Sims 3 - The Official Building/Remodeling Showboat Thread

[TheChronicR]

Anushka, your house is awesome as it is! Maybe you could add another painting above (or beside) the bed? Still perfection at its best!

[Shenice93]

Wow it's been awhile since I've posted here and I must say the houses I have seen here are gorgeous! I especially love the dorm Danefaith. Makes me even more excited to be going to college in the fall.

Anushka, your dynasty house is lovely. I love the idea of inverting intricate patterns, but I have to agree with Danefaith on expanding your wall coverings. I think the dining room could use something else on the walls. Maybe if you did one of the wallpapers where it has the little stripe horizontal across the top (can't remember the name). You could make the stripe the pattern and the solid color a lighter shade of green. Or you could do a patterned paneling. I think this way it will take away some of the harshness of the room and make it easier on the eyes.

Also I looked in the store for the mystery bed and I didn't see it in the comfort section.

[Anushka]

First thank you everyone! I've became aunt today for second time so I was not at computer for a while
Mistery bed is a mistery for me too. I did a fresh install of game and all EP and SP, but couldn't load sets in game - they would install but won't appear in game. I successfully instaled world I'm making (boungalows etc) and it seems that some of the lots in it had objects that were installed without problems - which is strange cause I didn't have any object in game that didn't came with EP, I even had uninstalled SP's at the time. I used only lots from our members that I trust when they say their lots are CC free, most of them are from Swap Shop or from time before Swap Shop - got them from excange but again from our members. I have no idea how I got in game that bed (and the rest of mistery objects).

I really like the bed, I will have to get rid of it. I definitely have to track down which of the lots in my world is not really CC free.. Sorry for confusion, I just assumed it is OL cause I haven't really used it so far, and haven't seen this bed before..

EDIT: I deleted part of this post that contained names of CC objects. I'm sorry.

[samoht04]

@ ANushka that is Custom Content, I'll PM you the Link I found from my Google Search.

[Shenice93]

Hmmm interesting. I was hoping the bed would be store content because it look really cool and I want it. But since it's cc I'm not sure I want it anymore...

[Anushka]

I find the same as Samoht (thanks again so I edited my post that has names of it. I'm not shore should I leave picture with that bed.. Also, I've checked lots I placed in my world, since it is only few of them, and couldn't find any of these objects anywhere. I'll do some more testings to clear that file from CC, and to try to find a source of it..
I'm sorry everyone.

EDIT:
To avoid double posting, I'll just edit this one. I exported world again, with all lots intact - and objects are not appearing. I even load game, then exit, and they are still not there. So it is definitely not from our forum members whose lots I used. I did play with that world a lot, and placed some other lots not from our usual members and from exchange, and wasn't extremely carefull if they have CC because I just wanted to see what they did to get the effect I liked not to actualy use it in game, and deleted them before export. I'm still confused why were they tide to my little island when I build everything from scratch except few lots from our trusted members.. I guess CC just proved to be not so safe, or at least not controlable in usual way. Shame, I liked that bed. 

[danefaith]

It's an interesting bed, but the way the mattress insets into the frame is a little peculiar.  CC has a habit of being amateurish like that.  Perhaps the late night bed instead?

[danefaith]

So: back to the mini modern neighborhood.


 Through together this little diddy.  I have ups and downs with the slant of roof although pretty solid in the rest of the elements.


Close up of the flower beds.  I might need to go back and add more color.

[Shenice93]

Hmmmmm I'm not sold on that roof either danefaith. It seems...useless, for lack of a better term, and it sticks out with the dark color. Maybe a lighter color will do.    Still trying to figure it out.

[Lilygirl]

What Shenice said. The roof thing in the front is the focal point because it's different and darker in colour. If this is the intent, then job well done! But it doesn't fit in with the shape of the house and I'm not sold on it. Perhaps an actual roof on the house too?

The flower beds also seem to put the lot off balance - lots of flowers/plants on the right, just a couple small trees on the left. I like the fullness of the flowers beds on the right (because I love lots of flowers) so I would probably add some flowers to the front of the house on the left.

Over all, I love the clean lines and brickwork of this house, well done.

[TallStar]

The roof just seems a little..odd to me.
My opinion is that is could be replaced with stairs, and maybe add a little balcony?
Otherwise the house looks great.

[danefaith]

Took your input and it lead quite the rehaul.  I nixed the roof slant and replaced it with a garden, and then... just expanded from there.  







Here's a close up of the new garden.  There's a seating area reachable through the home.

[samoht04]

Don't ask me why but I think it needs something on that roof, the Roof just doesn't match the house? I n my opinion anyway.

[ladydragon76]

Oh wow!  THAT is much more striking! (not that the first was in any way bad, but wow, it really pops now for me)  I love the hidden seating thing there behind the garden.  Perfect reading spot.  I can't wait to see what you do with the interior.

And maybe Sam's right?  Maybe a fieze or railing there around the roof?

*hugz*
-LD

[pallyndrome]

danefaith I love that little garden and the front photo! I think the back and side looks a little boring in comparison though...