Sims 3 - The Official Building/Remodeling Showboat Thread

[AbrahamC]

Now before you ask What was I thinking, know this. This is the first house I ever created in the Sims 3 and I wanted to test a few limits. I found and exceeded many...

Also this group of Screen Caps only includes the top 5 above ground floors... the limit to the # of pics in the thread would be acceded if I did all floors and the full angle outdoors shots.

After almost finishing the house (still 1.5 floors empty) I found that besides the pause glitch acting on full bore the load and render times became unbearable, this is exponentially compounded by the # of sims in the household. To take just these screen shots and exit took over a half hour from the main menu to quit game (forget trying to get better light as the tab shots are not allowed in build buy mode <ugh I do not want to even try running the house right now, they just had triplets and they are at child stage 6 sims arg>).

I do not want to delete the house hold as it is my longest running legacy and although I am not finished with/Proud of all of the house the are enough good parts IMO to keep it around for days when I'm am feeling patient.

Don't even ask for the lot because I would not wish this head ache on anyone!





5th floor

4th floor

3rd floor

2nd floor

1st floor


The different sizes are intentional. If you would like me to change them to all one size let me know.

[danefaith]

Thanks Linley.  I tried sneaking in a few more patterns, but either none seemed to fit, or they clashed with the rug pattern, so I'm going to have to hang my hat on it as is.

I through together a little photo tour, which you can see here [x].

I present to you: Arrhenius!

[Lynley1248]

danefaith--It looks awesome.  Looking forward to seeing it in the swapshop.  I would love to see a ariel view, though, so I can get a sense of the layout.

AbrahamC - That is a truly massive house and quite the undertaking, especially for a first build.  I barely have the patience to furnish a house bigger than four bedrooms.   That must have taken quite sometime to build.

[AbrahamC]

AbrahamC - That is a truly massive house and quite the undertaking, especially for a first build.  I barely have the patience to furnish a house bigger than four bedrooms.  That must have taken quite sometime to build.

When I first moved in the only thins that were finished were the master bed and bath (3rd floor entire front of house the Gold/Tan rooms) the Hallways of floors 1, 2, and 3, the Great Kitchen (1st floor right side of Photo) and the Grand Dining room (1st floor Right side next to the kitchen)

I had to wait for the expansions to come out to even try and fill most rooms. The worst thing about the house is, I never planned for elevators...

[Pam]

That is simply stunning, danefaith!  I always love your style of houses.  Well done, as usual. 

[Micler]

Welcome back, Danefaith! Great new house.

While exploring Appaloosa Plains I came across the Hydrangea House, a tiny Victorian starter, and decided to give it a reno.







I added in some things to accommodate pets, and haven't started on the upstairs bedroom area yet. Also, I didn't touch the landscaping. Any thoughts?

[fortheloveofcake]

Looks great, Micler! Very good use of an oddly shaped room! I love houses with this exterior style, but I never can seem to pull it off. Great job.

[kiko94]

Thanks all for the feedback, I'll retouching up the house after I finish my exams, I didn't really bother choosing a lot of patterns because I'm still experimenting around that, so once I saw a couple of good patterns, I didn't let them go

@Danefaith: House is amazing as usual, I like the color pots and wall lights, they break through the pastel scheme, if you have change something, I think it would be the pool walls, to give them some more colors, I have a lot of practice to do before I could mix patterns like that

@AbrahamC: the house looks amazing, from the floor shots, looks awesome, there isn't too much empty space , you should really give us a few more shots so we can enjoy it further

@Micler, exterior is great, and the color schemes blend in very well, you probably done it on purpose, but I think the tv should be placed in the correct spot, so it would give more walking space for your simmies, as far as the landscape, I would suggest using other types of flowers to give a more appealing look to it, and change the tree, the color doesn't bland well with the trees of that location 

[AbrahamC]

@AbrahamC: the house looks amazing, from the floor shots, looks awesome, there isn't too much empty space , you should really give us a few more shots so we can enjoy it further.

You weren't the only one to ask for more. So I will upload some more to the gallery and add a link Here as well as to the original post.

Ugh here comes some long load times...

[Katluvr]

@ Micler:  I love what you did with Hydrangea House!  The outside is absolutely beautiful, as is the interior!  I hope you will consider uploading it to the Swap Shop - I would definitely download it and replace the rather plain version that comes with AP.

[Lynley1248]

Since I discovered how awesome horses are in the new EP, I've been working on building my Sim a new ranch house.  I like the shape of the house well enough but am not certain about how the fields and barn look.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. It will be a 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on a 60x60 lot.  The barn has 5 box stalls and an accessable loft.

[AbrahamC]

@Lynley1248 I actually like it as is. Did you happen to upload it to the swap shop?

[danefaith]

I'm liking that a lot Lynley, especially the residence, but I am seeing some options for the field and barn.

For the barn, there are few options with roofing that will give it some extra pop.  One option includes adding a level of frieze above the second floor, and then placing the roof section on that.  This'll give us a bit more space between the two roof sections, creating a more dynamic look.  There's also the classic dutch gambrel approach. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambrel In order to do this, make the area of the second floor one square larger on both sides, and then raise the pitch of the roof sections so they reach the peak.  Then, flatten the roof section on the very top, to create the two slope look.

Other points for the barn: I'm not 100% behind the asphalt lining the perimeter.  There may be better options a paved space here, or maybe just using dirt.

Now, looking around the field, I'm wondering about the fence.  I'm thinking that a less decorative fence might be better here.  The current selection is demanding a lot of attention, and its clashing with the simple elegance of the home itself.  Those stacks of hay in the far left are probably better suited with the rest of the stacks next to the barn, and perhaps decreasing the amount of space that is fenced in could help as well.

[Lynley1248]

@danefaith--Thanks for the advice.  The roof actually is a Dutch Gambrel.  I just didn't get the roof pitch low enough.  I'll have to fix that.  I am pretty sure it is the fencing and paved area in front of the barn throwing it off.  Sometimes it is the more obvious problems that you miss.  I tried reducing the fenced in area, but then it looked a bit crowded with the racing and jumping practice areas. I think a more unobtrusive fence would help that, as well.

@AbrahamC--I wasn't sure if I was going to upload, but if you are interested, I will when I finish it.  There are several store items I'd want to switch out first.

[kiko94]

@Lynley: looks great, my only suggestion would be dormers to break through the roof,

I have been working on a new community lot , a traditional divebar something like waylon's hunt, but a bit classier