Now that I have been building for a while in TS4, I've decided to start a showcase thread in the hopes of gaining a little exposure for some of my gallery uploads. The building community is wonderfully supportive, and if you've dropped by, thank you for checking me out. Your input is always welcome. I like compliments, but I also greatly appreciate helpful suggestions to improve my builds.
As I post from time to time, I hope to analyze both what went right about a build and what perhaps didn't work. I've used the phrase "Building A Better Tomorrow" as part of my siggie, because I hope to be a better builder tomorrow than I am today!
I'll start in the next post with one of my earliest uploads to the gallery, a house with the unfortunate name
The Meadows
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I tend to build modern houses rather than traditional ones. This was one of my first traditional houses to be uploaded to the gallery, and I was rather proud of it. I look at the kitchen now and think how much more I know about making kitchens after seeing the spectacular ones that other people have made. But without further ado, here are some pics of the house. [To avoid picture spam, I’ll never post more than 5 images at a time.]
At least I can say, the Sims living in the house now seem to be happy!
The Meadows is a very nice home! The exterior design of the home is very nice! The open shutter windows look nice in the build, and the water fountain feature in the front entrance area is pretty for sims to see when coming to enter the home. The colour of the exterior looks very nice. Very nice wraparound porch. The plants look nice placed on the edges of the porch. Very nice backyard pool patio . Sims will have fun swimming in the pool. The outdoors dining patio is very nice! Sims will enjoy cooking meals on the BBQ and eating the food at the umbrella covered table in the sunshine, Very nice furnishing and layout of the interior of the home! The double arches entrance to the dining room looks very nice and the flowers on the pedestal are nice for to see when coming to eat their meals in the dining room. The dining room wall pattern is nice. The design of the kitchen is very nice. The island bar stool counter is great! Sims will enjoy sitting on the stools eating a meal with sunshine coming in through the kitchen windows. The hanging pots is a nice kitchen touch in the room. Very nice music room! Sims will enjoy sitting resting in the sofa seat window alcove , listening to the piano music being played or enjoying reading a book from the bookcase. It is nice that there is a basement party room in the home.
The home is very nice!
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
http://tinyurl.com/rosemow
My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase
Origin ID: pronterus || Gallery || Undead With Benefits||The Pronteran Builder Blog
In your gallery I especially liked Tremorden castle, Modern Loft Townhouse and Penthouse apartment (I love townhouses, rowhouses, apartments and duplexes!) Looking forward to more of your builds
Here is how I described it: "Do you need something for that awkward 40 x 20 lot in Newcrest? How about a library? The Maynard G. Krebs Memorial Learning Center (Library), besides having the usual bookshelves and computers, also has a snack area and observatory on the roof. It's also the perfect destination wedding venue for your book loving Sims with a patio in back with wedding arch, catering kitchen, bar, piano and seating accommodations."
At the time, I didn't realize that if two Sims are getting married and want to have the wedding outside their house, a library will not come up as a choice for where to get married. I haven't tried it, but I wonder whether if the Sims are already on the lot, they can get married by clicking on the wedding arch.
Front Exterior
Back showing wedding patio
Layout of ground floor
Layout of second floor
Interior pic of second floor
Sims will enjoy visiting your library
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
http://tinyurl.com/rosemow
My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase
Origin ID: pronterus || Gallery || Undead With Benefits||The Pronteran Builder Blog
Thanks for stopping by, @pronterus ! The layout of the ground floor is a little unusual. It probably wouldn't really work in real life, but it does work in the game.
"Sciurian Ultra Modern is the perfect house for your ultra modern Sims! Besides the 3 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms in the main house, there is an detached building in the back with fitness area, art studio, guest bedroom and bathroom. The main house also has a home theater, office and game room. The highest level boasts a suspended glass pool and a hot tub. The outdoors area includes a diving pool and cactus garden."
And here are a few images (6 this time!):
Exterior front:
Exterior side:
Suspended glass pool:
Living Room:
Dining Room:
Office:
Very nice design and layout of the exterior of the home! The windows look very nice how they are used in the build. The furnishing of the interior looks very nice! Very nice design of the sunken living room! Nice bar area there for sims to enjoy sitting on the stool having a drink from the bar and enjoying the sunshine coming in through the windows. They will enjoy listening to the piano being played or music from the gramophone whilst sitting resting on the sofa reading a book from the bookshelf. Very nice dining room alcove! The teapots, plant, salt/pepper shaker and statue are nice touches on the side table. The fruit picture looks great on the wall! The master bedroom is very nice! Nice fireplace sitting area. The wall decor is a nice touch on the bedhead wall.Very nice office! The blinds look nice on the windows and the plants/flowers are nice touches in the corner nook. Very nice armchairs fireplace sitting nook for sims to chat in front of the fire. The train looks great on the fireplace ledge! Sims will enjoy sitting at the desk table using the computer. The suspended pool patio is very nice! It is a great feature of the home! Sims will enjoy playing chess at the table there, or enjoy quietly meditating on the stool in the sunshine. Very nice armchairs and sofa seat sitting nook on the patio. The greenery covered trellis outdoors dining pergola is very nice! Sims will enjoy cooking meals on the BBQ there and eating the food in the outdoors air at the table. Nice hot tub patio for sims to enjoy relaxing in the tub. Very nice pool patio where sims can have fun diving into and swimming in the pool . The plants look nice placed on the edges of the patio and are nice touches of green there. The outdoors areas of your build look very nice! Very nice outdoors sitting nook! The water fountain sculpture and the cactus rock garden looks very nice! Nice gardening area for sims to enjoy growing and harvesting plants in the gardening boxes. The tall trees look very nice on the edge of the lot. The bonsai tree and the round dome water feature near the front door are very nice for Sims to see when coming to enter the home. The hedge fencing looks very nice how you have placed it in the build. The bamboo trees on the corner of the build look restful.
The home is very nice!
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
http://tinyurl.com/rosemow
My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase
Origin ID: pronterus || Gallery || Undead With Benefits||The Pronteran Builder Blog
And now from the sublime to the ridiculous (somewhat ) here is a starter house I finished today. I started with a photograph and floor plan from tinyhouse.com and did my best to replicate while staying under §18,500 so that with the lot, it would be under 20K. The interior design is serviceable, but I think the exterior architecture is a little more interesting than the typical box.
SCIURIAN UNDER 20K
Exterior front
Kitchen
Dining nook
Living room
Main bedroom
2nd bedroom
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
http://tinyurl.com/rosemow
My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase
My starter homes end up looking very much the same every time, I really like the modern look and how it has separate livingroom, kitchen, two bedrooms and a balcony! I mean seriously: it's a house under 18,500, how can it have all those things? The floorplan is very efficient. Great builds I really like your build style and attention to detail!
It is great that you finished Sciurus Ultra Modern, it's a fantastic home!
I already commented about some of the details from my WIP thread, and now onto the rest. Each of the rooms are looking very sleek! I particularly like the study are with a fireplace, very neat train decors above! The rest of them are very nice!
I love it! I already added this to my faves!
I see that you had your starter too! Sciurus Under 20K is an amazing modern starter!
Your architecture is very nice! Love how you think outside the box! Very nice modern looking too! Your interior is very sleek! Very wonderful color choices and it's awesome that you have two bedrooms in an under 20k starter.
I love it! I already added this to my faves!