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  AmaraRena Posts: 6,533 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  Without a doubt, this little gem right here:
  http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:34101&categoryId=13814&scategoryId=11531&pcategoryId=11525&ppcategoryId=11509
  
  
  
  She is in virtually every house I ever decorate. And she goes especially well in Roaring Heights! I really wish they would do many more figurines along this line. I'd buy them all!

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  aud87 Posts: 364 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  My 'go to' items are:
  
  Happy Elephant:
  
  Not just for kids, lol. What's life without whimsy, am I right? :P
  
  and the Tropical Fruit Bowl:
  
  In 90% of houses I build, I unanimously place this in the all kitchen or dining areas.
  
  Scene in Four Parts
  
  It's a pretty big painting that fills up wall space nicely.

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  AmaraRena Posts: 6,533 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  Mistletoe143 wrote:

  
  
  Music Arsenal - I place this next to every stereo in my game, especially aerobics rooms at the gym
  T-Mobile Promotion
  
  
  )

  
  Oh! Where did this come from?

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  TheZommbie Posts: 712 New Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  pretty much this
  
  
  
  since most plants are either too big or way too small

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  darkwidow11 Posts: 601 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  I could go on and on for this topic! lol My favorite thing to do is to decorate the houses. :-) I don't really have one particular item that's my favorite, and the way I decorate depends on the sims I'm playing with. I do tend to use plants and pictures the most.
  
  Here is an example of what I'm working on now.
  
  
  

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  AmouraB Posts: 1,510 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  I loooveee any type of clutter things that make realness in the game...my fav. would be the coat rack plus I have one from the store that has a coat..hat...apron and purse hanging on it I love it ....

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  Mistletoe143 Posts: 2,803 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  aud87 wrote:

  Happy Elephant:
  
  Not just for kids, lol. What's life without whimsy, am I right? :P

  
  I didn't even know this existed! I like that it is part statue, part plant.
  
  @AmaraRena
  
  I have that figurine, but I forgot about it. It is very pretty and I agree we need more of along that design.
  
  The music arsenal came from a free promotion with T-Mobile. It happened the first year the game was out. There is no link in the store for it, as it is not available for sale. I was just lucky to get it.
  
  @TheZommbie & darkwidow
  
  I would love more plants and paintings. We need a lot more variety in both. I always use plants and paintings the most when I decorate, so I totally understand!
  

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  TheZommbie Posts: 712 New Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  needs to be more 1x1 large plants for indoors

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  amjoie Posts: 3,516 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  AmaraRena wrote:

  Without a doubt, this little gem right here:
  http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:34101&categoryId=13814&scategoryId=11531&pcategoryId=11525&ppcategoryId=11509
  
  
  
  She is in virtually every house I ever decorate. And she goes especially well in Roaring Heights! I really wish they would do many more figurines along this line. I'd buy them all!

  
  Oh, I totally agree. I use her in every house. I wish we had dozens more small elegant statues, because they are soooo useful. Some could be metal like her, and some marble/stone.
  
  I wouldn't even cry foul if all they did was shrink down every statue we already have in the game to end table size, like her. It would thrill me down to my toes to get them all available for indoor end table decor. And they wouldn't have to remesh a single thing. Just take out all the statues from buydebug, and etc. Wishing, hoping we get more like her.
  
  I think my new favorite decor object will be the recolorable rose in the glass vase that came with the Bohemian Garden set. So those two will be my most used decor items.
  
  Well, until the store gives us more recolorable flowers in a glass vase, anyway. I'm still holding out for three or four recolorable delicate tulips in a glass vase.
  
  Oh, and the hanging plant that came with ITF. I LOVE that hanging plant, because it really hangs. And it is so pretty. I use it all the time.
  
  I use that "Faberge" egg a lot, too. I think it is in buydebug, but I have it in a collection folder so it is handy.
  
  Oh, and the candle that has a real flickering flame. That is in constant use. I wish we had more candles with real flickering flames, in different sizes/colors/styles.

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  ceejay402 Posts: 24,507 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  what a fun thread Mistletoe143!
  
  i like brsy love clutter (though im also a CC user ) and for me clutter is stuff not needed but hints to RL - like a hallway stuff
  
  
  
  another good one
  
  
  this could be great for table as if a sim is in the middle of eating
  
  
  can you post a pix of a typical room for your sims? it may be fun to see if others could redesign the similar a room idea and show you how they would decorate with store items

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  chopin27 Posts: 764 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  I love this.
  
  
  

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  Mistletoe143 Posts: 2,803 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  TheZommbie wrote:

  needs to be more 1x1 large plants for indoors

  
  I totally agree with THIS^^ I would like the plants to be lush looking, but not more palms in a pot.
  
  @ceejay402
  
  Like you and brsy, I do like clutter items, too, to place on tables. I like a wide variety, like magazines and books in a pile or pens and pencils in a cup. I also like the laundry clutter that we have in the game. EA created a lot of laundry clutter stuff in both Ambitions and the Store sets, which I totally appreciated. I wish more sets were "full" like that.
  
  Right now, I am currently redecorating the small market lots in France. If I am able to get good images, I'll show you what I did with them. I enjoy redecorating community lots more than houses. And France has a lot of "opportunity" there, because so many of the lots were left unfinished with a lot of open space in the rooms.
  
  If anyone wants to share pics of some remodels/redecorating of any EA-created lots, I'd love to see them, too. It would be totally interesting to see how someone else envisioned a lot to be, different from myself.
  
  

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  Mistletoe143 Posts: 2,803 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  chopin27 wrote:

  I love this.
  
  

  
  I totally love that plant, too. I use it a lot.

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  ceejay402 Posts: 24,507 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  thats brilliant and cant wait to see pix. and i so agree i love it when they give us clutter. ok ill see if i can think of better ideas for a french store - fun!

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  amjoie Posts: 3,516 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  Here is the single rose in a vase I mentioned earlier:
  
  
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:72146&scategoryId=11525

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  And in addition to the things I mentioned earlier, here are pics of some of my "most used" decor.
  
  I use this on fireplace mantels and end tables, once it is recolored with gold facing and wood frame:
  
  
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:17934&scategoryId=11531

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  This has an option for a no-decal vase, that I use all the time, usually recolored gold:
  
  
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:50433&scategoryId=11525

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  This looks wonderful on fireplace mantels:
  
  
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:22728&scategoryId=11525

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  This looks great anywhere that the pink is appropriate:
  
  
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:22727&scategoryId=11525
  

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  I love the smallest portraits that came with Supernatural, especially since they can be placed together, one slightly higher than the other, above bedside tables, or on a single wall either side of an arch, etc.
  
  But I also love these two groupings and this simply wonderful single painting:
  
  
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:68794&scategoryId=11525
  
  
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:34097&scategoryId=11525
  
  
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:68793&scategoryId=11527
  

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  FOR KITCHENS
  
  I like to use kitchen shelves, and I almost always have these on shelves, along with a fruit bowl of some kind (usually the one on the wrought iron stand, which I think came with a world):
  
  
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:45960&scategoryId=11525
  
  
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:56485&scategoryId=11531
  
  
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:22734&scategoryId=11531
  
  
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?categoryId=&scategoryId=12821&index=0&productId=OFB-SIM3:33035&pcategoryId=12858&ppcategoryId=12238
  
  
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?categoryId=&scategoryId=13162&index=0&productId=OFB-SIM3:41091&pcategoryId=12858&ppcategoryId=12203
  
  
  
  
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?scategoryId=13570&productId=OFB-SIM3:59084&section=UpSell

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  And I often hang the black skillet and the peppers (usually also recolored green) on the wall behind or under the kitchen shelves:
  
  
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:50420&scategoryId=11531
  
  
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?categoryId=&scategoryId=12815&index=0&productId=OFB-SIM3:33036&pcategoryId=13816&ppcategoryId=12814
  

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  CravenLestat Posts: 13,735 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  Have to agree with original poster love the grill from duke of bows set.Sadly if using on community lot you pull hotdogs out of thin air at home you have to have a fridge which ruined my homeless camp idea was making for a food source.Wish it worked same on home lot as it does on community lot.Although your sim will always steal the violin from the duke of bows venue its hilarious.But fave all time decor item is the dark performance backdrop from showtime the one with the night sky and the moon,toss that in a living room or behind your bed and its freaking amazing looking especially if you make the wall exact size of the backdrop.Try it mistletoe use a non canopy bed like the 4000 simolean one color the sheets a dark purple make the pillows black put that backdrop from showtime behind your bed put 2 dressers on each side with candles on them and hang the candle chandelier from the ceiling and add the dresser you can woohoo in from supernatural and 2 of the gothic mirrors it makes a sweet bedroom.Theres my suggestion.PS:make the wall the flat textured paint and make it a deep violet with a black border and be sure to set the lights on dim.Last touch add the painting am going to go find and post brb.Cant find the picture its a vampire looking girl red and black might have came with a free set.Last tip for added awesomeness add a strobe light set its speed to slow looks like lightning flashing in the night sky,

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  I Play Sims 3 On A Potato
  
  

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  TheOminousOwl Posts: 77 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  This chair:
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:72139
  
  
  This clutter item:
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:37322
  
  
  and 3 favorite wall items...
  
  
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:58034
  
  
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:23111
  
  
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:63873
  
  
  
  

  TheZommbie wrote:

  needs to be more 1x1 large plants for indoors

  Completely agree with this!

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  rumbutter Posts: 3,756 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  CravenLestat wrote:

  Have to agree with original poster love the grill from duke of bows set.Sadly if using on community lot you pull hotdogs out of thin air at home you have to have a fridge which ruined my homeless camp am making idea for a food source.Wish it worked same on home lot as it does on community lot.Although your sim will always steal the violin from the venue its hilarious.

  
  can you not buy the sausages at the grocery keep them in the inventory and use them on a community lot grill ?
  
  
  and i use a lot of what amjoie has listed
  
  the coatrack the jazz pictures, the cake stand the mmmcupcakes one the cornicopa picture i use that in kitchens a lot
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:17102&scategoryId=11527

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  Mistletoe143 Posts: 2,803 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  amjoie wrote:

  I use this on fireplace mantels and end tables, once it is recolored with gold facing and wood frame:
  
  
  
  http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:17934&scategoryId=11531

  
  I'm loving the ideas I am getting from this thread.
  
  Also, amjoie, I totally need to use that picture frame from the Store! I don't know why it never occurred to me to recolor it in gold or wood.
  
  I'm stealing that idea! *runs away quickly*

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  CravenLestat Posts: 13,735 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  Dont forget the strobe light on my idea or will hunt you down and hug you.
  
  THIS
  
  

  I Play Sims 3 On A Potato
  
  

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  SimGuruCopeland Posts: 741 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  This is a really fun thread. I suspect that people may be revising their list in April. :-)

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  rumbutter Posts: 3,756 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  SimGuruCopeland wrote:

  This is a really fun thread. I suspect that people may be revising their list in April. :-)

  
  
  hmmm food for thought *ponders*

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  amjoie Posts: 3,516 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  SimGuruCopeland wrote:

  This is a really fun thread. I suspect that people may be revising their list in April. :-)

  
  Oooooo. I like the sound of that.

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  ceejay402 Posts: 24,507 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  SimGuruCopeland wrote:

  This is a really fun thread. I suspect that people may be revising their list in April. :-)

  
  can i say im so hoping you are just visiting the forums its always such a fun moment when you pop in thread but i cant help but hope you arent stuck at the office late Saturday night, cheers!

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  amjoie Posts: 3,516 Member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  TheOminousOwl wrote:

  

  
  I love that shelf, too. I've used it where ever it fits the theme.

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