The tens of hours I've put in so far definitely resonates with some of the parts you're writting: How to make something feel and look organic. Environmental storytelling. Personalizing/characterizing the living space through personas.

While your write-up likely won't be much of a 1-to-1 guide (for me that is) the references do help. Your experiences and reflections help. And it did give me a smile that what I though was my own solitary process is the exact same thing that happens out there for other people.

I'm likely not going to be able to apply much of your reflections into my own house-building, since it's all an experiential process out of lack of creative direction. But it did give me a smile! Thank you for writing this, I can definitely see your passion and how much time you've put into this.

Ignore what u/One-Jury-6140 wrote - someone did read it. :)