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Building Contest - Autumn Abode - Fall Manse
« on: November 27, 2012, 09:50:24 PM »
After many tries, I finally finished this build. This contest was very exciting, I was able to move away from square builds and the rules forced me to use colors I otherwise usually do not, and much to my surprise, I very much enjoyed the ebullience they resulted in. The richness of oranges and the warmth of various browns was unexpected. I was thinking going in, who would use these colors on the outside of their house. Anyway, without further ado, here is Fall Manse.

Lot size - 4x4
Furnished - 74,972
Base game only (won't be able to use expansions until I quit being lazy and install windows)




















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Re: Building Contest - Autumn Abode - Fall Manse
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2012, 07:41:47 PM »
Ten downloads, sweet :D I was wondering if anyone had any feedback, I would like to utilise this lot in my new world endeavour as one of the houses of a noble, so if there is anything I should change let me know :) Cheers



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Re: Building Contest - Autumn Abode - Fall Manse
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2012, 11:55:18 PM »
I thought it was an interesting build. I'm no decorator, so I don't usually comment on such matters, but I thought the use of different exterior wall finishing was a little overdone. To me it looked a bit mismatched. Other than the fact that it was a bit sparsely furnished and I would have added a shower or bath to the upper floor,  my only concerns were with a few details. My Sim could not cook any meals because none of the counters were usable for food preparation and when they had a quick meal, they had to take their rubbish through the house to the outside garbage bin. Also the only dresser can't be used because it is too close to the arch (I've tried to build walk-ins like that and found they don't work)
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Re: Building Contest - Autumn Abode - Fall Manse
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2012, 12:02:28 AM »
I thought it was an interesting build. I'm no decorator, so I don't usually comment on such matters, but I thought the use of different exterior wall finishing was a little overdone. To me it looked a bit mismatched. Other than the fact that it was a bit sparsely furnished and I would have added a shower or bath to the upper floor,  my only concerns were with a few details. My Sim could not cook any meals because none of the counters were usable for food preparation and when they had a quick meal, they had to take their rubbish through the house to the outside garbage bin. Also the only dresser can't be used because it is too close to the arch (I've tried to build walk-ins like that and found they don't work)

Excellent feedback! I never remember to think about ingame feasibility hah. I do need to finish furnishing it, I was running out of contest funds I think. Ok so trashcans in the kitchen. Items usually do not work in small closets. And bathrooms on the first floor. I am no decorator either, I actually was thinking the same thing when I finished twinmum :) But I usually use very bland colours and it never looks realistic. So this time I tried to use lots of colours and I think I overdid it. I can never figure out what sections of a house should be colours differently from each other and which sections should utilise the same colour and what texture that colour should be :( Someone should write a tutorial on it :) I know creativity cannot be taught but I feel like after the initial shell which I usually adore, I am utterly lost on everything from colouring to furnishing hah :)

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Re: Building Contest - Autumn Abode - Fall Manse
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2012, 06:33:23 AM »
The Contest hasn't been officially closed yet. Although voting is over it is not yet open for comments which extends to these threads. I'm about to finish it off anyway so in the future please don't request comments until they are allowed, your entry also should have been locked when you posted it via the "Attachments and other options".
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Re: Building Contest - Autumn Abode - Fall Manse
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2012, 03:15:58 PM »
The Contest hasn't been officially closed yet. Although voting is over it is not yet open for comments which extends to these threads. I'm about to finish it off anyway so in the future please don't request comments until they are allowed, your entry also should have been locked when you posted it via the "Attachments and other options".

Ah sorry about that I unlocked it. I thought when the voting closed so did the contest. My apologies, I will bear that in mind in future :)

 

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