Hi! I had a house built for my legacy challenge and decided I hated it and bulldozed the whole thing and restarted it. I got an idea that I want a home and a Guest Home on the same lot mostly being because I'm doing the Legacy Challenge and figure I'll have the parents in one house and the newest generation (or the kids I'm not continuing with) in the other... The guest home is going to be further back on the lot (not yet built). I decided though I'm out of ideas, and I want some other ideas for the house/guest house/outside as well as anyone to point out anything you don't really like cause I'm a bit iffy on how it looks, and would like ideas on how to make it better. I'm also open to hearing anything you do like
I'll also upload pictures of progress for a while. Thanks if you take the time to read this
Also it's somewhat picture heavy so I've put the pictures into categories and spoilers (:
Overview
Main House
Inside:Downstairs:
Upstairs:
Some thoughts I have before anything: Quite a few of the rooms are also incomplete, any ideas for those are welcome too. More importantly, I need help filling in the awkward empty spaces on both floors.. On the second floor I plan to add a small living room and reading area hopefully with a fireplace. Any other ideas? Also outside I'm planning to make a party area with tables/chairs, maybe a dance floor, and the empty space in the top left corner of the lot is going to be the "guest house". Any thoughts are welcome, all will be considered... thanks in advance (:
*Edited to just say I have all of the expansion packs so if you have a thought of a certain item feel free to let me know, and I'm also not opposed to custom content*
Comments
The home is looking 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
Besides that, I think you're off to a pretty good start. I'm liking the overall shape of the house and how spacious it is.
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@soocoolsim I'm not completely sure what you mean.. is this what you mean but one that runs across the whole length to connect both roofs? I really liked the large dining room table also, it's a custom content download. They made an 8-sim one and a 6-sim one, so I downloaded both just in case. The back seats were accessible but only if the side seats had no one in them, so if the person sitting in the back came late to the meal, they couldn't eat there. I've since sold it and tried the 6-sim one, which works perfectly fine as far as I know, then again my game just glitched out and I just fixed it again so I haven't had much game time since. Also, I like how it looks with the kitchen and entrance connected, but I'm a bit iffy on when it reaches the half wall. I don't particularly love the half wall, but I do want a separator between the entrance and living area. Let me know if you have any better ideas.
I've changed quite a bit of the house so far so I'm gonna take these comments into consideration to work a little more on it, then I'll post more pictures soon (:
Yep to the gable pic. Maybe experiment with columns to finish off the end or add full walls opened up with arches if you’re not so keen on the half wall?
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MY SIMS 3 STUDIO *** MY SIMS 3 SHOWCASE - Residential and Community lots with NO CC
CAPE ALBACORE WORLD COLLABORATION VIDEO TOURS
DISNEY MAGIC KINGDOM WORLD COLLABORATION VIDEO TOURS
@60smusicluvr @soocoolsim I took a lot of your comments into consideration and here's how its looking so far. Let me know what you think
I tried out the arches here, I like it a lot actually.
I put up a different paint/siding on the outside that kind of looks a little better, and I also made all the windows square, I'm still a little iffy on them. And I tried out that gable roof, I must just not be able to make it look right. The roofs also are not the same depth so it's possible they just don't line up right. I'm not sure.
I updated the dining room to be a table of 6 instead to limit routing issues. (And I'm just noticing the awkward triangle of wood instead of carpet so I'm fixing that)
And this is of my ponds/rock work out back. I like the rocks better than fencing, but I still need to work on the rock work a little more. I'm trying to play without cheats which means I have to make my sims work before I can add more rocks XD
Thanks for taking the time to read this and reply
Ooh! I like it much better! The roof looks great!
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