They were usually eight feet by ten or twelve feet. With a couch and a few chairs in it, it made an extremely nice place just to sit down and discuss world events with your friends and family. After the word picture is complete, start designing, or turn your ideas over to a designer to start creating the plan. Once the designer has the word picture, it usually goes pretty fast. It is also amazing how the use of the word picture will size a house more appropriately.
Many people try to start with the over-all size of the home first and then fit the rooms inside it.
In most cases, they wind up with a home that is too big. One of the saddest things we run into is people who start with a home too large and money too small. After building a while, they run out of funds and cannot finish their home the way they wanted in the first place. We would much rather have the word picture define the size of the home and then build a home that is appropriate. The money available must be part of the word picture.