The New and Improved Build-n-Share ARCHIVES

Build-n-Share Challenge # 38 -- Downsized!

Thread for this week’s challenge: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/189156.page

This Week’s Challenge Specifics:

Dear Master Builder,

Please help our family out! My husband recently lost his job due to a corporate downsize and we can no longer afford to live in our lovely home. It is a lavish 4-bedroom, 4 bathroom, spacious home with plenty of room for our growing family. I am a stay-at-home mom, raising my 2 kids (girls), who are also used to living a lavish lifestyle and having plenty of toys. I am also carrying our 3rd child.

While my husband tries to get back on his feet, we need to find a new home with our low starter budget of 20,000 simoleans. We have looked at some of the existing starters around the neighborhood and none of them “felt like home.” Maybe we just have picky taste and are used to finer finishes, but we are hoping to find a good home that we can still feel comfortable in without feeling cramped.

We hope to have at least 3 bedrooms and at least 1.5 bathrooms. While I know we can’t hope for a huge yard like what we have currently, I would like to have at least a small area where I can still garden and a small play area for the kids.

In the main living space, we like having neutral colors and an open floorplan. My girls’ favorite colors are orange and pink and both my husband and I are fond of blues.

I know this is asking a lot and it will be very difficult on our tight budget, but we have heard you can practically work miracles with your building skills. We hope you can help us get through these tough times!

Downsized and stressed,
The Johnsons

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Optional Challenge:
Create the family and take screenshots of them living in the home you built.

Some notes:
Budget challenges can be very tough. For some tips and tricks on how to maximize your budget, I highly suggest you read up Addict's tutorials on how to pinch your simoleans!

http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=65685

http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=80320
Anjubee



Official Entry List

Beginner

Bluuin
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2225565
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=195845
Optional Challenge: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2226490

BosniaFTW
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2238565
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=197279
Optional Challenge: No

Denisimms
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2248324
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/191262.page
Optional Challenge: no

DorkyVampPrincess
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2222836
Link to media:
Optional Challenge: no

Leebeejeebee
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2247993
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=198161
Optional Challenge: Yes, family in lot photographs

Luna74
Link to the posted asset: http://ca.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2246960
Link to media: http://ca.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=198078
Optional Challenge: No

skeletaleffect
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2228247
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=196053
Optional Challenge: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2228258

tigerlily75de
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2236905
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=197125
Optional Challenge: no

xxmccxx
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2229699
Link to media: http://creationsbyios.blogspot.com/2010/04/build-n-share-44-dow
nsized.html
Optional Challenge: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2229698


Intermediate

AlexKnr
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2251354
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=198487
Optional Challenge: no

Amelia
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2228615
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=196072
Optional Challenge: no

BluebellFlora
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2227121
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/0/189811.page#2280599
Optional Challenge: no

Brainamp
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2233429
Link to media: http://s854.photobucket.com/albums/ab101/brainamp/...20Cottage/?albumview=slideshow
Optional Challenge: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2233404

Cameonet1950
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2247209
Link to media: http://s305.photobucket.com/albums/nn232/Cameonet1...ed%20WK44/?albumview=slideshow
Optional Challenge: None

ciane
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2227593
Link to media: http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f65/ciane/new/Strughlin/?albumview=slideshow
Optional Challenge: yes see media

Ciaracaff
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2231466
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/60/173456.page#2285543
Optional Challenge: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2231724

CuddlesomeQtee
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2247591
Link to media: http://s802.photobucket.com/home/Cuddlesomeqtee/set/7721?view=slideshow
Optional Challenge: Yes – included in posted asset

golden_glow
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2224798
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/189622.page
Optional Challenge: no

hazentw
Link to the posted asset: http://ca.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2249719
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/0/191383.page#2305910
Optional Challenge: Yes. see media

Kiarane
Link to the posted asset:
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=195990
Optional Challenge: No

LandaX
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2232916
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=196614
Optional Challenge: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2232916

liam7695
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2249579
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=198368
Optional Challenge: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2249642

LizJordanUK
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2226938
Link to media: http://s752.photobucket.com/albums/xx163/lizjordan...Downsized/?albumview=slideshow
Optional Challenge: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2227282

misscbong
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2243391
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/0/191025.page#2300751
Optional Challenge: no

MsMcNeely
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2246289
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/0/191053.page#23011
67
Optional Challenge: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2246288

NicWin0
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2222481
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=195415
Optional Challenge: no

PyroDragn - DragN-Drop Designs
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2246572
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=198032
Optional Challenge: No

Scoiattolo
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2232884
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=197095
Optional Challenge: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2232886

Tamlyn
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2232995
Link to media: http://tamlynsims.livejournal.com/7468.html
Optional Challenge: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2232984#


Advanced

addict1220
Link to the posted asset:
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/190667.page#2302070

Optional Challenge: no

EuphorialQueen Enterprises
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2234098
Link to media: http://s198.photobucket.com/albums/aa19/LadyZelezz...20by%20EQ/?albumview=slideshow
Optional Challenge: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2226504 –
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2234105 http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2226500
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2234101

Freynas
Link to the posted asset:
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/120/151691.page#2304701
Optional Challenge: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2248811



Results:

Beginner Judge: Anjubee http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/960/47204.page

1st place - Denisimms!
2nd place - xxmccxx!
3rd place - tigerlily75de and skeletaleffect! A tie since I couldn't decide.



Intermediate Judge: Tota http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/870/47204.page

1st place: liam7695
2nd place: AlexKnr
3rd place: PyroDragn


Advanced Judge: Kitkat7145 http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/870/47204.page

1st place: Addict