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Which design aspect are you better or more comfortable with?
catmando830
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When building (came up with this poll idea from a post in my last poll), which aspect are you better with building/decorating?
Which design aspect are you better or more comfortable with? 173 votes
Exterior
14%
25 votes
Interior
78%
136 votes
Landscaping
6%
12 votes
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I love observing and learning about architecture, but I'm no good at designing or building in The Sims. In terms of interior design, I know what I like, but it's harder for me to take it from my brain to the room. The same is true in-game. I enjoy designing and creating outdoor spaces, and I like these activities in the game, too. While it's fun to watch trees grow and help gardens emerge, it's also fun to put mature trees and established gardens on a lot and enjoy them immediately.
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but due to that interior is almost always more struggle and headache cause i have to fit it all in build i just made
sure as heck it aint the landscaping tho because thats just pure chaos to figure out unless i have some clues around neighborhood what to place there but even then never as good as it could be if i knew how to landscape
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I love an amazing house with curb appeal and beautiful landscaping, in RL and Sims, but I'm not the person who can create that.
So when I go searching for a house to D/L the outside MUST be pleasing to the eye with landscaping and decor in order for me to actually consider D/L'ing it cause landscaping is just not something I enjoy at all.
But, I'm pretty simple too and I don't like anything too too toooooo over-the-top either. I just prefer your normal, typically well-kept suburban house that's nicely landscaped.
- Exterior (only if I have a shell to work with)
- Landscaping
Landscaping can be fun. I've learned things just fall into place naturally if you look at the landscaping outside of the lot. Fill in the obvious empty areas. Frame the house with plants. If all else fails you can make a garden bed and slap down a bush or two.
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I also love landscaping. I used to hate it but now I find it relaxing. Especially painting terrain. You could have a really basic house but with good landscaping, it could change the whole house. I agree with @SimplyJen, taking elements from the surrounding area really helps make the lot look like it belongs.
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yeah i mean landscaping is fun but everytime i make something i cant help but notice that the grass is greener on the other builders lawns
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I feel like I'm solid on exteriors. I can build in many different styles (I tend to try and match or compliment the architecture style of the world I'm building in). I know how to use all the build tools, I can do some of the more advanced stuff, and if there is something I want to do that I can't figure out on my own, one time watching a build tutorial on how to do it is generally sufficient for me to learn it. I typically have no trouble with roofs. I think the roofing tool in Sims 4 is way easier to use and more versatile than in Sims 3. But I also don't tend to put as much work into creating really unique exteriors as I do into creating the interiors.
Landscaping.... I struggle to do much beyond clumps of plants and some pathways. I hate using the landscape sculpting tool in sims 4, I just can't get the hang of it, and I usually end up flattening the whole lot in frustration and just adding a small pond, or nothing.
I think this is how it is for me too. The interior is where most of the story and personality are. So it's way easier and more fun for me to just intuitively work on it, because I know my sims.