(There would be Bonfire Night as well if I had University Life enabled at the moment.)
Since the weather here’s recently switched from late summer to mid-autumn with no apparent transition, I felt like designing a house to celebrate all the good things about the season: crunching through fallen leaves, warming up with soups and casseroles (OK, the Sims may be stuck with stu surprise but I can pretend) and then curling up with a good book in front of the fire.
This started off as the next house for my Household Skills Project (the writing house) but I got a bit carried away and the cosy log cabin turned into more of a log mansion. It’s very heavy on the store content, I’m afraid, but a lot of it’s free and most of the rest could be substituted with other items or simply omitted.
The house has an open-plan ground floor with kitchen, dining, living and study areas, plus a large and mostly empty hallway, which could be used as a party room or gallery. There’s also a separate utility room and bathroom. Upstairs are two double bedrooms with en-suites to one side of the central TV/family area; with a nursery, child’s bedroom and another bathroom on the other. One attic is a ‘man cave’; the other has been converted into a gym at one end, while the rest is used for storing junk and out-of-season stuff.
Lot size 60x60 (original lot: 7 Meadow Beach Drive, Hidden Springs)
5 bed spaces (2 double, 1 single) plus a cot, 4 baths. Also has accommodation for several dogs and cats.
Price on original lot: §236,595 furnished, §133,986 unfurnished
Content used:Expansions: Ambitions, Generations, Pets
Stuff packs: Outdoor Living, Town Life, Fast Lane
Free store content:RiverviewHarvest BountyFall FruitionHalloween TreatsMore Halloween TreatsHappy Halloween: Gory GoodiesGifts for the HolidaysTis the Season for Gift GivingYear of the TigerYear of the RabbitEye of the Bolder ‘10Happy St. Patrick’s DayThe Sims Strike BackAdrenaline RushEarth DayLeaflightCellar ArchGeneration ClockHive of Knowledge Bookshelf for uploading 5 memories.
The Lord Sponge items in the man cave are no longer available, so substitute other suitably tacky stuff if you don’t have them
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Registration rewards:Explorer’s LootThe Red Carpet CollectionThe Sims 3 Generations Registration GiftsMascot Attack Pack
Other store content:ProvenceLullabies and Nursery RhymesStone’s Throw GreenhouseWooden Spa Column from
Sunlit Tides
Buzzer Beater Free Throw MachineIndia Inspired Bedroom - Timeless Views WindowStäncké Stacker BookshelfLazy Angler’s Rocking ChairOak Fireplace MantelNovelty Office Chair CollectionFleur de Luce ChandelierLightbulb SconceI Love Me MirrorSparkle’s TrashcanOpen Wide Bunny TrashcanPlayground PottyTropi-Con Faux FrondClassic CandelabraAunt Angela's Cast Iron CookeryVineyard Vittles Shelf
B. Harvard's Water Collection SetWoven Wicker BasketsReed BasketThe Big Cheese Coat RackThat's my Dame Table SculptureAntique ChronometerArt AbstractionFound Art Object #23Kingdom of Cambodia Bathroom – Walk the Path RugThe Traveler's Choice Hat Box (Box Version)The Traveler's Choice Hat Box (Round Version)Loitering LuggageRealtor's Baggage PropsContented SighsReach for the HeavensThe ProdigyDreams of the Lotus EatersMystic Mushrooms
(The 'range cooker' is useable, to my surprise. I'd assumed that the archway and the 'moveobjects' would get in the way and so put in a separate cooker on the opposite side of the kitchen, but my test Sim happily used the range to make macaroni cheese.)
Edit: I've realised that I left space by the sink for a dishwasher and trash compactor but didn't actually put them in. The Sims can still wash up in the sink but you'll probably prefer to install them, which will obviously add a few hundred Simoleons to the furnished price.
Autumn Lodge, an improved and updated version of this house, can be downloaded from Mod the Sims.
