Sims 3 - The Official Building/Remodeling Showboat Thread

[TollingBells]

Ooh, it's very cute, Norma. I love what you did with the nugget windows on the roof, very creative. Are you going to add a road to the garage?

[Twinmum]

Yes, I have to add a driveway, plus do a lot of landscaping around. After I posted this pic, I realized you could see that there was no driveway lol. It's going to be quite a large house, the main bedroom is on this upper level, but downstairs there will be at least 3, possibly 4 bedrooms and another living area. I haven't decided quite what to do with the backyard yet, there is room for another garage on the lower side, but I might add a kids play area or pool yet. Have to wait and see how much room the builders leave.

Norma

[samoht04]

Wow it is so amazing what you can build when you are bored!  I started building about two-three hours ago and have now almost completed building and decorating the inside of the new Character Legacy Home!, It isn't as grand as the last one but I kinda like the messy family feel to it, I even made a Sun Room for them! Not that they will use it though... At the moment The kids are at school and the adults and bots are locked in the basement while renovation goes on. 

[samoht04]

The Character Legacy Home

The Vote was for a Family Home so what do you guys think on it?

The House:

First Floor:

The Second Floor:

The Garden: Sorry about the Barren Plants, Daphne who is the gardener, Had just done her weekend Culinary 48 hours marathon of work! 

Sun Room: I just had to post a picture of this Room, I thought it was So Cool!  (P.s the Gnome  )

[TollingBells]

I love how you built the house, and the outside as well, but I was wondering...The color of the flooring in most rooms are a little bland looking...Why are most of the floors gray? I see some beautifully colored walls, but a lot of gray flooring. 

[Pam]

I don't mind the bland flooring.  Bright or dark floors can take away from the rest of the room.  Sometimes it's good to just have something neutral.

@samoht:  That's a gorgeous house.  Did you just build that up from scratch?

[TollingBells]

You have a point Pam, but it's the same flooring through most of the rooms.  If you want to not take away from the walls, I usually put down natural looking wood, a much darker opposite, or a light pastel in the room wall color.

[Saltypaws]

I think all the houses on here are awesome.  I have already downloaded all of them that were put on the exchange.  I downloaded my sister's house and it is going to be so weird playing that house, knowing my sis built it.  Everyone builds so different, which makes it interesting to see who does what in their houses.  Thanks for all of the great pics.

[samoht04]

Yeah, I built it from scratch! 
It probably isn't the best way to show off a house from birds eye view but being limited to Five pictures is a bit tricky, I will be taking photos of each room for my legacy and I will post the link on here for the more Detailed.  I mainly tried to make it look clean but I will probably change the colour of carpets now you mention it.

[bshag]

I really like your house!  I love the color of the sunroom, plus I see you like the sunken rooms as much as I do. 

[TollingBells]

I mainly tried to make it look clean but I will probably change the colour of carpets now you mention it.

Oh, sorry, that's more work for you.  But hey, if it makes your hose more pretty in your mind, more power to you. I just happen to love designing rooms...But I hate the Architect profession. 

[Joria]

Hi, this is my first time posting and I thought I would show off the latest house I built, and the first one I uploaded to the exchange! It's called classy minimalist and I would absolutely adore any and all feedback 

This house has absolutely no custom content and if you like this and would like to download it, it can be downloaded here -> http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2776849  and don't be afraid to add me as a friend 

I've been very, very bad about being here in the forum.  So I pop in and once again, fantastic houses!!!  I ADORE this house FunkyChunks.  I have a really hard time building a more modern house so this one is definitely going to be downloaded and I will also add you as a friend!  I love the landscaping as well.  I really am terrible at using the rocks and your little island in the water is so lovely and peaceful looking.  I'm personally not found of masonry for walls but you made it work.  I think I'll learn a lot studying this house.  Oh, and welcome to the forum.

[Joria]

Lol thanks samoht but that lot is huge! and the house is as far back as it goes. Really, it's big, just the pictures don't show it. I do need to work on the garden though. Make a nicer carport, and add plants and stuff. Anyway, I'm not showing it off because it's great, it's just all I have, and it works for me

Pally I like the house, including the outside.  It's a bit different from what you usually see in landscaping but it's fine.  Reminds me of areas on the east coast where you have a really big house and a simple yard with a lot of open space.  For me, I'd maybe put some of the parking spaces closer together so you have a smaller parking area.  An open car port could be nice  but not really necessary.  It's a cool house.

[Twinmum]

So I finished the house I was working on and am quite pleased with the final result. I was all ready to upload it to the exchange when I hit a snag. I sent my my build test sim in to run through the house to make sure everything looks and works right. I found a few issues that I fixed like ceiling tiles on the upper level and hampers in the bathrooms. Mainly little things, then I found she got a negative moodlet for an unfinished room in the main living area. I've scoured the whole room and narrowed the problem down to the stairs. I have a feeling that it is because I used a cheat to get the desired stair effect. Now I don't know what to do, do I still upload it as is and add a note about the moodlet. I did build the house for my own pleasure and I can probably live with the moodlet, but others may not be able to. My daughter suggested to build a wall and enclose the top of the stairs which I tried - made a 2 tile wide hall along the front of the top of the stairs. It fixed the moodlet problem, but it takes a chunk out of the living space and gives a closed in feeling that I'm not sure I like.
Any suggestions?

This is the front of the house - I've done a bit more landscaping and added the driveway


This is the rear of the house


The upper level


The lower level


This is the main living area, I don't really want to close it in.


Norma

[TommyT]

Very nice!  Please spill the beans on how you created the slope, I've been racking my brain with no results