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Any building advices for me ?
Dianesims
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Ok so, here's the thing. My main household has a house that's quite ugly. It's basically a cube. And a garage next to it. So I decided I was going to build them a new one. And that's how came up with this....well it looks weird doesn't it ? It's supposed to be suburban family home. On top of that I'm furnishing it with the rooms that are already in my sims house, but it's hard to fit them (right now the kitchen and living area are just a sketch). There is gonna be a bathroom, a laundry room and a study downstairs, and upstairs I need to add the parents walk in closet and a guest bedroom. Any ideas ? It's for a 40x30 lot. It's also supposed to have a swimming pool with an outdoor dining area.
It's not finished, the garage ideally would need split-leveling or to be a separate unit, the porch isn't done yet.
I'm from France but I love american houses, with their fancy shapes
I'm thinking I'm gonna have to start all over again.
It's not finished, the garage ideally would need split-leveling or to be a separate unit, the porch isn't done yet.
I'm from France but I love american houses, with their fancy shapes
I'm thinking I'm gonna have to start all over again.
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but also my own buildings always end up too small for the lot in question so idk
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And yes it a little too big (that kitchen is waaaaay to big!!), even though I placed the yelow tape to have the terrain size and make sure it fits the 40x30 lot it was for.
This is exactly what I do. I exclusively post houses on ModTheSIms all the time, and when I am building a garage I do so with windows and siding because it looks better (in my opinion) than the fake decal door. I also make the front part of the garage stick out a tile or two more in the front just to add dimension to the house. I also sometimes size up blinds and use them as a fake garage door, too. That way you can actually cover up the foundation it's built on and simulate the look of a garage door (Check out my "Colby Legacy home" on my modthesims page, link under this comment, for an example of how this looks).
The shape of the house is great, actually! The floor plan could use a little work, but it really isn't bad! I'd recommend looking at floor plans of houses online to get some inspiration. I would change the foundation from the lattice porch style to something more solid, though. Overall it's a great start! Keep practicing!
Note: will only work on ground floor
Other way is placing the "garage door" before placing the wall. Just make the foundation right behind it a plain one that doesnt stick out
The shape of the house looks great to me - far from the cube you started with! I miss some windows in the back side, but well, work in progress!
I agree that the kitchen looks quite big -not used to so much counter space! Have you considered maybe removing this wall and placing it a bit to the right?:
Would help make the kitchen look smaller
A good way for you to learn and get ideas, is to download houses you like from the Gallery and take a look what other players have done. Or search American style houses/floor plans from the internet to somewhat copy their look.