Sims 3 - The Official Building/Remodeling Showboat Thread

[Gogowars329]

I love the house dane!

[Phyre]

Apart from the roof the house looks very balanced and very nicely designed Dane!

I still think designing the roof this way is a poor choice. It draws too much focus away from the rest of the exterior; I'd call it "fancy" for a house that doesn't need fancy. In my opinion the gesture of the different brick/stone walling on the outside, as well as creating that form and contra form, pops more if you don't "see" a roof (i.e. the house ends at the top of the exterior walls, without something on top). In architecture they'd call it a top to bottom wall, where you extend your walls the height of the roof, so your roof becomes all but invisible behind the walls (in the Sims you always get this look, since flat roofs are always placed behind your walls).

However, apart from that I think the house looks great. That walled in "front garden", as well as the complete covered balcony give the house a very nicely balanced exterior since you're creating form and contra form. I personally would've gone without that big all-around balcony, the house design is strong enough in and of itself, the balcony makes it pop a little less obvious, but this is a personal choice and to each their own taste.

The interior looks gorgeous so far. I really like that warm orange colour in constrast to the light wood. As always I envy your use of "carpetting". One tip though, be careful that you don't only carpet the "circulation areas" (that is the places that'd commonly be used to walk around the house). It almost gives it a look of: "This isn't the end; you must continue".

[danefaith]

The bareness of the roof edge has always bothered me, and so I always feel obligated to the cover it up.  To get a new perspective I got down into sim view and looked up, and 'lo and behold, it looked much better without the fencing from seeing eye level.  So it's scrapped. 

As for the interior, I didn't even consider the force of motion.  The goal was to lead to the dining room.   Hopefully its not too powerful, or the Sims might face plant in their lobster thermidor!  I'll keep that thought in mind.

thanks for the detailed analysis.  It's a big help.

[samoht04]

Dane I think that could be one of my favourite ones you have done yet! 

[Shenice93]

mmmm. Definitely tasty Danefaith. I can't wait to get my sims living in this house.

[danefaith]

Thanks a lot guys.  I'm becoming very fond of this interior style.  

Today I went for the dining room, and then downstairs for the basement.




The stairwell leads straight into the wine cellar.  An attached hall then leads to workshop, butler's closet, and basement bathroom.

[Gogowars329]

Love the dining room and the basement!

[thesweetestpea]

Dane, I often feel with your houses that one looks pretty much the same as the next from the exterior. I would really like to see you build a house that's a different shape and try some different styles. As much as you are a really good builder, I feel like some of the things you do could look just as good in an entirely different setting.

[Joria]

I haven't been on for a while so I started reading on page 64.  Took me most of the evening but I did it!  I caught up!  I love all the creativity and bustle here. 

Anushka, your green and wood bedroom is awesome.  I have such a hard time with that color I really admire someone who can handle it so well.  As for the world you are making, it is beyond words.  Amazing just doesn't say enough.  I'm sorry to hear you are having pc problems.  Have you tried using Revo, a free downloadable software, to TOTALLY uninstall your games?  I struggled with mine for a week and finally the nice techie at EA directed me to Revo and walked me through the way to use it.  This was AFTER doing a complete, manual uninstall, reinstall using the directions from here.  Even doing it that way there were still hidden files but Revo found them all and all the corrupted files were gone.  Of course, it meant I had to give up everything I had downloaded but it was a blessing to know my game would run properly again.  This software is so simple to use even I can do it by myself.

I would mention each and every one of you artistic folk by name but I'm really tired now and just want you ALL to know you are awesome and I have loved watching each of the homes grow and progress.  You are all unique, special, and wonderful. 

[danefaith]

@ Pea: definitely recognize I've got a bit of a "trend" going on, and its more than just I'm building for the same neighborhood.  Lately I've fallen into a rather set mold of L-shaped house plans.  I'll have to see what I can do to break that mold in my next go.

[Anushka]

I haven't been on for a while so I started reading on page 64.  Took me most of the evening but I did it!  I caught up!  I love all the creativity and bustle here. 

Anushka, your green and wood bedroom is awesome.  I have such a hard time with that color I really admire someone who can handle it so well.  As for the world you are making, it is beyond words.  Amazing just doesn't say enough.  I'm sorry to hear you are having pc problems.  Have you tried using Revo, a free downloadable software, to TOTALLY uninstall your games?  I struggled with mine for a week and finally the nice techie at EA directed me to Revo and walked me through the way to use it.  This was AFTER doing a complete, manual uninstall, reinstall using the directions from here.  Even doing it that way there were still hidden files but Revo found them all and all the corrupted files were gone.  Of course, it meant I had to give up everything I had downloaded but it was a blessing to know my game would run properly again.  This software is so simple to use even I can do it by myself.

I would mention each and every one of you artistic folk by name but I'm really tired now and just want you ALL to know you are awesome and I have loved watching each of the homes grow and progress.  You are all unique, special, and wonderful. 

Thanks Joria, nice to see you here with us About world, I put it aside a little bit. After boungalows I had an urge to change all island into boungalow type world, so to avoid doing major changes and creating rather boring uniformed world that is nice for only first 5 minutes, or at least to sleep over that idea, I put it aside. Still I love it and am developing ideas for it while playing with dynasties (and of course building and remodeling around!). And for that room, I have to thank to talented and generous forum members on this tread, that guided me in that direction. (As for technical part, I have comp whiz in house so I'm using custom uninstaller, and so far I have no major problems, I'll see how will things go after this huge latest update!)

Dane, if you really want to get out of mold you got into, try that A shaped roof home several members are asking about

[samoht04]

I made one of those A Framed Houses but lost it in my Re-Install, It was a bit dark in mine due to it being probably quite long but I have an Idea from my experience to a different style of house I might try when bored.

[TheChronicR]

Guys, I got an idea - has anyone thought of doing a hotel-type of thing, like, with gift shop, restaurant, bar, day care center, like, everything? Now that we have four full expansion packs I think that is quite possible.

[Seabody]

Guys, I got an idea - has anyone thought of doing a hotel-type of thing, like, with gift shop, restaurant, bar, day care center, like, everything? Now that we have four full expansion packs I think that is quite possible.

I think I can do that (bar Daycare Center. I don't have Generations).  I can start work today, after I export a house that I've been lazy about.

[Phyre]

All this talk about A-Frames inspired me to give it a shot!

I'm actually trying to finish the interior of this house. It's supposed to be a New York Modern styled Bachelor Pad on a "my first salary" budget (so no more than 30.000 simoleans). However, the colours are giving me hell and frustration. I think I redid the whole thing 5 times already and I keep hating the outcome!

Since I don't have a lot of free time this weekend I thought I'd spent the hour I could devote to simming frustration-free, so I gave this A-frame a shot. It's a 10x10 space with a bedroom loft (on a 20x20 lot; I'm working my way up). It's far from done, but I wanted to share what I've managed so far (rough exterior, kitchen and bedroom). I'm trying to go for a mix between Coastal and Indrustrial (I thought that'd be an interesting concept for an A-frame). However, this turned out to be really hard as there is hardly any real Industrial furniture in the game. I guess it's got more of a Modern Coastal feel to it, oh how I wish I could use my CC. I'm going with a simple white, black, grey, stale blue colour palette with contrasting wall art to "spice it up" without breaking the feeling of serenity.

I haven't yet paid much attention to the budget, but eventually I want to make it affordable. Same price range as the other house, perhaps a little higher since it's bigger and more luxurious.