Thanks again! This was such a fun contest to play with. I'll admit I was kind of nervous when I saw everyone else building orphanages, and there I was hiding darts in the walls!
Constructive criticism on the build would be much appreciated. I don't really make a lot of "finished" houses. Most of the time my sims start poor and get ultra efficient boxes to live in. The box walls slide out as they need more stuff, and then when they finally have the money for a proper home I look at all of the items I'd have to pick up first and generally decide not to bother.
Ladybug53 - I really loved the shell of your building. I'm still picking it apart, trying to figure out how you made such cool shapes! I like the tilework in your kitchen and how you placed the diagonal island. It might sound silly, but I'd never thought of doing that before. The living room also looked really nice in terms of decor and colour, very lived in and liveable. Only suggestion I might make is that the rooms/house might've been too large for the budget so they were a bit empty-ish, but then if the house was smaller the outside wouldn't have looked the same (so awesome!), so it's a catch-22. And I noticed the wear patterns you painted around the playground equipment - nice touch!
Gogowars329 - Your build felt very tailored to the survivor group, a design and decor the Altos would choose. I noticed right away the efficient layout (I'm a double-wide hall and door kinda gal myself) and I love the main floor bathroom with two entrances to prevent jams. That's a huge sticking point for me when playing (pardon the pun). I also immediately yoinked the birch pattern off the wall of the main floor nursery, it was too pretty not to save. In general the exterior, landscaping, and decor were all really nicely done with attention paid to the details. The only thing I might suggest changing would be to turn the study/gym into another bedroom, and to put the study/gym items into the second floor hall/main room instead. I felt kinda bad for the poor children, all scrunched up in one room in the orphanage, but then I remembered it was the Altos in charge and I have to admit, it really fits how they'd run things. If you did that intentionally, hats off to you!
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