Ideas for second floor businesses for modulars

[Hive]

Hi,

I'm currently struggling a bit coming up with ideas for businesses to put on my second floors of custom modulars. I really love the ideas LEGO did with dentist, vet, painter, photographer, music teacher, detective and such - but what to do next? What type of business are both suitable for the second floor placement and fun to do in LEGO? I find those much harder to figure out than the ground floor shops - and I don't want to do appartments for all of them...

[carebear]

maybe something like this!?

- Yoga/Tai Shi room

- a gym/ work-out room

- illegal poker room

- inside swinng pool ( a welness, massage kind of place )

- psychiatrist

Goodluck with your build!

Greetings!

[Hive]

6 hours ago, carebear said:

- inside swinng pool ( a welness, massage kind of place )

I'm curious... how would that work on the second floor? Has that ever actually been done?

[Aanchir]

Here's some stuff that comes to mind just thinking about various small businesses from towns I've spent a lot of time in:

• Newspaper/magazine/publishing company, with a printing press, writers' desks, etc.
• Martial arts studio
• Historical society archive
• Bookstore
• Comic shop
• Antique shop
• Record store
• Tailor shop
• Daycare
• Pet groomer
• Jeweler
• Outdoor apparel store
• Sporting goods store
• Art gallery
• Tattoo/piercing business
• Cosmetics store
• Bed and breakfast
• Spa/massage parlor
• Travel agency
• Psychic/palm reader/fortune teller
• Locksmith
• Electronics repair/IT business (though that might be more modern than many people's modular towns).
• Graphic design studio
• Craft store (selling fabric, yarn, beads, etc)

Dunno if all of those do anything for you but at least a few of these ideas either suit your needs or help you think of some more ideas of your own!

[AFOLguy1970]

In the spirit of the most current modular, how about:

First level: Amsterdam style coffee shop

Second level: Day Care center

Third level: tattoo parlor

[carebear]

On 4/14/2019 at 8:47 PM, Hive said:

I'm curious... how would that work on the second floor? Has that ever actually been done?

Hi,

I have never made that but that's on my to do list, in real life there are places that have swimming pools/welness centre on the second floor so wy not in modular form

i made a gym on a modular schoolbuilding, you can easaly replace the gym mats for a pool

I hope this helps

Greetings!

Edited April 16, 2019 by carebear

[Silverhurst]

For a larger MOC (32 square baseplate), maybe an upstairs roller skating rink? There used to be several in my city back when I was a kid. they were the old style wood floored ones with benches, lockers, and office/admissions desk on one side by the door. These rinks all had exterior entrances with stairs on the outside (usually concrete/stone).

An accounting firm might be another good one.

When I built my Corner Garage, I removed the Vet and made that area an auto parts store on the 2nd floor, and parts warehouse on the 3rd floor. Fit the theme better i thought, especially since there is direct access from the garage.

Edited April 16, 2019 by Silverhurst

[Hive]

Thanks for all the suggestions.

[Peppermint_M]

Around the areas where I like to visit, there are a lot of places on the second floor of buildings that do musical instrument repair/refurbishment. There are also hairdressers and legal firms, photography studios and private consultants for things like Engineering etc.