Sims 3 - The Official Building/Remodeling Showboat Thread

[Ripster3859]

A house I built. Large enough for my family of 6. This is my handiwork in home designing!!!

[TheChronicR]

Awesome houses Shenice, Danefaith, Seabody and Ripster. I love it how everyone includes a SimBot recharging station in their houses.

[Lynley1248]

I've done a bit more landscaping to the front and finished the backyard.  I've also lightened up the color of the garage door.  I don't know why those doors always appear several shades darker than they actually are. I'm also done with the upstairs so it should be mostly complete.  Any suggestions? 


Here is the front with more landscaping.  I hope it looks more balanced now.


The back patio with pool, outdoor dining, and hot tub.




The Master bedroom.






An overview of the main floor.


And the second floor…

[Lynley1248]

@danefaith - I really like the minimalistic backyard.  It looks very crisp and clean and suits the building well.  I love the kitchen.  The colors are fantastic.  I'm not sure about the sculpture, though, but that could just be me as I don't particularly like that scuplture to begin with. 

@sims3lover -  I think your house is coming along nicely.  I particulalry like the fountain and flowerbed in the front.  For the carport, the wooden columns don't look substantial enough.  Maybe try using the wall tool to create 1X1 square columns?  That would give it more "support" and make it look more balanced.  Also, maybe add a few more windows on the 2nd floor (or change them so that there are shutters on the outside like with the main floor) and some decking in the backyard around the pool?  Otherwise, I like it and think when finished, it will be a very cute house.

[danefaith]

@ Linley: The landscaping turned out excellent.  I'd suggest matching the trimming around the more traditional doors to the baseboards of the room.  Also, maybe consider giving the door itself some color.  The white is a little off kilter.

[danefaith]

Bedrooms.  Kind of simple but I think they have some interesting details.  Just need to do some bathrooms and this is good to go!

[pallyndrome]

linley -  that house is lovely My only picky bit would be the backyard maybe? It could use some... colour? Or the hedge could go all the way round? Maybe the smaller hedge. But it's not big deal, and I love the front look now.

danefaith those bedrooms are nice - I particularly love the blue one, the colours are so beautiful!

[danefaith]

Finished Lithium!  It's up in the swap shop and in the exchange here: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=3927629

Then I moved right on to my next shell.. thoughts?

[Ausette]

Oooh, I like the water feature. I'm trying to figure out those walls, have you used 'moveobjects on' to place columns in them? Anyway, it's beautiful and modern as always. I'm guessing it's one bedroom, how big is the lot?

[danefaith]

It's a 20:30, one bedroom in that loft area.  I'm working on a mini series of small modern/contemporaries at the moment.  This is actually neighboring my previous build and a want to fit one more alongside them.

Thank you, I'm glad it turned out nicely.  It should be a quick decorate with only three rooms lol, so architecture is key.

[Seabody]

I've found a cool-looking floor plan (Thank you Google!) and I'll try it out soon! Just a heads-up.

[pallyndrome]

danefaith - it's interesting. I didn't notice the details like the columns and water fountain at first glance. It seems different from your previous ones -  no foundations-at-different-levels or whatever they're called - so I'll be interested to see how it turns out.

[danefaith]

So I think I captured the essence I was looking for, but I'm considering a color overhaul.  With only three rooms, every detail counts in this one!

A shot of the room from the second story, umm, balcony I suppose?  Showing the entry way to the bedroom and mirrored walls.

Glamor shots:




Let's here it guys!

[Juxtaposition]

I like the items you chose, but I would go for the color overhaul, the grey, silver, pale teal leaves it looking, a little flat I think.  Maybe adding just a few splashes of a more vibrant color would help.  That's just IMHO of course.  It's a really cool building, I especially think the use and placement of the windows looks very natural, modern, and cool.

[TheChronicR]

Danefaith, love the colors, especially the sculpture decor. The stairs are just genius. So simple, but so beautiful at the same time! Awesome job.