I thought that I would copy and paste what I wrote on the contest thread here with this being your showcase thread.
The Cottonwood is a very nice home . :) It looks great how you have brought the real life home into simgame form. Very nice exterior of it. It looks very nice how you have done the flowers and plants at the front entrance to the home either side of the steps in the sculpture containers, and in the square plant boxes. Nice how you have done the plants/flowers along the front edges of the home and pathway. The tree in the middle outside the 2 car garage looks good. Very nice back outdoors living area. Nice pool area. It looks great how you have the water feature in the middle of the pool and have the rock water fountain on the side. Sims will like relaxing poolside on the loungers. It is great that you have placed the tables between each of the 2 loungers. The paving looks great. Great covered over hot tub area. Sims will enjoy relaxing in the tub there. It looks great how you have the steps leading up the hot tub. Nice way you have placed the stone kerbing around the edges of the flowers/plants. Sims will like relaxing on the loungers on the back patio. Great covered over outdoors kitchen area. Sims will enjoy cooking on the bbq, or using the woodstove oven to cook up a meal. It looks great how you have set up this area with the counters. The lights on the wall look good and would be great for sims when cooking at night. Sims will enjoy eating their food at the bar stool counter area or enjoy dining on the tables and chairs. Great type of dining chairs/table /stools that you used which suit the outdoors eating setting. Nice firepit and fireplace area. Great way you have placed the seats there. Sims will enjoy sitting there chatting and the fires will keep them warm if the weather is cool. Sims will have fun swinging on the swings and jumping on the trampoline that are nearby. Nice photos of your build at night time. It looks very nice. Nice furnishing of the interior. Great layout of the rooms/areas of the house. The water fountain/rock/plant feature in the foyer looks great. Great way you have furnished the living and dining room. Sims will like sitting on the arm chairs nearby the white grand piano and listening to the music being played. The vase of flowers on the table in between the armchairs looks great. Nice way you have set up the sofas and arm chairs for sims to sit and relax on. The black/white patterning of the chairs looks good. Great way you have done the corner of 2 bookcases. Sims will like sitting on the seating in this room and having a read of a book from the bookcase. Nice dining area. Great to have the drink trolley there, and the domed mirror with the wall décor either side looks great. The plant in the corner is a nice natural touch. Nice shades of brown that you have used for the living/dining area walls and furnishings. Great design of the kitchen. The bar stool counter is great, and great texture you have used for the counter tops. The fruit décor are nice touches there. Great corner counters/cabinets area. Nice kitchen eating nook near the windows. It would be a nice light place for sims to enjoy a meal with the sunlight coming in through the nearby windows. The flowers on the table are nice and great patterned mat underneath the table. Great way you have placed the sofas in the family room. It looks a great room for families to gather together and relax on the sofas and have a chat or watch the tv. It looks great how you have done the shelves/tv feature wall section! It looks great how you have placed the shelves, the tv , the counters and the wall décor. Great wall area to look at whilst sims are watching tv. Great corner chess area for sims to have fun playing chess and building up logic skill. Nice pattern you have used for the curtains and sofas here. Great wall section in the office with how you have placed the shelf ,bookcases and counters..Great window sitting areas in the office. It looks great how you have placed the curtains over the windows at the back of the longer sofa seat, and great nook area with the lounger to relax in. Great grey/white wall pattern you have used there. Nice furnishing of the bedrooms. The tree print on the wall on the guest bedroom looks great . Great brown and white colour scheme that you have used. It looks great how you have carried over the colour scheme into the accompanying bathroom. Great floor textures that you have used in the first floor bathroom that leads out to the pool. Great way you have used the 2nd floor landing areas as a tv and workout area. The curved sofas looks great. Sims will like watching the tv whilst using the treadmill. The mat pattern looks good. Nice shade of purple that you used in the master bedroom, and nice furnishing of it. The plant in the corner is a nice touch. Nice window sitting area there for sims to relax in the seats . The striped pattern of the seats looks good. It looks great that you have placed the ***** on the descending levels of the dresser. Great master closet. It looks great how you have the clothes and shoes racks there. It looks great how you have done the shower in the master bathroom. Nice way you have set up the tub area. The large purple rose on the wall of the bath tub area looks great. The pot of flowers looks nice. Great floor texture. The pictures on the walls of the hallway on the kids bedrooms are great for sims to see as they walk through. Nice shade of colour and castle bed patterns you have used in the girls bedroom and bathroom. The crown drape behind the bed in the girls bedroom looks nice, and great window sitting area. Nice pattterned mat you have placed under the bed. Great furnishing of this bedroom as well as the boys bedroom. It looks great how you have separated off the bunkbed area of the boys bedroom. The bubble windows on the wall looks great. Great dog theme of the bedroom, and the dog picture in the accompanying bathroom looks good. Nice bright and fun playroom area for the little child sims to have fun spending time playing there. The green and purple colour scheme and floorpattern look great. The bird and tree print on the walls look great and sims will enjoying sitting on the beanbags watching tv. The animal seats and bear sofa look cute. Child sims will have fun playing hopscotch and sliding down the slide indoors! It looks great how you have brought the outside in with the leafy pattern on the walls, the birds/blossoms, the tree picture , the tree wall prints and the green colour. Great setting up of and furnishing of this indoors outside play area for the kids! Great to have the tree bookcase for child sims to have a read of a book from in the reading nook area. Child sims will have fun spending time in this play area of the home. The accompanying colour themed bathroom looks great.
It is great home, imdoors and outside! :)
