Congrats to Chuckles and Decima! The builds were both incredible! There were so many amazing entries this time around - I wonder if this was one of the most entered contests yet. I'm a bit late to the party, but any comments on my build are always appreciated.
Chuckles_82: I adored your build the minute I saw it. It followed so many eco-friendly principles, and I loved the creative use of items to make something new (like using a light to act as a rod for the bike!). Also I'm a huge fan of small lots, and building the house on a small lot made a lot of sense for this contest.
Gogowars329: Your house is one of the builds that makes me go "Wow!" followed closely by "How?"
There's some great building ideas and techniques you've put to amazing use. It's such a well built, well designed, well arranged, and well decorated home. Amazing stuff!
Snufflesxx: Trees in the house is such a clever idea! I also liked your creative use of patterns around the house. You showed me patterns I didn't know were in the game! Like Saltpastillen, I'm curious if the main floor counts as closed/finished. Since installing Seasons I've found out it makes a big difference if a room isn't "roofed" - one of my test builds resulted in my sims soaked and carrying umbrellas around the kitchen whenever it rained outside!
Neishaleigh: Your build had such great shapes to it, and I love the clever way you created a mid-room kitchen/counter space. I also adore the headboard in the master bedroom. I'm still trying to figure out where to find those bubble columns! The house is such a modern take on eco-chic.
Decima: You came up with such a creative build! I'm impressed with the techniques you used and how well you spaced and landscaped the full lot. It's obvious a lot of work went into it (and I'm going to guess it was also a lot of fun, judging by the final product).
NearlyWitches: Your house was so charming to tour in game, there's a lot of great decor in it! I really liked the creative shapes in the garden - it's very inspirational. My only complaint is the master bedroom wasn't large enough to use the double bed for two sims. How often I wish they were smart enough to shuffle over a space on the bed!
Jaaaaks: I downloaded your build to see it in game, and the photos just didn't do it justice! It was a sweet little bungalow with a lot of great touches. I particularly liked the arrangment and styling of the office. This
thread has great tips on how to take screenshots, and helped me a lot.
Lilygirl: Great use of the lot! The use of elevation and placement of the outdoor rooms works really well. It's a very unique and detailed build. I esecially liked the clever touch of the earth floors (green) and sky ceilings (blue). The only suggestion I might make is to colour the inside of the arches to match the inner wall colours, since the dark wood stood out from the pale bricks to my eye.
Saltpastillen: I sometimes buy magazines aimed at "people who live in the city but wished they lived in the country," for lack of a better description. Inside there is always The Old Farmhouse, usually updated to be environmentally friendly, but with all of the vintage charm intact. When I saw your build it was like you'd chosen one of the houses from that magazine and transported it into the Sims! Since I'm the type who buys those magazines and drools over those houses, your build has great appeal to me.
I'm sure it will find its way into most of the neighbourhoods I play from now on! Great work!
Ladybug: I love the shape of your house, and the great recolours of the furniture/patterns. The house looked like a modern home converted to be more eco-friendly, which I think is what you were aiming for. It looks very liveable. The only suggestion I could make is to maybe vary the yard a bit more, perhaps break up the garden to create mini-gardens or play with the elevations a little to add variety. Really great build!
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