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how many bookshelves do you have?
aaronrulz
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I have so many darn bookshelves all over my Sim house. There is one in every bedroom and all over the house. In the living room, in the study, in the hallyway!! Everywhere!! lol. I mean, I put them there for decoration purposes and to fill up a bedroom with "stuff", but my Sims are reading all over the place when at times i wish they were doing other things with their free will. So I have to ask, is your Sim house full of bookshelves? how many?
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There are other decorations you can put in a house besides bookshelves.... Also, sending your sims to the library to read works wonders.
I usually have only one or two bookcases in the living room or in a study.
If you want decor for your own visual enjoyment, there are lots of small items in the miscellaneous decor section that can make your sims' house more homey looking. I like to put a row of counters along one wall of the bathroom, if it's large enough then put the pepperpot sink in one, and place the hair dryer, styling tools, and maybe a vase of flowers or a mood light candle on the other counters. There's also a linen cabinet and a towel stand for the bathroom.
There are lots of items for other rooms in the house too. I like to put my favorite table lamps on my favorite end tables on either side of a double bed, then put the oil lamp on the dresser, and maybe that little fern cage, or the vase of dogwood blossoms that came with a recent SP purchase. There's a pile of magazines for a living room coffee table, stacks of books for a student's room, a messy stack and a neat one, and there's a very nice china cabinet for the dining room, though I think that was also from a SP, so you may not find it. I like to add lots of flowers and greenery around the outside of the house too.
I don't have my sims on high free will, so I don't have the issue with them reading all the time and leaving books all over. But I still don't have a lot of bookcases in the house. If my family has a big enough house, I might put a bookcase and desk in each of the children's rooms, otherwise, there's usually only one or two in the whole house.
Irene thanks for the advice!!
I usually only have ONE bookshelf in the study because they all read from their MultiTab6000's. Love that thing!
I get where youre coming from though. If youre not opposed to custom content, there are shelves at mod the sims that you can use to put all sorts of stuff on.
If I need extra decor, I like to use those long end tables that came with Supernatural. They look really nice with a bust or a plant on them.
When I do use a bookshelf I remove all the books that aren't a skill or a recipe. All the other books go into family inventory. I figure if those little suckers are going to whip out a book at the drop of a hat they should be learning something.
If your ok with custom content, then maybe you should go shopping at thesimsresource(downloads are free). They have a ton of shelves, decorations, "clutter" items to fill the house besides other things. It's like the WalMart for the sims world lol. I love that place.