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Very nice!!! DL to look inside and play with! rec
@suzses: Thanks very much!!
#208 will be up later today, and we're working on something special for you. Who's ready for a Showdown?
I'd show up for that!
Oooh I do loves a showdown! Ooooh oooh...a winter one?!
It’s that time again - time for you to show off your awesome design skills! This round, we’re opening up the wayback machine and breaking out @Anjubee ‘s White Box from 2010. It’s a blank canvas for you to completely decorate to your vision!
Well, almost blank. There are some furnishings in it that must be used in your final product. Those furnishings can be recolored and moved anywhere you’d like in the build.
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So, get busy and show off what you can do!!!
Sorry it's not winter, @aricarai Hopefully you'll still be inspired to enter
So, basically it's the Monotone lot with everything colored to white?
Which furnishings must stay in the final product?
I'm happy it's a fall design. Fall is gorgeous!
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I'm a dope! I see it's November and I'm already in holiday mode! I do love to decorate...let's take a look at this white box!
Same for outdoor fences, we can delete those, yes?
Does the furniture have to stay in the same room it’s currently in or can we move it as long as it stays in the house? (sorry, just saw that this question has already been answered)
Fall isn’t my favourite theme but hey ho, it’s a nice, fairly small project, I’ll see if I can get stuck into this
Sorry for all the questions 🙈
More questions, sorry
Friezes OK?
Does lot size need to stay the same? (I have my eye on one that I think is 25x30. I could bulldoze it and replace with 20x30, but it would work nicely as is.)
Is it OK to place something like a pergola against siding of existing structure, or does it need to be separated from it?
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@ciane You are correct! It's just the Monotone in white. As far as I can see all the furniture is still there. Even the kitchen and bath are intact.
The only thing missing are those fences inside the front door.
I am confused...do we have to keep all the furniture?
I also have all the questions @suzses asked. Plus -
1. can we change the outer wall coverings
2. can we get rid of the planters
3. can we add a door to the backyard, a fireplace, half walls or even fences inside.
I think I will have trouble spending all that money if we have to keep all the existing furniture.
And, I'm guessing now that the intent really is to keep all the furnishings in the uploaded version and see how everyone recolors them differently. It'll be interesting.
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Roof changes? Can we build any decorative features like towers or gables above the main floor (i.e. add walls) provided it does not add any accessible floor space?
Can we add columns and fences inside? Outside for roof support or trellises? Delete existing fence pieces outside? Does the 1 square wall column count as part of the house or can it count as part of a separate structure if we remove that part of the roof?
The house is fully furnished - was the intention to keep everything inside or only certain specified pieces of furniture?
Just to clarify, a 1 tile door can be changed out for another 1 tile door, 1 tile arch, or 1 tile window? Or is it intended to mean a 1 tile door can be swapped only for another 1 tile door?
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There are a few other minor changes to the lot besides the colors, so please use the provided lot unless you aren't able to add houses to your game.
All the furnishings must stay, but it's up to you where you put them and how you recolor them.
Absolutely!
Yes to all of the above
It counts as part of the house. It can be recolored but not moved or altered.
I would say it's sparsely furnished
Doors for doors of the same size and windows for windows of the same size.
Yes - keep it all, but it's up to you where it goes.
Yes to all of the above
Don't forget the landscaping
Definitely!
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The interior fence pieces have already been removed, and you can delete the outdoor fencing out front, but not the "column" made of walls.
It's our Fall Designer Showdown, but you're not limited to a fall theme
If I wanted to add a small piece of wall inside to define an area a little bit, is that OK?
Is it OK if I put an overhead lattice/trellis/pergola (whatever you want to call it) up against an exterior wall of the house where there is nothing now, or is that considered extending the house?
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You can add, but you can't delete or move.
Yep!
You can put it on any size lot in any world you wish.
You't can't add walls or rooms, but an attached pergola or porch would be okay.