The Homes in Literature Build Challenge
Welcome to The Homes in Literature Build Challenge! Each Month, a new home from Classic, or even sometimes newer Literature will be featured, for you to recreate, based upon known drawings, descriptions and Blueprints/Floor Plans, where applicable. You will be supplied with links to information, to be able to recreate these homes, to the best of your ability. The links provided will merely be a starting point to launch your creative process and you may, of course, find your own resources along the way.
Some of these homes are and will be based upon real locations. Some will have been recreated in life by enthusiasts. Some will simply have artistic renderings to go on. For those homes, based on true historical structures and for those based upon Artistic renderings, you will be free to recreate the home of the artists style or a specific point in time of your choosing.
RULES
1- No custom content.
2- Only one Entry, per person, per challenge.
3- Give credit where credit is due (Items made by fellow simmers from the gallery)
4- Cheats are allowed (bb.moveobjects , bb.showhiddenobjects , bb.showliveeditobjects, bb.ignoregameplayunlocksentitlement)
5- Please do not share more than 2 pictures with your post.
6 - Please include top down views of your Homes and Rooms, in your slideshow.
7- Please use #LiteraryBuildChallenge +(number of challenge) in your gallery uploads description
8- Most importantly, have fun and be kind to the other builders.
ENTRY FORM
ENTRY FORM (please copy and paste into your entry post)
LITERARY BUILD CHALLENGE - (Number and House Name)
FORUM ID:
ORIGIN ID:
NEW LOT LINK: (Link to where your build can be found on The Gallery)
LINK TO SLIDESHOW:
ENTRY DETAILS: (Be sure to tell us about your entry. Please inclue Links to other resources you may have found)
CREDITS: (Please Tag Art Creators whose art you used, if any)
SPACE FOR PICTURES: (Only a maximum of two please)
PAST CHALLENGES:The Homes in Literature Build Challenge #1: Orchard House from 'Little Women'
Please recreate the home of the March Family in 'Little Women', Orchard House.
You have no budget, but please keep the time period, and the family's wealth, stature and history in mind, when decorating your home.
Lot Challenges:@wendyology -
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/17342469/#Comment_17342469Room Chalenges:@coolsim9999999 -
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/17344353/#Comment_17344353The Homes in Literature Build Challenge #2: Small Wooden Swiss House - 'A Farewell to Arms'Lot Challenges:@AliSim19 - 'Mountain Lake Chalet':
https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/122D06942C1711EA84C1BA891CD6F027@mannanna - 'Alpine Cottage':
https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/51B03E152C1611EA8D43342C8609C7AD@rikaocean - 'LiteraryBuildChallenge2':
https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/D1335B502DCA11EA886D4BBF48D73738@Gwiniel - 'Alpine Chalet':
https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/7484425E2E6A11EA81F2342C8609C7AD@emere - 'The Lake Retreat':
https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/CF6A99E8349F11EA89E6E4B33953C835@wendyology - 'Lakeside Retreat':
https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/DA773118356311EA8BDDA2238314F86DSim Challenges:@Gwiniel - 'Henry':
https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/109162652E6B11EA8562342C8609C7ADThe Homes in Literature Build Challenge #3: 'On the Banks of Plum Creek' Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder
Lot Challenges:@AIRIS6962 - 'La Casa De La Pradera ' -
https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/3FEA2718406811EA807DF5DD457991B2@rikaocean - 'Plumbob Creek' -
http://https//www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/B9526C0746F611EA8FE304251609DAB9@Gwiniel - 'Little House of Ingalls' -
https://www.ea.com/fi-fi/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/F25DBD9D482C11EA8D0D3C745A4688AC@wendyology - 'Tiny House on the Prairie' -
https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/1AD569CC484811EA869A3C745A4688AC@coolsim9999999 - 'LittleHouse PrairieFarm' -
https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/B85B54CD4BE011EA89FD04251609DAB9@emere - 'The Wild West Farm' -
https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/B7122D514D1E11EA8F01F3BE3F5E93ABSim Challenges:@Gwiniel - 'Ingalls' -
https://www.ea.com/fi-fi/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/EDA67386482311EA81AB3C745A4688AC
Comments
With the advent of the new Star Wars pack, I thought we could have some fun with Sci-Fi. The genre is packed with different ideas about what life on other planets, and even the future of this planet will look like.
Choose one of those visions for your build. You can build a home in the Star Wars Universe, or any number of different settings in the thousands upon thousands of different Sci-Fi novels out there.
You can even choose some cutting edge architects, that are out there now, who are trying to reshape the world with new types of architecture, that many would consider futuristic, like Vincent Callebaut, in Paris.
Lot Challenge: Build me a home, set in another world, or a future time on planet Earth.
Room Challenge: Choose the room you are most proud of in your home, that you feel that really represents the ideals of what you feel the future will hold for mankind, or alienkind.
Sims Challenge: What does your future family look like, based upon the designs and values you have set forth in your home?
I look forward to seeing your creations!
The deadline for this challenge is Saturday, October 17th , 2020 ** [no later than 23:59:59 EDT/New York Time]
BUILD ENTRY FORM
Lot Entry: Generic Alien World or Futuristic Architectural Build
BUILD ENTRY FORM (please copy and paste into your entry post)
LITERARY BUILD CHALLENGE - (Number and House Name)
FORUM ID:
ORIGIN ID:
NEW LOT LINK: (Link to where your build can be found on The Gallery)
LINK TO SLIDESHOW:
ENTRY DETAILS: (Be sure to tell us about your entry. Please include Links to other resources you may have found)
CREDITS: (Please Tag Art Creators whose art you used, if any)
SPACE FOR PICTURES: (Only a maximum of two please)
ROOM ENTRY FORM
Room Entry: Generic Alien World or Futuristic Architectural Build
ROOM ENTRY FORM (please copy and paste into your entry post)
LITERARY BUILD CHALLENGE - (Number and House Name)
FORUM ID:
ORIGIN ID:
ROOM: (Link to where the room can be found with on The Gallery)
LINK TO ENTRY SLIDESHOW: (Please create a seperate Slideshow for the Room, from your Home Emtry)
ENTRY DETAILS: (Be sure to tell us about your entry)
CREDITS: (Please Tag Art Creators whose art you used, if any)
SPACE FOR PICTURES: (Only a maximum of two per entry, please)
SIMS ENTRY FORM
Household Entry: Generic Alien World or Futuristic Architectural Build
SIM ENTRY FORM (please copy and paste into your entry post)
LITERARY BUILD CHALLENGE - (Number and Family Name)
FORUM ID:
ORIGIN ID:
HOUSEHOLD: (Link to where the household can be found with on The Gallery)
LINK TO ENTRY SLIDESHOW: (Please create a seperate slideshow of the family, from the Home or Room Slideshows)
ENTRY DETAILS: (Be sure to tell us about your entry)
SPACE FOR PICTURES: (Only a maximum of two per entry, please)
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
What a lovely challenge! The first one is simply exquisite.
I think you can´t get a Maxis curate if the house is a recreation though.
Bookmarked.
Ah...I should have thought of that. Well, I'll submit anyways. I've seen stranger things happen. lol
Either way, we build for the joy of building. I believe you are correct, however. Even still, after many months of looking through blueprints from several different creators online, I can match the new blueprints to more than one build that was curated.
The home is based upon Alcott's actual home, which is now a museum. All of the links are safe, as they are just the house. One, I believe is of the 1994 movie set house, but it looked to me that they did an amazing job. One of two of the sites also show the home at different time periods, over the past century or so. I know there are basic floor plans in one, so a lot of the design and building will be based on that, guess work, knowing the book or further research.
I am especially looking forward to seeing what people do with Jo's little writing room, as well as the parlor.
Hopefully I can use this challenge to push Assistant Designer to read Little Women.....she’s on the 4th time through Black Beauty in 2 years but the poor Marches have just been sat gathering dust....fingers crossed 😊
I'm 50, and this was my first time. I had lunch with a friend and theater director I admire, the other day and after commenting that I had just read Little Woman, now reading Jane Eyre and then Wuthering Heights, he commented that I'm going through all of the chick classics. LOL Hey...if it's good, it's good. One cannot live on Shakespeare alone.
It's such a good book and I'm betting that once she starts it, she won't be able to put it down.
There are a few buildings I was looking at in Jane Eyre, including Gateshead and Lowood. Might be a lot to take on for most folks. I may revisit Little Women again for this, at some point, to do Meg's Dovecote. Heck, we even have the Lawrence home and the Aunt's home. (as the boys home/school) Lots of possibilites.
That's next for me, after Jane Eyre.
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
For fun, I did the family
https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/E654A1C6E95E11E98A09402B5B8C1890
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
Done playtesting and took screenshots --- I'll enter after I wake up !
BUILD ENTRY FORM
LITERARY BUILD CHALLENGE - 1 Orchard House
FORUM ID: Wendyology
ORIGIN ID: Wendyology
NEW LOT LINK: https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/6F1806D4202111EA83582495E2BB44F7
LINK TO SLIDESHOW:https://imgur.com/a/oC7xP1I
ENTRY DETAILS: I found some good reference for the exteriors, but not much for the interior so I went for a generally Victorian feel. Chimneys were intentionally left off the roof because it the gallery view with them on didn't show the house. Also, gameplay versus realism, there are probably more bathrooms than would be historically accurate (I didn't have time to look up plumbing availability in the 1860's!)
The family just moved in.
A cozy writing spot.