Favorite room in the house to design or decorate? «12345...Next Go

QueenofMyshuno

What is it about this room that makes it fun for you to design?
Do you have any inside tips for doing this type of room?
If you answered "bedroom," is there a certain age group you most like setting up bedrooms for?
Screenshots welcome.

LaBlue0314

Other

Actually all the above would be my answer.

QueenofMyshuno

Kitchen/Dining

LaBlue0314 wrote: »

Actually all the above would be my answer.

Haha, good answer!

QueenofMyshuno

Kitchen/Dining

I like doing kitchens; I'm not sure why. Maybe it's because I like all the kitchen clutter.

Tip: if you have a room with a different design on the lower and upper parts of the wall, like with wainscoting, put a shelf right where the 2 parts meet so that it looks like a natural ledge.

The Vicar's cottage.

phantasmkiss

Bedroom

This is a hard choice, but I went with bedroom. Living rooms are what you present to the world, but bedrooms are very personal and decorating them can kind of tell a story. Is the Sim neat, cluttered, or downright messy? Do their colors say vibrant and active, or quiet and introverted? What keepsakes are worth putting out instead of tucking in a drawer? Even a small, simple room can say a lot with a combination of posters over the bed.

MDianaSims

Kitchen/Dining

I chose kitchens, probably also because of all the cute clutter you can use for it. And I love making constructions with the differently shaped counters/islands and wall cabinets. Which is also the tip I'd like to give, switch auto-counters to off, so much more versatility.
I also really like making kids/teens bedrooms, if you have the right packs, you can really make those rooms fit the sim's personality.

This is the most recent kitchen I furnished, it's in a large family cabin in Granite Falls:

So_Money

Other

Not technically “in” the house, but it’s patios and decks for me. Or just backyards in general.

QueenofMyshuno

Kitchen/Dining

@MDianaSanders Your kitchen looks amazing! All of those cabins in Granite Falls really need a makeover.

GrumpyGlowfish

Office/Desk Area

I voted Office/Desk Area, but would like to extend that to working areas in general. Be it a library with desks and computers, an artist's studio, a music or archaeology room - to me, this is the kind of room that gives me the most freedom and the least annoyances. Second would be bathrooms and laundry rooms (which I often put together), they're quick and easy to do.

Everything else I hate because of how hard it is to find matching stuff, and not being able to colour different parts of single objects separately severely cuts down the options, especially bed frames and sheets rarely come in the combination I need. If not for that, I would love decorating bedrooms as well because of the aforementioned personalities you can express through them.

taydev

Kitchen/Dining

Living rooms because it’s a room to both show off to, and welcome visitors, and is a room that gets lots of traffic and good use. Kitchens for basically the same reason, and I’ve always considered it to be the heart of the home more so than living rooms. And bedrooms because they display the sims individual personalities, so that’s loads of fun. So it’s a tough call between living rooms, kitchens, and bedrooms, except with bedrooms, I don’t enjoy decorating toddler/kids rooms for some reason.

And like the above comment, I like working/misc rooms because of the creative freedom.

Can’t stand bathrooms, hallways, and landscaping.

Lizzychicago

Other

QueenofMyshuno wrote: »

What is it about this room that makes it fun for you to design?
Do you have any inside tips for doing this type of room?
If you answered "bedroom," is there a certain age group you most like setting up bedrooms for?
Screenshots welcome.

I chose 'other' because on different days I enjoy different rooms. I also really love landscaping.

SimmyFroggy

Other

I couldn't pick one, so:
like: kitchens, bedrooms, office/workspaces, gardens
don't like: bathrooms, living rooms

If I really had to pick one out of the ones I like, it'd probably be kitchens, unless I'm on a "ooh, greenhouses" kick lol

Flexono1

Other

For me, it's entrance/great halls/staircases...I have a thing for creating huge over the top hallways xd

SheriSim57

Other

To be honest I enjoy doing community lots best. Sometimes ( for my own game) I will take a lot someone else has made and design it for my own. Other times I will make a whole lot myself. I enjoy doing something a little different.

HoneyPieSugerPlum

Bedroom

Bedrooms, so much personality is shown in one's bedroom. I prefer building a master bedroom and teens. Childs room I'm in a love-hate relationship with and toddler rooms irritate me but may because I find the toddlers annoying.
I enjoy making a painters room as well.

GrumpyGlowfish

Office/Desk Area

Flexono1 wrote: »

Croft Manor! I thought the one I made with TS2 years ago was quite alright, but yours is awesome, and so detailed!

ChuChuExpress

Other

When I'm renovating a house, I tend to take note of the space limitations. I don't have a favourite room that I like to renovate or design, as I equally enjoy designing each room.

EnkiSchmidt

Other

I enjoy the kid(s)'s room(s) the most. While all the other rooms reflect the personality of their inhabitants, with children's rooms there can be so many different approaches: Was the child allowed to design everything? Or is it a mix of the adults' and the children's preferences? Especially with younger children their room probably starts out as their parents would like them to look, but gradually changes over time (easier on long lifespan or with aging off, I suppose). Is the room for a single child or do two or more kids have to find a compromise?

SikoahGrace

Kitchen/Dining

Love doing kitchens because in my personal home it is the central hub of activity. It's like that in my Sims homes too.

CK213

Living Room/Den

I should have voted other.
I do like my living spaces, but my homes tend to be open plan with the Living, dinning, and kitchen areas all open to each other, so I consider all three in the design.

SpecialKH

Living Room/Den

I love building but I enjoy different rooms for different reasons. I love doing dens/living rooms because I like creating different types of built-ins with bookcases, fireplaces and TVs, I love kitchens, laundry and baths for the clutter - for all of the little touches. And I love outdoor spaces with lush gardens, ponds, fountains, paths and waterfalls

auroraael14

Other

It really depends on the house I'm building and the layout. Sometimes I decorate a house all in one day and other times it takes a few days to decorate a house because I just can decide on a layout. I love decorating in real life and really enjoy it in the sims because I don't have to spend my own money!

Simmingal

Other

idk it depends what I am in mood for or have idea for
I make lots of small builds so there isn't really much separation what is what room

Not kitchens or bathrooms though I always just fit them in smallest corners like whatever
always be max 9 square

maybe bedrooms? for teens and ya? or like theme rooms like ''music room'' or ''painting room'' or ''party room''?

as what comes to tips my only tip would really just be making everything as small as possible
it makes playing easier and I have to use less clutter to make it feel homely
+ not being too realistic I guess is what makes it fun for me

some recent rooms:

(trying to come up with some sort of collection room lately
this is second try to make every collectible fit in but did not succeed)

mika

Bedroom

Bedrooms because I make them represent the personality and characteristics of the Sim(s) that sleep in there

xstxrrysequence

Kitchen/Dining

I always go all out on kitchens.

JosieAnglin

Kitchen/Dining

That was a hard question though!