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jamescounsell
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I am planning on building a massive mansion in the sims 3 and need loads of room ideas. I am planning to build about 200 rooms in the main mansion and a few other buildings with stuff. Please post ideas below-they are greatly appreciated 
Also if anyone can tell me a 64x64 lot in any sims world that has a beautiful vista moodlet please tell me-thanks! TO THE FIRST PERSON WHO TELLS ME OF A VALID ONE THEY WILL RECIEVE A GIFT FROM ME ON THE STORE!
As the project progresses I will post pictures and updates and when it is done there will be a download. I try to incorporate all sensible contributions so do contribute to this thread. Happy Simming!
BTW, EP's and SP's I have are:
World Adventures, Late Night, Ambitions, Generations, Showtime, Island Paradise, Supernatural, Pets, Seasons, University Life, Hi-Tech Loft, Town Life, Fast Lane and Outdoor Living-I also have quite a lot of store stuff: Sunlit Tides, Monte Vista, Hidden Springs, Stones Throw Greenhouse and other stuff.
This is the thread where I make updates on the mansion building: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/0/742169.page#11806227
Also if anyone can tell me a 64x64 lot in any sims world that has a beautiful vista moodlet please tell me-thanks! TO THE FIRST PERSON WHO TELLS ME OF A VALID ONE THEY WILL RECIEVE A GIFT FROM ME ON THE STORE!
As the project progresses I will post pictures and updates and when it is done there will be a download. I try to incorporate all sensible contributions so do contribute to this thread. Happy Simming!
BTW, EP's and SP's I have are:
World Adventures, Late Night, Ambitions, Generations, Showtime, Island Paradise, Supernatural, Pets, Seasons, University Life, Hi-Tech Loft, Town Life, Fast Lane and Outdoor Living-I also have quite a lot of store stuff: Sunlit Tides, Monte Vista, Hidden Springs, Stones Throw Greenhouse and other stuff.
This is the thread where I make updates on the mansion building: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/0/742169.page#11806227
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As for rooms, try:
a greenhouse
a spa
a parlour room, with a billiards table
formal dining room
informal dining room
art studio
meditation room
Edit: The lot's I listed might only be 60x60, but if you don't mind removing the Central Park from Sunset Valley, it gives the moodlet and is 64x64
Thank you so much for your help-i have sent a gift to you
Media room
Nursery with adjacent play room and nanny's quarters
Butler's quarters
Room off the kitchen - pantry on one side, coffee bar on the other
Morning room (cafe table/chairs, lots of greenery and large windows)
Teen hang-out room
Exercise/gym room
HUGE walk-in closet (like a room) off the master bedroom
Basement natatorium (swimming pool)
Those are just off the top of my head. ENJOY, and yes, post pictures of your progress!
Cheers, Martuni
A library room with wall to wall bookshelves as well as perhaps a chess table. For decoration you could add the globe from the decor section.
You could also have a separate study with a desk and computer (although you could combine this with the library room).
A music room with a piano and some or all of the other instruments available.
A gym with different workout equipment, a stereo, the ballet barre if you have the Skylight Studio venue from the store. Some mirrors and maybe one of the decorative lockers that are in the decor sections. You would probably want to build a bathroom that is connected to this room. You could even place the gym and spa next to eachother with a shared bathroom between them.
A ballroom might also be nice, you could put down the dance floors from Late Night as well as perhaps a professional juice bar where your sims could practice their Mixology or you could hire a bartender if you throw a party. And you could add a stereo to this section.
You could also build a dojo with the martial arts equipment from World Adventures.
A rec room would be nice with a tv, pool tables, arcade machines, stereo and other play items.
A nursery for babies and toddlers
A separate play room with toddler learning toys and stuffed animals and the playpen and walker that came with the Children's Learning Center if you have it.
And of course you may want to add a nice garage for nice cars and maybe the fixer upper car from Roaring Heights if you have it.
Edit: I added my answer the same time as Martuni, so some of my ideas are the same as theirs :oops:
Regards,
James
Depending on the style of your mansion your building the types of rooms could vary. The one's I've listed would go with a more modern day mansion, whereas as with older ones you'd have special rooms for certain occasions, like dinner parties, or separate studies and sitting rooms for different people. Plus servants would have a whole separate quarters. They would have their own kitchen, bathrooms, common area, bedrooms and such.
I'll see if I can come up with any more ideas...
Hope this helped! Cheers!
A separate electronic game room with arcade machines.
A greenhouse or conservatory or both [you don't need the skylights, just big windows. the pots for the harvestables and lots of plants with a small sitting area].
If you build a ballroom, add a small 'service kitchen' next to it so that the food can be kept warm. Don't forget his and her bathrooms! You might also want a stage or musician's gallery.
A butler's pantry between the dining room and kitchen can hold dishes, a dishwasher and a sink. This is were food is prepped/ garnished for the table.
A private office off the library. Some mansions have an office for him, an office for her and an office for the butler.
A breakfast room off of the kitchen usually gets a lot of morning sun.
A private museum might take up several rooms.
A wine cellar with tasting table.
A garret for just storage [like an attic]
Lots of guest bedrooms with different themes [Miss Scarlet will be in the Chinese bedroom; put Mr. Green in the Blue Suite.]
Give each of the family bedrooms a sitting room and full bath.
A trophy room [if you have the lion's head and the antlers from the store], put fish on the walls, too, and hang the big sword fish from Island Paradise in the center.
A stable, a kennel, and a small 'zoo' filled with caged pets. If you really wanted to get exotic you could have a separate room for each type of pet [an Aviary, a Herpetology room, an Aquarium].
The Whitehouse has it's own private bowling alley, half-court gym and screening room.
A craft room with the sculpture station [and glass blowing thing if you have it].
Hope these help!
Edit - I forgot the pantry off of the kitchen!
You'll need like a six or eight car garage with quarters for a chauffeur/mechanic above.
Stables for your horses.
Should also have a courtyard area with a fountain and benches to sit.
You'll need a separate laundry room either in the basement or somewhere near the servants quarters.
You'll need a billiard room with another LN bar.
Others have already mentioned a library. There's a nice one The Cat's Meow in Roaring Heights that could be an example.
You'll need safe room where you can keep your family valuables.
You'll need a room for your collection of artifacts from China, Egypt, and France
That's all I can think of off the top of my head.
Best Regards,
Nik
Edited to add: one of the EA Store sets has an end table that looks like a safe. I'll see if I can find a link to it.
Thanks-these are great ideas-will definitely be implemented!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome-I love the safe room idea and the Garage idea with the chauffer/mechanic quarters+genius. All the other ideas are brilliant too! Thank you so much,
Regards, James
http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:67512
It's part of the Coffee Bean Hipster Loft set.
In addition to a room with a safe, you'll also want a vault room with one of the two-wide gates that can be locked. Shelving inside to hold your precious gems, jewelry, and such.
Here's a few more:
A bomb shelter under the basement
A big party room you could theme in different ways, like for a Christmas gift-giving party, kid's birthday, engagement party, etc.
A turret room for stargazing
This is a fun thread!
I was thinking the same thing!
A ballet studio is a must! The ballet bar and dance floor, polished wood floors, lots of big windows and mirrors along one wall, and a grand piano to accompany the dancers.
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Hehehe, well when this is finished this will be my lottery spendings
An Entrance Hall which leads to on one side a "Greeting Room" and the other side to a half-bath - the ER having double grand stairways
A Foyer that is smaller than the Entrance Hall and is first entered into - this should have a magnificent statue in the center
Mansions usually have "Double Parlors" which are mirror images of each other in all furnishings/decorations, each having identical deluxe fireplaces - and are separated by a wall of sliding doors that can be opened when a grand party is in progress
Concert room with raised dias for musical instruments/microphone for singers, and velvet/silk and wood luxurious chairs arranged in front of the "stage"
"Game Room" - one for adults, teens and children in addition to the playrooms for toddlers - the playrooms / one per floor
several "galleries" which have art works on the walls plus niches for statuary items - and are also hallways
room devoted to cats - room devoted to dogs - room devoted to birds and room devoted to smaller critters - plus a 'aquari-room' for fish with a wall of fish
a rose garden, flower garden, kitchen vegetable garden, fruit trees, herb garden
subterranean parking garage with several high-end vehicles
Also - check my patterns if looking for original and unique CAP patterns to use to recolor objects, floorings and walls - plus I would be happy to help you out in recoloring if you like my patterns and would like help in this way...
Good Luck!
Other rooms maybe a turkish bath, gym, library and maybe a play room for the kids.
I get alot of my ideas from looking at various deckplans of different passenger liners (yes, including Titanic). Hope some of these help...
I love indoor pools!
I was crazy enough to build an indoor jumping course for my unicorn. It was fun to watch him and my Sim run through the kitchen between jumps.
I also used to build big two-story atriums. I would leave one wall missing, and put a small pond, trees, rocks, flowers, etc. inside it. When I was finished, I'd place the final wall. It had a picnic area, grill, golf and other outdoor activities (using "moveobjects on" to place them).
foyer
main Living room
main kitchen
main dining
library
lounge
billiard room
main office
basement stairwell lobby
mud room
3 Car garage with a "lift" to underground garage
upper floor salon
stair hall/lounge
master suite- mstr lobby, mstr bath, mstr dining, mstr living, mstr bed, mstr office
breezeway
indoor poolside bar/lounge
Ballroom
10-12 guest bedrooms
Servants quarters- kitchen, dining, laundry, butler suite, 5-6 bedrooms
Basement level consisted of:
Theater lobby and theater
Gym lobby with display car behind glass
Gym
6 total separate male/female shower/bath area
sauna
lower garage
adjacent car showroom
grand guest suite
racquetball court
kitchen
dining room
massive indoor pool based off hearst castle's pool
panic room
storage room
numerous bathrooms
W.O.W. That is just spectacular, snowplow. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
I can see where all your lottery winnings are going.