. I'd suggest limiting it to the two rugs in the public space and finding another floral pattern for the bed. Same colors though, the white base is good. For the trim of the rug underneath the bed, i'd go with a pattern-less fabric texture.
As for loading it to the swap shop, certainly no reason to concern yourself with the price. however, what you can do is place public room markers everywhere except for the studio rooms. Only one 'family' can live there but they'll technically only own the rooms.
@ Samoht: Very interesting home. I like it. The geometric pattern is a little peculiar but that really boils down to taste. The two main concerns I have with the exterior are your window/door trims and the fences. Regarding the window trims, it's important to paint the exterior trim and interior trim separately. the interior trim of the window and doors are good the way they are, but the exterior trims would be better off if it was the same color as those black pilasters. Color coordinating your trimmings is important to uniting a building's exterior. And as for the fences, they don't really fit the style. It's definitely possible to mix influences and create 'eclectic' building styles, but when a piece of architecture is overtly following a specific influence, elements that don't adhere to that genre can have a negative effect. I imagine you could get a similar effect using 'the great wall: backyard edition' or a flat top half wall. Your front door is also a little too mission style, but it might work once it has a black trim.
I like the interior: interesting color palette with good layouts and pattern usage. But I think you can make a big improvement if you expand your range of brights and darks, and saturation level. I'm getting the feeling you're using the same color code on most of your textures, which has its purpose. it's definitely important to unite colors perfectly when necessary. However, if there isn't a range of tone from dark to bright or saturated to unsaturated in a palette it can become very flat. So experiment using the brightness scale a bit, and shifting closer to the center of the color. It can be as simple as making the walls a little brighter and a little less saturated than the furniture, or vice versa.
Working the color wheel is where all the power is. Once you start playing in that ball park, you're going to make some huge advances.
@ Gogowars: Interesting furniture layout in the kid's room. I think my only concern is that glass isn't really a safe building material around children. You might want to go with a simpler half wall.
@ Micler: Very nice interiors. You seem to be making leaps and bounds with every new home! Just a few tiny nitpicks for the interior. First, the foyer is a little too bare. Now obviously there's not much you can fit in this space but I'm sure a coffee table with a knick knack or two in the right corner, a plant, and a small rug could spruce the area up in no time flat. In the upstairs study, on a personal level I'm not fond of the black light fixtures and the black frame of the portrait. I'm imagining something in the ballpark of white gold but that's just me.
For the exterior we've definitely got good stuff going on, but I think we need to take the next step. I've noticed in most of your houses you haven't taken advantage of wall edges. Wall edges, like the quoin and barn pilasters serve a structural purpose in most architecture, to create the framework of a building, but it also plays an important role in emboldening the structure's appearance. What I suggest you do is place 'wall with quoin - left/right edge', paint the first pattern slot with your brick wall, and paint the second and third pattern slot the same color as your window trim. The quoin is essentially part of the trimming of a home and as I said to Samoht, it's important to color coordinate your trims. Wall edges are not necessarily for every style, but understanding when and how to use them will open new avenues and really help you make some awesome architecture.
That said, you're architecture is definitely great. Tiny nitpicks would be, I think the right side of the home could use a couple more windows (if that's plausible), and you might want to consider hand rails and wrought iron fences at your front door.
All around awesome. Good show!
@ Chocolatee: That's some really neat architecture on both of your houses. You definitely seem to have a talent for it. On the second home, I'd suggest using straight pathways and perhaps a slightly bolder floor tile. Make sure you have a cement trim around your pool and fountains, as grass at the edge of a fountain/pool is a little peculiar. The landscaping installation in the middle of the the fountain is interesting but strikes me as slightly unrealistic. Some of the plants are floating in midair and I don't think there'd be enough room for all of those plants to thrive. Perhaps trim it slightly.
I also noticed that on your baseboards in both houses, you're using a wood that has a vertical grain. It's necessary to use a horizontal grain on the baseboard to get a natural, linear feel.
