WOOT! I just tried something different. I clicked on "User galleries" and there was a listing of all our names with a small thumbnail. Under the names it says to click on the picture to see more of what that user has posted. So I did. It took me to an ENGLISH page where I could sign in. I figured I'd give it a shot. Signed in and VOILA! I'm back! So today I'll sort through my screenies and take some more of the build in progress on the new mansion and will post some update pics for you all.
By the way, I totally fail at saving money or graphics in my builds. Instead of having less stuff I'm winding up with more. (sigh) I'm going to ask for help/advice for this new building as I am sort of at a loss. First of all, I KNOW I have to make the lower basement much smaller. It is huge. Almost the size of the entire lot and it's a mighty big lot! When you see one Sims bedroom is large enough to fit an entire small house in you know you've gone overboard. Those rooms are meant to be luxurious for sure, after all, it's where the eldery immortals will go once there is a new baby born to the heir. (So we have an heir and an heir presumptive?) But not that luxurious. Besides, I kind of feel like we're burying them before they are dead. Maybe they should go up into the sunshine of an upper level rather than down into a lower level? That could actually save some simoleons if not graphics.
Now the advice is many faceted. First, do I stay down with them or go up? At the moment the house is a single floor with two bedrooms and bathrooms, a kitchen/dining area, small lounge and lots of outdoor use areas. Previously my house had a lovely second storey that was open and airy and very comfy and gorgeous. If I go up, should I try an arched gallery around the outside as I did before but with a classical look instead of modern looking arches?
I don't think I'd make a huge party area up top this time but who knows. I'm working on making the pool/patio more "party central" at the moment. This is mostly because people who came to the parties never went to where the party stuff was but hung around the pool or inside the house.
I want the house to look rather neo-classical so I've used a different style window, (going away from the modern look because I'm no danefaith when it comes to building modern), and am using purely decorative, (at the moment anyway), columns. I'm using the sirens one. I was just gifted the Greek spa thing and there are a lot of nice construction features to use. Hecates door for one. I don't know what to use for the exterior wall covering though! How do I get that nice, neo-classical look? I don't particularly want to go with clapboard siding. So ideas for that would be appreciated.
I'm also having difficulty with interior design. Not that I can't do interior design. It's just mine tends to be a bit cluttered and loaded down with too much stuff and then doesn't look right. So when we get to that point I'd like some advice.
I also have trouble with color. I'm a very monochromatic type person. I'll pick maybe three colors and stick with them through an entire house. My current heir loves turquoise. YUCK! Great on clothes, fine as jewellry but I'm struggling with seeing it on walls and floors. Just looks too bright to me and whatever goes with it? To make it worse, her kid is all yellow. Another, though not as serious, yuck for me. Maybe I should just decorate it to my taste and not worry about their colors? They can always just wear them.
Ok, off to do the screenies and work on the house a bit.
