New house I'm building...

GizmonicInstitute · March 2011

Hey everyone! I posted not too long ago looking for 80's CC for my themed neighborhood (which I still need, btw). I thought I'd show off the new house I'm building in my 80's hood. Obviously, it's a little dated and not so stylish for now, but it fits great in my neighborhood. What do you think, sirs? Feel free to show off what you're building as well.

Living Room:

Kitchen and Dining Room:

LRM09 · March 2011

That is such a pretty house..Good job..

pr0x1ma · March 2011

I really like it. It looks like a comfy house

Chemicalwibs · March 2011

Love it, it reminds me of a 80's TV show

BoXeRbOi56 · March 2011

Lovely job. 10/10 :thumbup:

NiteLife4439 · March 2011

Aw! I like it, it's cute

GizmonicInstitute · March 2011

Thanks for all the nice comments! Thought I'd give a couple shots from outside:

brunettesimgirl · March 2011

Very nice house!

My only suggestion would be, if I were building this house, is I would change the wallpaper in the kitchen (keeping the color scheme though) to break up the kitchen from the livingroom more. But that's up to you.

Cera13 · March 2011

It's very cute! I agree with brunettesimgirl on breaking up the wallpaper, and would also recommend that you change the shutters to white. The dark blue is just too dark for me. Great job so far!

GizmonicInstitute · March 2011

Thanks for the suggestions guys! I wanted to use a different wallpaper in the kitchen, but since it's all one room, I didn't want two different wallpapers side by side without any break. Would you suggest closing off the kitchen completely with a full wall? Or maybe even a half wall, but then the top would still have two different wallpapers side by side.

Cera13 · March 2011

I don't think you should close it off completely, it makes for easier game play open. It makes it more spacious too. How about just a 1/2 wall on each of side?

GizmonicInstitute · March 2011

Ok, I added a half wall. I'm trying to decide on 3 different wallpapers for the kitchen. Do you guys like any of these or should I pick something else?

brunettesimgirl · March 2011

Out of those three I would use the last one, but with a 1/2 wallpaper with the print on the top and wood on the bottom. Make the wood the same color as the counters so it blends in with the counters.

Also I like how you separated the kitchen with the half wall next to the fridge.

svlyn · March 2011

That is great suggestion about the wallpaper in the kitchen. You could try using the same colours tones and then perhaps use a stripped wallpaper with white and blue strips or something. Keep the same colours though. In the 80s flower wallpaper was not that popular. More blues greys whites..wood trim..Yep i am old enough to remember it. Brass was big too.

Cera13 · March 2011

How about making the 1/2 walls a slatted wood pattern, then doing the kitchen walls the same as previously, but opposite colors?

brunettesimgirl · March 2011

I grew up in the 80's too!

I remember my two aunts (it seemed like they both had the same idea) had this ugly wallpaper, one had a wallpaper that was a very light brown with white background. The images were the brown color and they were ships, and the big ship wheels, the other one had the blue and white oriental theme that you see in china-ware a lot. I like the blue and white china-ware, but as a wallpaper? Blech!!!! LMAO

I like the white and blue stripes suggestion. I tried google imaging 80's kitchen wallpaper and came up with either very colorful tiles, or plain white walls. There was a few that had the flowers in it, but I think that was more of the dinningroom than the kitchen. We had the plain white walls in our kitchen. Thank goodness my mom did have the same wallpaper fetish my aunts did. LMAO

svlyn · March 2011

brunettesimgirl wrote:

I grew up in the 80's too! I remember my two aunts (it seemed like they both had the same idea) had this ugly wallpaper, one had a wallpaper that was a very light brown with white background. The images were the brown color and they were ships, and the big ship wheels, the other one had the blue and white oriental theme that you see in china-ware a lot. I like the blue and white china-ware, but as a wallpaper? Blech!!!! LMAO

I like the white and blue stripes suggestion. I tried google imaging 80's kitchen wallpaper and came up with either very colorful tiles, or plain white walls. There was a few that had the flowers in it, but I think that was more of the dinningroom than the kitchen. We had the plain white walls in our kitchen. Thank goodness my mom did have the same wallpaper fetish my aunts did. LMAO

My house was all white. Even the fridge and stove. We had blue bathroom fixtures. Everything was put away. All in all very clean look but cold. I think your house a lot better then my real one in the 80s.

GizmonicInstitute · March 2011

My childhood home was a 70s ranch with paneling, but it was redecorated in the mid-80s. We had a lot of pink and blue in the kitchen and living room, so I guess that's why I chose this color scheme. Our kitchen had a border in the middle of the wall with little houses on it. The top of the wallpaper had a white background with little pink and blue flowers all over it. I can't remember what the bottom was though, might have been the same as the top. I don't know if the pink and blue stuff was regional to where I lived or what, but there seemed to be a lot of it. I kind of like the idea of using the same wallpaper as the living room, but switching the colors. I might try that.

Mykalaply · March 2011

awesome

brunettesimgirl · March 2011

svlyn wrote:

My house was all white. Even the fridge and stove. We had blue bathroom fixtures. Everything was put away. All in all very clean look but cold. I think your house a lot better then my real one in the 80s.

That's the way my bedroom was...all white. Walls, bedframe, comforter, dust ruffle...as I grew up it drove me nuts! LoL

Cera13 · March 2011

Did you decide on one a pattern?

The house is wonderfully 80's

Tracykatlady · March 2011

This looks great, just like a real 80's house!

When your done you can bet I'll be downloading and recommending!

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