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How Often Do You Redecorate Your Sim's Houses?
Brd709
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Currently in my story my sim self has lived in his current house since 1980 and we are now in 1984. The house has looked pretty much the same since he and his wife moved in. As his two remaining kids prepare to move out to university housing tomorrow I was thinking this would be a great opportunity to refresh the place a little bit.
This got me wondering, how often do you refresh your sims houses?
This got me wondering, how often do you refresh your sims houses?
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Entire renovations to rooms or even entire floors also happen pretty much every time there's a change to the household, be it a change in the age of children or the career/skill activity of an adult.
Toddler ages up to child, for example, their room gets an entire renovation in furniture and decor and any area that were set up with toddler activities gets a full renovation with child stuff in it's place. The same happens when a child ages to Teen, or when any adult makes a change in their career/skill.
I don't generally live on giant lots with massive houses, so renovations are needed when anything changes in terms of what kind of 'stuff' I need available in the house and it's just a good excuse for redoing decor along with it.
The Winters family Tree --- My Mods
All the sims err'day
But I am constantly going in and out of build mode as I play to make adjustments to the placement of things, add an additional room, add new items, or remove items, as their needs change. And I make whatever aesthetic changes I want to make as they get more money, like adding curtains, or a nicer wallpaper. So the house is just sort of slowly evolving over time rather than being completely redone periodically.
If I do want to make major changes (such as building a whole second structure on the lot, adding a lot of additional rooms, renovating the yard, or majorly changing the main function of an existing room) I often do it in stages, interspersing the build sessions with continuing to play the story even if there is enough money to do it all at once. That way it's like the new place is actually being built, the way it would be in real life, and the sims can go check out the progress as it takes shape over the course of several days or weeks. The renovation becomes part of the story that way.
"Hey, I don't have a toddler bed and now I need one"
"Hey, Grandma's room probably doesn't need to be kept the same way so long after her death"
"Hey, this couple is middle-aged and reasonably well-off, their apartment shouldn't look like the apartment of two penniless 20-somethings who think bar decor on the wall is funny"
Oh, that's a really good reason to redecorate! With the how Sims now have a preference for style of furniture, it's something I'm still getting used to myself.
The Winters family Tree --- My Mods
I think of my houses like stage sets.
My Mood:
The fate is always on your hands.
When a sim is born, ages up or their style changes.
When I add a pet to the household and need to make room for their stuff.
When there's a fire, repossession, theft or other disaster and I have to replace things anyway.
When a partner/spouse moves in and I think they are the type to redecorate to their own tastes (and assuming the original owner is the type to let them). This could end up with no changes, a blend of both sims' aesthetics or a complete spousal takeover.
When I'm not actually playing those sims, but are playing as an interior designer via another household in rotation.
I have a couple of houses of some sims that are friends and I plan giving them there own apartments…… I love renovating apartments before moving people in, especially small ones with all of those wall units and stuff from DHD. I haven’t played the career yet, but I love the wall units in the pack, and the sofa’s.
In a legacy which I rarely play I probably do the most renovating.
In my main save I’m just as likely to move a sim to a new place ( usually renovating the new place first ) as I am to do big renovations at their current place. I don’t use mansions, but I have found some builders I like to use, so if the home or apartment becomes too small I will probably move them.
I started a scenario save ( about a month ago ), can’t remember what it was called, but it was with one sim. I made a female sim for Sulani, and within a day or two of playing her she won a lottery for a million dollars ( none of my sims in the past have won that!). So I’m sure I will be renovating her place or getting her a new place in Sulani, but since she won the lottery, I may send her to college first (move someone in temporarily to her house) before sending her to college.