Sims 3 - The Official Building/Remodeling Showboat Thread

[Agneza]

 Norenogonc - "... Yay you are wall curving again! I was beginning to think I was too long winded and confusing in my tutorial and no one used it ... . I'm affraid I learned curving wall  from another tutoriat, I found it on internet. Sorry, but yours is little to difficult for me.

[cndneh]

Norenogonc -  " Yay you are wall curving again! Hah, I was beginning to think I was too long winded and confusing in my tutorial and no one used it. "  I'm affraid I learned curving wall  from another tutoriat, I found it on internet. Sorry, but yours is little to difficult for me.

ack! yellow?!

[Sims3Clacla123]

Norenogonc - " Yay you are wall curving again! Hah, I was beginning to think I was too long winded and confusing in my tutorial and no one used it.  "  I'm affraid I learned curving wall  from another tutoriat, I found it on internet. Sorry, but yours is little to difficult for me.

Agneza I can't really read the yellow text could you change it to black please. 

[I changed the yellow font to black in both posts.  -Pam]

[Agneza]

Sorry.... something with colors  is going wrong, I just see, sorry again...my mistake 

[Agneza]

My new -  The Country house, (lot size: 15 X 20), shell. What  do You think, will be ok if I put little modern forniture or  better not ?.

[danefaith]

Hmmmmm.  At the back, I think a door out to the backyard would be a nice touch, and maybe an extra window, but aside from that it's a very strong exterior!  I love the pastel blues and light browns a lot.

and of course you can use modernized furniture!  A bit of old and new makes for a great eclectic look.

[danefaith]

Sorry about the extra images before, I took them all down. I thought that rule was for when you were linking a house on the other forum, but I will remember that from now on Sorry if I tend to overimage in general, my builds tend to generally be large and so there is always so much about which to inquire hah. But I will try to reduce that

So I am back with the theatre. I decided to really try at the interior designing this time. I usually just finish the main structure and then get bored and start tossing items around without recoloring anything. Yet for some reason I really like this build and so I thought maybe some effort was called for. So I took a few images and had some questions because I am not so good at the actual decorating after the structure has been built hah.

Does this statue cluster look decent or too cluttered.

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Still not certain what  to do with the side and the outdoor decorating in general. I tried making some 1 story columns but it still looks vacant. I see some wonderful outdoor decorating on the forums where it seems like every inch has been colored, but I feel like whenever I do that I tend to create this cluttered look. I tried to color in some bits and I think it looks decent but I wonder if it is yet too much white.

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I think a good style of gardening for this would be baroque.  here's a wiki article with some examples.  A google search ought to get you more if you need them.  They don't have to be huge: the basis is making very formal designs with your foliage.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_%C3%A0_la_fran%C3%A7aise

The dining room looks a little tight.  I'm worries a lot of the chairs and serving tables might be non-functional.

But yeah, the architecture is pretty much bomb.

[norenegonc]

Norenogonc - "... Yay you are wall curving again! I was beginning to think I was too long winded and confusing in my tutorial and no one used it ... . I'm affraid I learned curving wall  from another tutoriat, I found it on internet. Sorry, but yours is little to difficult for me.

If you do not mind, could you link the tutorial that you read. I would be most interested to read it and maybe get a better idea on how to be clearer in any future tutorials I write. Thanks

[Agneza]

Danefaith  - it's a great idea for a door to the backyard!  What do you think about the kitchen? I think the colors are pretty modern...  

Norenogonc-I can't write down the link - forum rules, but it is not so difficult to find it. I wish you luck.

[ZapKid]

@Zapkid – Looking great. I know I suggest to Lynley to soften the color, but in your version, might I suggest to strengthen it a bit. I feel like the brown of the right side of the house blends in too much with the wood. I like the wood, I would suggest making that brown maybe a gold. Also, I do not understand the bar in the bedroom, it is right against the wall so you cannot use it. Or am I right in guessing it is just decorative Might I suggest moving the bar forward and to the left by 1 tile, close that area with two counter islands, and then create the overhead cabinet both over this new area and one tile forward too. I know given the current size of the room you cannot do this, but maybe you can increase the bedroom by two tiles hah. I know that was oddly worded so I am going to try creating an image here



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Ok so the two orange lines are one corner overhead cabinet. The gray lines are all overhead cabinets. The four blue lines are the bar. And the teal lines are the corner island counter and normal island counter. This would close off the bar area at the counters but leave a cool little walkway to get into the bar area directly under the overhead cabinet (the horizontal one). If this is making no sense just let me know and I can just make it in game and take a few images to show you lol.

Yeah, I'm confused to what you mean. I couldn't understand a colored diagram to save my life

[norenegonc]

@Agneza – I tried a google search but nothing, are you allowed to send me the link in a message or mail. Or do you have the name of the author or the website it is on (if you are allowed to write it here) that might make it easier to find, thanks

@Dane – I was thinking the same thing hah! I redid it, what do you think.



I also redid the theatre first floor finally, any thoughts.



@Zapkid – I went ahead and created what I meant. I believe your bedroom is going to need to be two tiles bigger. What do you think.

[ZapKid]

@Zapkid – I went ahead and created what I meant. I believe your bedroom is going to need to be two tiles bigger. What do you think.

That gave me an idea, make a mini 6x3 lounge next to the bedroom! It'll take some tweaking, but I bet it'll come out nice

[danefaith]

Agneza: Like I said, I certainly don't think a few modern touches is a bad thing.  I personally think it's a very successful color scheme, with a few modern metal, but the pastels keep it country.

Anyway, soooo many patterns.  Which is good!  but I think a few softer, plainer textures would be good to balance things out.  Maybe switch out the textures on the picture frame and drapes for a simple yellow.  or maybe even a lime green, to match the teapot and food processor?

[Agneza]

 Danefaith - backyard - what do you think? You are right about patterns, I see better when looking on the photo...
Norenogonc - if I have't deleted this tutorial, I'll send it to you.

 

[ZapKid]

Here, I redid the bedroom area a bit.



Any better?