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GalacticGal
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I shall have to capture pictures of my latest remodeling. Mind you, the house started out as a replica of a house built in the 1800s by a man who was an officer in the Civil War. My grand uncle and aunt bought the property and eventually turned the second floor into two apartments and the third floor into a Bachelor pad (all one room) apartment. They themselves lived in the main floor. I fell in love with the place and have sought to replicate it as best I can. Problem is, you can't put a door on an angle. This means you can't connect the kitchen to the first landing of the staircase that leads to the second floor. Maid's Entrance. Oi. Even with platforms, you can't connect stairs on that blasted angle. So, instead, I put an angled wall in the kitchen where the door would have been.
This is the house:
Here is the grand staircase off of the front entry L-shaped hall. You can see the arch that leads into the kitchen.
Here is the kitchen showing the angled wall where the door should be to that landing.
Other changes:
More platforms!
I elevated other parts of the house, too. Somebody stop me! LOL
I then elevated another part of that room, but no pictures, as yet. Not entirely happy, I had to go downstairs and elevate the end of the formal livingroom. Again, no pictures, as of yet. I have become my father. He was always tinkering with our house! Why aren't the spoilers working? They don't seem to work under the preview, as they used to. Was glad to see they work after you post the comment. Phew!
This is the house:
Here is the grand staircase off of the front entry L-shaped hall. You can see the arch that leads into the kitchen.
Here is the kitchen showing the angled wall where the door should be to that landing.
Other changes:
I've gone platform happy, I fear. Like my late father I keep changing things!
This is the second remodel of the Master Bath:
This is my Global Superstar's wife, showing off the jet-tub.
This is the second remodel of the Master Bath:
This is my Global Superstar's wife, showing off the jet-tub.
More platforms!
The boys' room after the eldest son aged up. He needed a bit more of his 'own' space without leaving his little brother behind.
This was awkward, so I eventually went in and removed that second staircase (in the foreground).
This was awkward, so I eventually went in and removed that second staircase (in the foreground).
I elevated other parts of the house, too. Somebody stop me! LOL
This is part of Erik's Music Room. First change:
Became this:
I recently put the platform edge on it, but don't yet have a picture of it.
Became this:
I recently put the platform edge on it, but don't yet have a picture of it.
I then elevated another part of that room, but no pictures, as yet. Not entirely happy, I had to go downstairs and elevate the end of the formal livingroom. Again, no pictures, as of yet. I have become my father. He was always tinkering with our house! Why aren't the spoilers working? They don't seem to work under the preview, as they used to. Was glad to see they work after you post the comment. Phew!
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It is a very nice home
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
Thank you. I cannot take credit for the roof, at all. Another simmer private messaged me after I shared my Legacy Home, to ask permission to fix my very tortured roof. I immediately jumped on it. She did a fantastic job, too. As for the landscaping, I have been studying other players' work and went from there.
So glad you liked the Master Bath, that was the second try, after receiving some helpful hints from others. I'm still very much learning. The way I learned about cake decorating, years ago, after a class I took, was to try to recreate cakes from the Wilton Cakes magazines. After I learned a smattering of trims, etc. I suddenly got inspiration to make my very own creations. I have now applied that to the building process. See, I'm 65 and not too old to learn. LOL
ETA: I have been in that now torn down house many times over the years. I stayed with my grand aunt after I graduated high school when my grand uncle passed away. I was able to be there for three weeks, if memory serves. Aunt Marie took me around the house, and since she had no tenants at that time, took me also to see the second and third floors explaining what they looked like prior to creating apartments. My eldest son, who is now coming up 41 took his very first steps in the formal livingroom! That, I believe is that very last time I visited my aunt. She passed away about seven years later. Her nephew (as she and my grand uncle never had children of their own) inherited the place and he sold it to a developer. I hate Los Angeles. That's where it used to be. Happily, I had created a graph paper blueprint of the place while in high school.
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