The New CraftHall...

The Floorplan. 

Small Clearing
Aside from being a courtyard, this is also many apprentices place of study. To accommodate that benches are set up near the edge of the walkway leading to the Hall. Bordering the walkway not bordered by the benches are flowers of assorted colors. Aside the main part of the courtyard lies an area of short grass. A 'table' built of wood sits under a tree towards the back. The ever present odor of manure, hay and molten metal mix together to form that smell only smith could get perfected. The walkway coming from the hold looks newly redone in new bricks. As you get nearer to the door you notice that the 'bricks' appear to have names on them dedicated to the helpers that made the courtyard better.(Desced by Kelar)

Hall Foyer
The foyer of the SmithCraft Hall at Xanadu is a small unassuming room built primarily for it's functionality. A small bronze plaque of the craft symbol, the anvil, and this Hall's motto 'Forging Ever Onward' hanging on the wall are all that serve to identify the building. The room connects to a long well-lit corridor running the length of the crafthall, with several doors coming off the right-hand side. These lead to various rooms, including the offices, and the common room-come-classroom. The end of the hallway opens into the main workroom.

MasterSmith's Office
This room has an orderly about it, with several cabinets and shelves lining the walls. A desk is placed in the room a chair behind the desk and two in front of it, turning the front area of the room into an office. There are also quite a few charts on the back wall with many small scrawls on it, where if you got closer you could most likely read. Along the side of the wall facing east is a long well stuffed beige couch, with several pillows arranged on it. All in all the room is very organized and lived in.

CraftSecond's Office

Entering into this office one finds nothing but order and cleanliness. A desk facing the door rests in one corner, its top covered by a stack of papers with a framed drawing on one corner. Behind it rests a high back, comfy looking chair made of dark red leather. In front of the desk are several chairs, perfect for any discussions the craftsecond may have. A file cabinet rests against one wall, and next to it rests a largish fern type thing, something to give the room a color besides red. Against the same wall is a mural of smiths hard at work, some forging, others blowing glass, still others wood working. The other wall has a thick, luxurious red leather couch against it, for those moments when the craftsecond might take a break from the stress. Several other plants decorate the room here and there, not gaudy, but obviously showing the craftsecond to be quite conservative on some things.

Common Room & Classroom
This large room is obviously used as a place to relax and meet after a hard day's work. There are long luxurious couches lining the back wall comfortably. These couches are a deep crimson red, their cushions puffing out full of stuffing. In the near corner of the room there sits a drink trolley with various non-alcoholic drink, as well as a pot of klah that seems to be eternally hot. On the far side of the room is where the classroom and craft 'library' sits. The desks are kept in a neat fashion, squares of four desks are placed neatly around the classroom section. A large blackboard hangs on the farthest wall it is usually covered in notes from the last class to pass through. There is a shelf resting beside the blackboard that contains assorted scrolls pertaining to the craft, and its various areas of study. The organization makes the room seem relaxed, but also a place of learning and knowledge. A place to share ideas and relaxed conversation, truly a molding of education and relaxation.(Desced by Lysia)

Lounge
This small but comfortable lounge is about half the size of the Hall's main common room and has an old but comfortable sofa with a few end tables in it's center. There are no windows in this room, the main source of light being a large skylight placed in the ceiling. The three walls that do not adjoin the common room are instead filled with doors, each bearing the name of one of the craft's higher-ranking smiths that are posted to this hall. The fourth wall has two doors, one labeled Women, the other Men, obviously the dormitories.

Women's Dorm
Morning's brilliance or evening's dusk reveals a well nigh honeycomb, scintillating with the appearance, at the very least, of a constant tide of activity. During daylight hours, the large sky light acts as a useful liaison for lighting, and for when the sun isn't as bright, baskets of glows are situated at odd intervals throughout the room. Echelons of sturdily constructed wooden bunk beds line the expansive walls, all arrayed by sheets of fluctuating color in various stages of make and unmake. Serving a dual purpose for work and confabulation, a scattering of tables and chairs dominates the room's center, many strewn with open hides, notebooks, papers, graphite sticks, and whatnot. Trunks for apprentices' personal belongings are pushed sporadically at the end of and under beds, in free spaces against the wall, and wherever else they can be accessibly out of the way. To add extra zest to otherwise plain, ivory-white walls, an odd tapestry or two has been hung, depicting images of the Smith hall in all its splendor. (Described by Eparene)

Men's Dorm
Wooden bunk beds line the walls of this new looking dorm, lit by the splendor coming through the skylight in the ceiling. The heads of the beds are against the wall to maximize occupancy in this medium-sized room. The bunk beds are well crafted but due to the lack of embellishment were undoubtedly made by the hands of apprentices. Around each bunk bed there are two wooden trunks, some at the foot and some underneath. At the right of each bed is a small table for holding smith's personal affects. (Described by Malachai)

Storeroom
The storeroom holds a myriad of raw materials and half-completed projects in it's many shelves, draws and bins, with every shelf and bin meticulously labeled. Windowless, this room can get fairly hot and stifling, but giving up shelf space for a window was never going to happen.

Main Workroom
This large open room takes up most of the Hall building. With two forges and a kiln across the back wall and six large worktables spread out through the room, activity is always ongoing in whichever direction you look. The workshop benches and floor are always clear however, and the tools in the rack on the far wall gleam from the obvious care given to them. A door in the west wall sits slightly ajar and has a sign hanging above it upon which is written 'Ceramics Workshop'. To the east a similar door bears the label of 'Storeroom'. The recent addition to the workroom, in the middle of the north wall double doors have been placed, a sign reading 'Wood Mill' has been placed above it.

Ceramics Workroom
This roomy extension of the main workroom is somehow much quieter, as the work that goes on within here requires the utmost patience and total attention. Along one wall are two kilns: the glass kiln and the ceramics kiln, both of which reach sometimes nearly unbearable temperatures, but the insulation helps to direct it more towards the contents than waste it radiating outwardly. In the corner furthest from both kilns and entrance is a sectioned off area, where a pottery wheel sits, spatterings of liquid clay visible around it. Sheepskin serves as cushion to the potter upon the seat, a small shelf holding tools of the trade.
Two sets of storage areas occupy the walls between the glass and pottery area. A basin near the 800-hundred pound wheel, is the catch for a small water pump The wooden cabinets are kept continually damp so the clay stored there does not dry out. Molds are stored in upper cabinets, separated by the material that would be cast in them. Jars of material for glazes, colorings, glass etching, and the basic glass materials as well are in a cabinet along the other wall, kept safe behind stiff wire mesh doors.

Lumber Mill
A long empty room, with walls reaching up to just under the roof, which is quite high, having openings for ventilation have been placed just below it. Freshly cut wood beams have been neatly stacked about the room, and the remains of log stripping have been neatly piled toward the door, for later removal. A shaft has been run through the wall to the water wheel which is in use for powering the wood cutting wheel, and will be used later for more wood working machinery.
Rows of wooden racks have been placed along the walls, allowing wood to be stacked up to be dried. A large workbench has been moved in, and is set along the back wall, well provisioned with woodworking tools. A rack with brooms has been built onto the back of the door, so the room can be kept clear of debris, and barrows are stood on the far side of the door, to allow easy removal of the detritus and bark. Nothing wasted, a paper mill and paper grinding station are next to the workbench in the rear.