The SIMONE is a 3-bedroom, 2.5 bath Victorian Painted Lady house plan intended for a narrow urban lot or a care-taker cottage on an estate of a Victorian mansion.  Its nearly 1,600 SF would provide plenty of room for a growing family in spite of its modest profile and small dimensions.  It is grouped with our Painted Lady series of Victorian plans, begging for imaginative multi-color finishes and gingerbread embellishments.

The SIMONE is a model house plan stylized as a Carpenter Gothic cottage.  The “carpenter” label may originate from a rural fascination with Victorian charm created by country craftsman without the workmanship refinements and resources of urban contractors of the times.  Our architectural idea for this little house is reminiscent of the famous portrait painting by Grant Wood called American Gothic; the house is in the background of the farmer holding a pitchfork with his wife standing at his side.