@elanorbreton
I am not expert but will help in any way I can as I understand the frustration I will look out for your new thread :)
@Terra
I am glad you are inspired that's what it is all about and when I first started another more seasoned player was posting pics of everything they were doing in game and it set me off and I have not stopped since-)
I love modern or fantasy styles I am afraid medieval reminds me of the words of the writer in Once upon a time TV show who said something like why would I want to live in snow whites world full of bad water and dysentery or words to that effect lol I tend to agree does nothing for me either :)
I have still used medieval sites from time to time especially for new harvestable plants I can use in game on the following link, you may have to search around a little to find everything
http://www.medievalsims.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=6823
nixed sims does a lot of medieval stuff and loads startrek stuff i ignore lol
https://nixedsims.wordpress.com/category/sims-2-downloads/themes/medieval-ish/
harvest crates and so much more
http://onceuponatimesims.blogspot.co.uk/
Farmers' Set (With harvestable crops, electric fence & social scarecrow
http://modthesims.info/d/124003
this site has tons of info on everything
http://www.woodensimolean.com/node/3
community fruit and veg garden
http://modthesims.info/d/303911
Lots are much more difficult to find depending on your style and whether you want no CC or if it does not matter
For example
I like Starbucks, McDonald,s, Baskins ice cream and pizza hut etc in my worlds and they come with some serious cc from the creators to make them look good but then I temper that with looking on mod the sims 2 for no cc houses as modern as I can get
Rflong7 makes houses for 2 and shared them on the following link
http://forums.thesims.com/en_Us/discussion/873012/sharing-my-ts2-lots-up-to-18/p1
it just depends what you are looking for I will risk cc if its something I really want and then try and look for other things CC free
also there is a great sims 2 you tube player called The jessa channel she does lets play videos which includes all the mods and ideas for all the things I have talked about before such as legal careers with involving a courthouse, prison services and police/fire etc tons of new ideas to try..
One thing I love about 2 is all these things can be achieved with a little work and the outcome is usually satisfying but when trying it with 3 it rarely works lol
