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  • bekkasanbekkasan Posts: 10,171 Member

    Worked a bit on this house which will eventually be for Derek and Kendall and their family. I added a small pool at the side of the house and did some landscaping at the front.
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    Front view. I like the fence, but not the big celebrity gate so will get rid of it. They are not celebrities so they really don't need the gate.
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    Living room
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    Master bedroom. I wanted to use the same stuff in their bedroom back at the brownstone so it may look a bit familiar.
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  • bekkasanbekkasan Posts: 10,171 Member

    This is the original kitchen in Kendall and Derek's house. I changed it because the cabinets jutted out on the other side of the angled wall and the hallway was not really usable with them jutting out. They look great on the kitchen side, but not on the other side. I needed a staircase in the area and it made the routing too tight. So, I redid the kitchen as I did not want to attempt changing the dimensions of the hallway, which would have changed the size of the garage and I would have to change it.....etc. Too much trouble! I don't like the kitchen quite as much as I did before. I did get the circular staircase in the hall. :)
    Kendall is training to be a chef so I wanted her to have the different cooking appliances.
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    Dining room.
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    Outdoor sitting and grilling area. They will have a great view of the city!
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    Nursery, I don't usually go for pastels, but wanted something a bit different from my usual.
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    Master bath. Yes, that is a mirror on the back wall. :lol: Wouldn't have one that large in my house, but, works for my sims!
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    Derek's study. I left room on the wall for family pictures. He has the one of Kendall already on the wall that he took on their honeymoon.
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  • lanlynlanlyn Posts: 5,008 Member
    edited November 2018
    @bekkasan I wanted to make a few comments on this house. It is amazing! I love it. It's modern, but still warm and inviting. I really like the colors, inside and out. The wood and rock on the exterior keeps the home from appearing too austere. And your landscaping is beautiful, as usual. The covered patio area is lovely.

    The CC paintings really look good in the different rooms, adding touches of color, as do the other accent pieces. ...The green in the kitchen and dining room was a nice surprise! It harmonizes well with the orange/gold and grey/browns. ...Love the bathroom. Those tiles look awesome.

    And I liked how you put the desk in the study facing towards the room with the chair by the window. I too often put the desk and chair facing out the window, but after seeing your setup, I'm going to try it the other way around. I think I got into the habit of keeping computer screens out of direct sunlight, but of course that doesn't matter for sims, does it? Besides, your screen is angled away from the window, facing the corner, so no glare. :#

    Gorgeous home. Thanks for sharing your design ideas.
  • bekkasanbekkasan Posts: 10,171 Member

    @lanlyn Thanks so much for the comments. I've never built a modern style home from scratch so it was a bit out of my element. I do appreciate the comments very much. :) Hope you and your family had a good holiday.
  • bekkasanbekkasan Posts: 10,171 Member

    Hey, y'all!! Check out this handsome cowboy! <3 I'm just so in love with Dwight. @emorrill I can't thank you enough for him and I've been working on a back story for him and you are gonna love it! Still needs a bit of work before I can post it. Maybe this weekend. I've got his house done, her house (yes, there will be a her!!) done and working on a dive lot. Y'all cross your fingers for me on that one! I'm following @Karritz tutorial and am reloading the game for the second time to start the next steps.
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    This is his courting clothes. I'd go out with him in a heartbeat! <3<3
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    Dwight sleeps in his boxers! I couldn't resist the pattern.
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    Swimming. Love those shades.
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    Athletic
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  • bekkasanbekkasan Posts: 10,171 Member

    A few pictures of the dive lot that I placed in Sunlit Tides. I've never played with a mermaid sim before so this should be interesting. It was really nice watching her swim in the waters and not having to worry about her tanks going dry or decompressing. Caught the octopus quite easily. @karritz The videos were very helpful and the only thing I wish on the deco one that you had written out the codes for the fog emitters.
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    I still haven't seen the underwater shark show up yet, but I also haven't had a human sim dive down and test it yet.
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    I liked seeing her swim down to the cave that I set down in a trench. Both the caves I placed on the lot worked without resetting her to the nearest beach! The cave monsters left her alone also. Not sure if she is protected from the because of her mer status.
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  • lanlynlanlyn Posts: 5,008 Member
    @bekkasan Dwight is looking good! Sounds like you have an interesting story lined up for him and his lady friend.

    ...Awesome job on the dive lot! Love the landscaping. And great screenshots. The above water scene is also lovely. I'm glad the caves worked correctly for you too. @Karritz does an excellent job on her tutorial videos. She's helped me a lot on different projects.
  • bekkasanbekkasan Posts: 10,171 Member

    I just started messing around in my Cowboy and Mermaid save and decided to do some renovations and building on a couple of the lots and parks in Sunlit Tides. I had pics ready to upload when flickr had some kind of hiccup the other day and finally got them up and had time to sit down and organize them. I have half an update ready on Dwight and Lorelei, but, will have to wait to get that finished, maybe over the weekend.

    The game planted Varg's Tavern down in Sunlit Tides so I decided to pretty much gut it and turn it into a nice place my sims and their friends could go for drinks and snacks and dancing. I didn't want it too beachy, but, I wanted it a bit nicer than Varg's was. After I got the drink area done the bartenders showed up. Ok....pretty sad when the game pulls ya away from your wedding to become a bartender! Or, perhaps she is a runaway bride? There is a story there I do believe! I felt like they all needed a little bit of help so I took them into CAS and did a quick makeover on them to get the zero sliders off and give them a bit more personality as their traits were not very good for bartenders either. With my luck the game will send three new bartenders after all my hard work! :lol:
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    She didn't need too much, a bit of makeup, smaller eyes as they all had huge eyes, sliders juggled a tad, new hair and of course a new career outfit. They all kept EA skin. I didn't change that.
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    Hold onto your hats ladies as this one turned into a good looking fella! I fixed his eyes, new hair, new facial hair :love: , and just tugged his sliders off zero a bit here and there and wowsers. I do need to figure out his name. If you look carefully out the windows you can see Dwight outside playing with his tablet. I had sent him over to the venue to test the routing. Dwight was not allowed to test the drinks though!
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    This fella had such pretty blond hair I was going for surfer dude, but he ended up being a bit muscular :heart: so perhaps he is into martial arts on the side. I did a bit of sculpting on his face as he was so puffy before and had huge eyes! I like his hair pulled back like that. I do need to break down and get that close up picture mod so I can get better pics of my pretty sims.
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    This is Papaya Cruz. Mailman extraordinaire in Sunlit Tides. @emorrill and @Mikezumi shared their makeovers of him, so I thought I'd give it a try. This is his normal look. Don't ya just love those fuzzy worm eyebrows!?
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    I like it when I give a makeover that the sim is still recognizable as them. I dislike intensely that painted on beard so I tried to match it with a more natural look. Sorry if you were attached to those wormy eyebrows as they had to go too. I love the new hair on him and the only other thing I did was give him longer lashes. Oh....I did give him some lovely hair on his bod too! :love:
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  • MikezumiMikezumi Posts: 49,697 Member
    @bekkasan Great job on the makeovers! Really like the muscular blonde chap :)
    Papaya is a cutie! It's been a while since I looked at my makeover of him but it's probably time for a new one in keeping with my new style. He's probably too boyish for me to play myself but would make a wonderful town filler!
  • bekkasanbekkasan Posts: 10,171 Member
    @mikezumi Thanks so much for the comments. :) I did save Papaya to the bin as I thought I might use him someday. I didn't age him up to see how well or not he would age. :open_mouth: I shoulda' done that! :grimace:
  • MikezumiMikezumi Posts: 49,697 Member
    @bekkasan I mostly agree about the painted on beard but I do have one sim that I cannot play without it. Eddie, who I made with my son when I first got Late Night, wears that beard and he would not be Eddie without it.
  • bekkasanbekkasan Posts: 10,171 Member

    @Mikezumi Sims made with our kids or family are very special indeed!
  • bekkasanbekkasan Posts: 10,171 Member

    Checking up on my other sims families.

    I have not played my Bridgeport save (Alexandra and Jared) since 12/31/18. I just peeked in on them and I was actually with the Moonlight Falls side of the family. I had to go read my last update to remember what I was doing. Taryn had just shocked Anton by telling him she didn't want to be his girlfriend and locked herself in the bedroom. Anton was upset as he was sure he had not misread her feelings. My plans at the time were to keep y'all in suspense and travel back to Bridgeport to play Alexandra and Jared for a bit.
    Guess what....I started playing my Cowboy and Mermaid save later that day so never traveled back to Bridgeport! I got totally caught up in Dwight and Lorelei's lives. :smiley:

    Sometimes (all the time, :blush: ) my game is slow to load textures. Once in awhile I am in the perfect place at the perfect time and it is fun to see the results of that slow loading! :lol: Ignore the feet, look at where Dimitri's hand is on Kiara! :love:
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    So, I traveled back to Bridgeport and it was the middle of the night there and little Miss Priss Amy was wide awake in the big crib her brother and sister used to share. I know I'm partial, but isn't she a cutie!
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    Jared was awake and came in and took her out of the crib for some special Daddy/daughter time.
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    I did a reset of Moonlight Falls before traveling back and did a reset of Bridgeport after taking those pics. Usually my sims are scattered, some in the yard, some in the house after I do a town reset. This time they were all in the entryway. For those that don't know this family starting from the right is Derek and Jared Padelecki (yes, @Mikezumi's Jared that she shared with me cause she knows I totally adore and <3 the real one) next to him. They are brothers. Alexandra, behind Jared, is my simself (obviously my much younger simself!) and married to Jared. The redhead is Kendall, Derek's wife. The two kids are Jared and Alexandra's, they are twins, Jamie and Jade, Amy you met above and the baby is Avery who is Kendal and Derek's son. Gosh....I remembered them all without looking them up!
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    I had to share this look. Jade did not appreciate being awakened and reset at 4:30am!
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  • bekkasanbekkasan Posts: 10,171 Member

    Have you ever wondered what was inside those little fairy houses? Well, I have, so I took a peek inside.
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    Let me introduce you to.....um....no, let me see if @CravenLestat can tell us her name. :smiley: I made just a few teensy little changes to one of his gals. Y'all reckon he can identify her?
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    She has an absolutely beautiful smile. I fell in love with her as I was checking her out in CAS and am excited about her joining one of my saves. She is destined (I hope) to fall in love with another very special fairy sim in one of my saves.
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    She got a bit tuckered out after all the exercise and dancing and decided to take a nap.
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    The inside of the fairy house is very compact and cozy and this little area is the facilities and kitchen area.
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    The photo shoot would not be complete without the obligatory swimsuit shot!
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  • CravenLestatCravenLestat Posts: 13,735 Member
    You called :smirk:


    Sorry @bekkasan but even in my sleep can hear the delicate sound of a floral printed sarong being picked up out the closet.
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  • bekkasanbekkasan Posts: 10,171 Member
    @CravenLestat LOL.....so, who is she? :grin:
  • CravenLestatCravenLestat Posts: 13,735 Member
    edited June 2019
    To be honest you are throwing me off saying you changed stuff cause could easily be Betty Simovitch she has Patty Younan's features but chest too small.

    But gonna say

    Betty


    You are honestly stumping me,the "I changed" kills me will admit defeat then this round. :# So much Patty in her face
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  • bekkasanbekkasan Posts: 10,171 Member
    @CravenLestat She's one of yours! Wisteria Meadows. I put a different hair on her, skin and bottom lashes and that was it. She's a beauty. I totally love her smile. I'm gonna write those numbers down and cheat the rest of my gals! :grin:
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    I love making lips :p
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  • bekkasanbekkasan Posts: 10,171 Member

    I didn't get a lot of playtime during the week because of work so I made some fairy's in CAS in the evenings. The world I'm using as the Fairy Realm is uninhabited but I wanted a few fairy sims families when needed for the story. Since time was limited I used some sims I had in my bin already and just converted them. I used some of the houses I had in the bin as well.

    This is the group of ministers for the realm. They will be involved briefly in the story, and then will give them families and each a home.
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    This is Sam Beckett and he is obviously thinking about his wife, Emily who is on her way home. Some of you may recognize these two sims. For those who do not recognize them. Sam was created by @emorrill and she has a story here featuring Sam. Emily is @emorrill's simself. She graciously allowed me to use them in my Sanctuary story and I've hijacked them to be a part of this world. They are both fairy's but their wings are not showing up very well in the pictures.
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    This is one of @CravenLestat's sims, Gretchen Darkmore, otherwise known as the hermit. One of the odd females he created. I left her as an elder for this world. He created her as a witch and I added the fairy occult so she is a hybrid.
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    The male is Ty Conley created by @Silverofdreams30. Isn't he gorgeous! :love: She makes the most handsome men. Adam and Dedric are also created by her. :heart::heart: His wife is Danielle. I created her for a challenge and I added them as a couple in my Sanctuary save. She's preggers already in this story. lol, I'm guessing she told him and he found some flowers for her.
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    This is the Hawk family. I created Brian Hawk for my Bridgeport simself save and Melee was created as his girlfriend. They were housemates of Jared and Alexandra's. I moved them to Starlight Shores as the story progressed and rarely played them. I thought they deserved a chance as sims again so here they are in fairy form. They have 4 kids so far. She has the 5 kids lifetime wish. I figured the town needed kids. lol The teens are Greg and Marcia, the twin boys are Peter and Bobby. Does anyone recognize those names? Melee will need to have another set of twins, boy/girl set to finish up those names. I should turn all the tv and radio's in their house to the kids' channel. :lol:
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    The last ones I've added are Jorge Galactosa and Judy Miller. I created Judy for a challenge and Jorge was created by @Emily4331 as her mate. They have a son Julian who will be a toddler any day.
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    This is Charlotte Grace. I had already added her to the save when I started the world but, I don't recall if I shared a picture. She will eventually play a role in the Pixie Garden story. She's a teacher at the school.
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  • bekkasanbekkasan Posts: 10,171 Member

    @Silverofdreams30 made some sims with no cc and posted them a week or so ago. I downloaded them and added them to the Fairy Realm. I played with them in CAS after work this week. I added some cc skins, changed their ears, gave them wings and a few got new hairdos. They also got new clothes. I've put them in a house together as their story is they are friends that grew up together. When they moved out of their family's homes they moved in together. I added one more sim to the group so it is three guys and two girls. You will see more of the group in a future update. Will see if they develop romantic relationships with each other or remain friends.

    This is Alexis Carlton. Her favorite color is red, can you tell?
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    Glen Taylor, his favorite color is red as well.
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    Melanie Simpson, her favorite color is spiceberry. It doesn't show up very well on that dress in that light. The second picture shows it better. Melanie and Glen got hearts while I was taking pictures of them. She has an oriental look so I used one of my skins that is more oriental and accentuates her look.
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    Vince Silverman, his favorite color is black. I changed him to a redhead and gave him cute freckles. He had brown hair before like Glen, but I wanted them each to be different. I love them all but I totally fell in love with Vince. He is just so cute!
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    This Dean James. I took one of my binned sims and fiddled with him a little bit to create him.
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  • meerkattimemeerkattime Posts: 261 Member
    @bekkasan Lovely new fairies. They are all cute, but Vince and Glen are my favourites :) . Alexis has got a cute polka dot top. I hope there will be some romantic relationships because romantic relationships can lead to having cute fairy toddlers :p .
  • bekkasanbekkasan Posts: 10,171 Member

    @meerkattime Thanks so much for the comments. I'm hoping so too. I kinda want to see what happens on its own. I will intercede if nothing happens by adding new sims for them to try for. :grin: I think Glen and Melanie have made a start getting hearts but that doesn't always mean romance will happen. I love your avatar!
  • AlexaKryAlexaKry Posts: 2,706 Member
    @bekkasan : the ministers have changed to the modern times! :D
    I like their new look. Especially Dean looks sweet. I like their ears much, too.
    I hope for a little drama now! Is there any of them who has the evil trait?
    Are you stuck a bit in your Ballan-story?
  • AlexaKryAlexaKry Posts: 2,706 Member
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