Sims 3 - The Official Building/Remodeling Showboat Thread

[Twinmum]

@Agneza  That house is gorgeous. It looks like something you see when you look up house plans. Beautiful.

Norma

[Agneza]

Thanks Twinmum, I'm really glad you like it. I never look at real house plans, I like to do everyhting by myself. I build and demolish, build and demolish ... But here where I live, this style is common

[loveSims]

@Agneza that house look amazing! I hope you show us the inside when it is finished!

[Agneza]

Do you remember my Green country house (attic) ?  Today I finished the kitchen - hope you like it 

[kiko94]

Wow perfect :O

[Ferretmania]

That is a very beautiful kitchen Agneza, I love the colors 

[Dellena]

Time for my first post here on something I'm building.   I've always had a passion for looking at house plans.  I really enjoy finding a real-life house plan that I like and building it in Sims.  Well, I found a house that I fell in love with.  However, it didn't have a floor plan to go with it - only lots of screenshots of the exterior and interior.  See below:

http://www.seddoncc.com/portfolio/english_manor.html

So I've spent about a month figuring out where the rooms are (at least on the ground floor).  And I finally got brave today and started building it.  This is a work in progress, but here's what I have so far.







Dining Room - which I'm fairly happy with how it turned out.



Kitchen - this was a challenge and while not perfect, I'm fairly happy with it so far.  Although I've already messed with the wall coverings since I took this. lol



The upstairs is going to be a big challenge as there are few shots of it.  Also, there's a room on the ground floor that isn't accounted for which will probably become a study/office since the library looks like it's just for reading.

[Sportsfan]

Oh my gosh! That is beautiful!

[Sims3Clacla123]

Oh my Goodness ! That is a beautiful house.
Only thing I would say is a little bit of landscaping. 
Samoht has a lovely thread with loads of landscaping ideas.
Over all though this house is perfect.

[loveSims]

@Agnes that kitchen is dreamy! Dellena it is n amazing house!

[Dellena]

Landscaping will come.   Those first shots are just the shell of the house up.  And even then, after I took those shots, I figured out the house was too deep and I moved the whole front of the house back about 4-5 squares.

[Agneza]

Dellena - great house. Rooms are looking beautiful. I think that wooden floor in the kitchen isn't so practical, but that is only my opinion. I belive that it will be perfect when you finish it. I'm waiting for more pictures 

[VampirePlasma]

Ahh! That is beautiful! Can you upload the building shell? I am completly in love with that house! The first picture it looked real, haha.

[Dellena]

Thanks everyone. 

Agneza - I kinda agree although looking at the website photos provided, it appears the whole house is wood floors.  Bet that was expensive!

VampirePlasma - I'm using a lot of CC, even windows and doors.  However, when I'm completely done with the house, I'll do a special copy with everything stripped out but the walls and roof.  Then you can decided how you want to do the windows, doors and some of the arches.    There was no way to match the style of the house with EA content.  My TSR subscription is worth every penny on this house!

Here's a few more updates:

Family Room





Breakfast Room

[Agneza]

Wao !!! Braaavo