House brag thread Pictures of a house that turned out pretty spiffy, just thought I'd share. So now it's your turn. A thread just for showing off our best houses ... OK. Updated. My camera's wonky today. No fine motor movement. So they're a little slanted.
Anyway we can get some daytime shots? Even turning up my screen intensity doesn't let the details be seen very well. As to houses, I'm pretty pleased with this one
Ooooo! Nice work, you guys! Love the pond, SBW, And the mansion looks elegant and homey... And what a great setting, Kat! It looks like a home one would see overlooking the North Shore of Lake Superior - or perhaps on the coast of Maine! Can't wait to get hone and pull out some of my creations. Great idea, SBW!!!
I'm always disappointed with all of my houses, so I just download ones from the Exchange. Your house is very spacious, SBW. Mine are always jam-packed with furniture because I run out of space with new and better items once the family starts to make more money. I guess I'm too materialistic.
The lower part of the blue is water. This house sits on a high spot on a penninsula (the Kat City suburbs) surrounded by water. It's overlooking the "ocean" but it could be on Lake Superior or something like that. I'm glad you liked it! (Unfortunately it's not one I can upload. The poor thing is on the largest lot available and won't upload to the exchange or even cooperate iin turning into a package. It's just too big!)
I don't have a picture of it, but I made this house look like a real castle (One story thought), it had stone walls etc, I really like this house, it looks good, now a Queen and King lives thier with thier parents and Princess Amberess, thier beautiful daughter.
No pics yet but I uploaded a pretty house http://www.ultimateuploads.com/file.php?file=48cc7fc5fddf3ec02db3a9206e51d30a It's hack free but there's some nice custom kitchen, bedroom and lounge furniture. It's a 3 storey house with Foundation: Kitchen/diner, powder room, garage and homework nook First Floor: Master suite with his 'n her bathrooms, living room and powder room Attic: 3 single bedrooms and family bathroom Outside is a pool and a landscaped plot Price: $49,688 Requires: Uni/NL/OFB I'll post some pics later.
Thank you! Not all of my houses turn out so well. I built this one as you see it, unfurnished except for appliances and minus the outbuilding and swimming pool, and waited until I had sims who could afford it. I usually start from a small house and build outwards, which is fun too. I've made some cool houses that way, and some not-so-cool ones. The cottages you see across the street are meant to eventually have a second story, for example. I've got seven people living in this house, so I needed to leave room for them to move. I don't mind a little clutter, but I hate it when my sims are always stamping their feet because they can't get around something. So I give some thought to traffic flow, and leave space for them to walk. Also, I like lots of bathrooms. I hate bathroom traffic jams. The building out front is their home business. (This is Alec, Jordan, Piper and Vyn's house, if anyone's interested.)
Amen to that. I'm converting a lot of my sim's homes to have his 'n her bathrooms. I've totally given up with the conventional staircases though. Does that double staircase of yours work? With seven in the house! In my experience if two sims set off to go downstairs at about the same time they'll both decide to use same stairway and the last to arrive will do the stampy feet thing and then forget why he was going down anyway. I now only use the modular stairs as each 4 step module is independent. With the OFB stage I also like to wrap them around a corner and it also means that they then only need a 3 x 1 hole in the upper floor (same as the whole staircases)
So far, putting two staircases in seems to work, though of course you need a big house. I have another house with two completely separate sets of (single) stairs. Five people share that house and so far, no foot stamping has occurred. Porter and Xena have a double staircase in their house, though, and even though it's just the two of them I sometimes get foot stamping, which puzzles me. I mean, they each have their own staircase! Foot stamping usually happens when the maid is there, but even so ... (this was before they became vampires. Now, if they want to go downstairs they just fly.)
Not the one I uploaded but this is my own fave house. I built it more or less as it still is, but it has been lived in and loved and minor changes have been made from time to time. It's footprint hasn't changed since it was built (the plot has some wicked slopes!) so some creative thought has had to go into maximising the square footage available. I have 7 in the house at the moment and another is on the way.
Oooh, I love it! Did I spot those his n' hers bathrooms on the second floor (your first, you Brit you)? I especially like the kitchen/dining area and the extensive grounds. Very nice! It looks like a real house.
Sadly those aren't his n' hers, one belongs to the pleasure son who needs his daily blast at the bubble blower before he can do anything I am still mulling over how, exactly to redivide that floor without going wild. If the roofline needs changing things get complicated. I must admit that I really love tinkering with houses. I kind of just slap them down anyhoo and then juggle around later as the money rolls in. I also hate flat plots ...
this is the only house i have made and im very proud of it - inspired by a picture in an american victorian homes book. the interior isnt finished because the house cost 96,000 and my sims ran out of money, but right now im thinking a classic, subtle 60's/mod interior, because traditional victorian interiors arent really to my taste here are my screenshots by the way i couldnt get the attachment button to do anything on thsi forum so i had to use an outside host - hope thats ok
Ill be uploading one soon, SBW NICE HOUSE!!! My ones alwasy turn out looking like junk i can never do anything right :(
Thank you! It just takes practice. I've made some ugly houses, too. I like your house, Cheesy. Do you have floor plan views?
here are the floor plans ground floor second floor and attic and this is a picture of the house that i was inspired by - see a tiny resemblence? michelle i used motherlode once and i got completely addicted and the game became very boring. to me it feels more satisfying to renovate or buy clothes or whatever with earned money, if only i had such self control to save in real life
