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Build-n-Share Challenge #149-150 • Ranch Dressing
Build Deadline: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at midnight Central
Thread for this week's challenge: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/1485/373316.page
Build-n-Share Challenge #149-150 • Ranch Dressing
“Your brother Ranunculus, is quite the chef!” you say to your assistant, Rose, as you enter the studio after a delicious lunch at the Little Corsican Bistro. “The steak au poivre is to die for!” You think to yourself that perhaps you shouldn’t have had that second glass of chateauneuf-du-pape, because now all you feel like doing is taking a nap. Then you notice that Rose hasn’t responded to your remark about her brother, who is now the executive chef at Sunset Valley’s local eatery.
“Is there something the matter, Rose?” you ask delicately.
“Mother’s back!” she blurts out.
“Is she here for a vis…”
“Byron’s dead! She’s moving back to Sunset Valley!”
Rose’s mother had abruptly left town the previous year after marrying Byron Barkley, a rancher from Appaloosa Plains. Rose, who used to live with her mother, is now living in the cottage you designed for her, and she has, you think, really come into her own. You wonder if she is afraid of being overshadowed by her mother again.
“Is your mother moving in with y…”
“She’s in your office. Waiting for you.” There is a look of desperation in Rose’s eyes. Then her eyes soften, and she says, “I do love my mother!”
“Okay, I’ll go see what I can do for her!”
Rose’s mother, Violet, is a slightly smaller, slightly grayer version of Rose herself. But there the resemblance ends. Whereas Rose is quiet and serious, her mother’s bubbly personality hits you as soon as you enter the room.
“It’s just fabulous to see you again, hon! You are so good to my little Rosie!” Violet enthuses all over you.
“Mrs. Barkley, I’m so sorry to hear about your husband’s pass…”
“Oh, never you mind that, hon! He died doing the thing he loved most. He was breaking a new horse, which, unfortunately, broke him instead.”
You are somewhat surprised by her casual attitude toward her husband’s death until you see her dab a tear from her eye with an impeccably ironed white handkerchief.
“Well then, what can I do for you? Or is your visit more social than professional?” you say awkwardly.
She gives you a wry smile. “Hon, let’s not kid ourselves. When I showed up here unannounced, Rosie turned whiter than the sheets on my bed! She’s afraid I’m going to move back in with her. And frankly, I don’t blame her. I can be a little overpowering. Rosie’s new cottage is the best thing for her. I don’t want to ruin that. No, what I want you to do is design a little place for me—oh, and for my two horses—oh, and for my stable boy, Pedro.”
You make a conscious effort to close your mouth, and before you can say something, Violet goes on. “And please don’t fill the place with floral patterns! I know Rosie loves them, but frankly, they give me a headache. No, I like simple, casual elegance. A Western or California kind of décor is okay—as long as it’s not too kitchy. Oh, and I like soft colors—no bright red dining rooms, please!”
You whip out your notebook and start writing. After an hour with Rose’s mother, you really need that nap, but as you usher Violet Barkley out, she grabs her daughter by the arm and says, “I’m sure the boss will let me take you out to lunch, sweetie. Let’s see if your brother, Nunkie, can come up with something fabulous for us, and I’ll tell you about the new place I’m having built right here in Sunset Valley!” She winks at you, and you nod your head in approval.
Requirements:
• Budget: §175,000
• Lot: any lot 30 x 30 or larger in Sunset Valley
• House: 3 bedrooms (1 master, 2 guest); at least 2.5 bathrooms; a “play room” for when Violet’s grandchildren visit; two-car garage or parking area; other rooms for convenient living; one story only, unless you use an elevator (Violet is getting on in years, and doesn’t want to climb stairs. In any event, the master bedroom should be on the ground floor, and for some reason, Violet insists that there be a double bed in her bedroom.)
• Interior: simple, casual elegance; soft colors; no busy floral patterns (they give Violet headaches!)
• Out Building: a barn/stable with room for two horses and an attached bedroom/bathroom for Pedro
• Appropriate landscaping for the house and a fenced pasture for the horses
• CC is allowed, but please list/link/credit them when you submit so downloaders can find them!
Optional Challenge: Create Violet Barkley (Elder), Pedro Almodóvar (Young Adult) and, if you have Pets, the 2 horses (Diablo and Angelica), and show pictures of them enjoying their new “small” ranch.
Good luck!
Official Entry List
Beginner
JGrocks2010
Link to lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5774281
Link to media: http://s1053.photobucket.com/albums/s476/JGrocks2012/?start=all
Optional Challenge: no
Constructive criticism: Yes
Dark_Tig3r
Link to lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5783306
Link to media: http://s213.photobucket.com/albums/cc305/Dark_Tig3...ey%20home/?albumview=slideshow
Optional Challenge: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5783304
Constructive criticism: yes please
litel
Link to lot: without family - http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5803046 with family - http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5803210
Link to media: https://picasaweb.google.com/115403646372415052526...Kqpwt7urNeN1QE&feat=directlink
Optional Challenge: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5803199
Constructive criticism: yes
Sitaraka
Link to lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5804421
Link to media: http://s1166.photobucket.com/albums/q611/Sitaraka/Ranch%20Dressing/
Optional Challenge: ran out of time.
Constructive criticism: yes
Freizha
Link to lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5808163
Link to media: http://s278.photobucket.com/albums/kk87/rocket_babie/Sims%20Photos/
Optional Challenge:
Constructive criticism: Yes
Intermediate
breakbruce
Link to lot: http://www.mediafire.com/?fklbtkw7ntdoc6c
Link to media: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_leong/sets/72157629784708976/
Optional Challenge: NIL
Constructive criticism: Bring it on.
AnniePKS
Link to lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5773767
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=401112
Optional Challenge: Media - http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=401552 Family - http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5750567
Constructive criticism: Yes please. I want to improve.
DrygonBlade
Link to lot: Having issues. Hope to have it up this weekend.
Link to media: http://s1055.photobucket.com/albums/s514/DrygonBlade/?action=view¤t=149-150.mp4
Optional Challenge: http://s1055.photobucket.com/albums/s514/DrygonBla...ion=view¤t=Optional149-150.mp4
Constructive criticism: YES Please. It’s the best way to improve!
EleneK
Link to lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5785148
Link to media: http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a155/EleneK/Sims...0149150%20%20Ranch%20Dressing/
Optional Challenge:
Constructive criticism: Yes, Please.
shadowinsims
Link to lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5794818
Link to media: http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/swiftrayne/...-%20Ranch/?albumview=slideshow
Optional Challenge: Pics - http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/swiftrayne/...h/Barkley/?albumview=slideshow Family - http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5794821
Constructive criticism: Yes please.
Tiferoo11
Link to lot:
Link to media: http://s1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/Tifferoo...20149-150/?albumview=slideshow
Optional Challenge: yes, you`ll see the story line in the media
Constructive criticism: yes
clovergoddess
Link to lot:
Link to media: http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee12/Clovergodd...0Dressing/?albumview=slideshow
Optional Challenge: didn't have time!
Constructive criticism: yes
Advanced
mgolden27
Link to lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5769722
Link to media: http://s1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh626/milynn80...20149-150/?albumview=slideshow
Optional Challenge: I created Violet, Pedro, Diablo, and Angelica (Photos are at the end of my media):
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5769723
Constructive criticism: Always.
Kulthero777
Link to lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5803468
Link to media: Photo Album - http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f359/virgodragon...ms%203%20Stuff/Violet%20Acres/ Slideshow - http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f359/virgodragon...t%20Acres/?albumview=slideshow
Optional Challenge: Yes, I made the household and included them in the media. http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5802672
Constructive criticism: Yes, please.
Results
Click on the judge's name to see their comments.
Beginner - Judge: Kiyalynn
1st Place: Dark_Tig3r
Optional Challenge Winner: Dark_Tig3r
Intermediate - Judge: mgolden27
1st Place: DrygonBlade
2nd Place: Tiferoo11
3rd Place: EleneK
Optional Challenge Winner: Tiferoo11
Advanced - Judge: Sherry1968
1st Place: Kulthero777
Optional Challenge Winner: Mgolden27
Build Deadline: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at midnight Central
Thread for this week's challenge: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/1485/373316.page
Build-n-Share Challenge #149-150 • Ranch Dressing
“Your brother Ranunculus, is quite the chef!” you say to your assistant, Rose, as you enter the studio after a delicious lunch at the Little Corsican Bistro. “The steak au poivre is to die for!” You think to yourself that perhaps you shouldn’t have had that second glass of chateauneuf-du-pape, because now all you feel like doing is taking a nap. Then you notice that Rose hasn’t responded to your remark about her brother, who is now the executive chef at Sunset Valley’s local eatery.
“Is there something the matter, Rose?” you ask delicately.
“Mother’s back!” she blurts out.
“Is she here for a vis…”
“Byron’s dead! She’s moving back to Sunset Valley!”
Rose’s mother had abruptly left town the previous year after marrying Byron Barkley, a rancher from Appaloosa Plains. Rose, who used to live with her mother, is now living in the cottage you designed for her, and she has, you think, really come into her own. You wonder if she is afraid of being overshadowed by her mother again.
“Is your mother moving in with y…”
“She’s in your office. Waiting for you.” There is a look of desperation in Rose’s eyes. Then her eyes soften, and she says, “I do love my mother!”
“Okay, I’ll go see what I can do for her!”
Rose’s mother, Violet, is a slightly smaller, slightly grayer version of Rose herself. But there the resemblance ends. Whereas Rose is quiet and serious, her mother’s bubbly personality hits you as soon as you enter the room.
“It’s just fabulous to see you again, hon! You are so good to my little Rosie!” Violet enthuses all over you.
“Mrs. Barkley, I’m so sorry to hear about your husband’s pass…”
“Oh, never you mind that, hon! He died doing the thing he loved most. He was breaking a new horse, which, unfortunately, broke him instead.”
You are somewhat surprised by her casual attitude toward her husband’s death until you see her dab a tear from her eye with an impeccably ironed white handkerchief.
“Well then, what can I do for you? Or is your visit more social than professional?” you say awkwardly.
She gives you a wry smile. “Hon, let’s not kid ourselves. When I showed up here unannounced, Rosie turned whiter than the sheets on my bed! She’s afraid I’m going to move back in with her. And frankly, I don’t blame her. I can be a little overpowering. Rosie’s new cottage is the best thing for her. I don’t want to ruin that. No, what I want you to do is design a little place for me—oh, and for my two horses—oh, and for my stable boy, Pedro.”
You make a conscious effort to close your mouth, and before you can say something, Violet goes on. “And please don’t fill the place with floral patterns! I know Rosie loves them, but frankly, they give me a headache. No, I like simple, casual elegance. A Western or California kind of décor is okay—as long as it’s not too kitchy. Oh, and I like soft colors—no bright red dining rooms, please!”
You whip out your notebook and start writing. After an hour with Rose’s mother, you really need that nap, but as you usher Violet Barkley out, she grabs her daughter by the arm and says, “I’m sure the boss will let me take you out to lunch, sweetie. Let’s see if your brother, Nunkie, can come up with something fabulous for us, and I’ll tell you about the new place I’m having built right here in Sunset Valley!” She winks at you, and you nod your head in approval.
Requirements:
• Budget: §175,000
• Lot: any lot 30 x 30 or larger in Sunset Valley
• House: 3 bedrooms (1 master, 2 guest); at least 2.5 bathrooms; a “play room” for when Violet’s grandchildren visit; two-car garage or parking area; other rooms for convenient living; one story only, unless you use an elevator (Violet is getting on in years, and doesn’t want to climb stairs. In any event, the master bedroom should be on the ground floor, and for some reason, Violet insists that there be a double bed in her bedroom.)
• Interior: simple, casual elegance; soft colors; no busy floral patterns (they give Violet headaches!)
• Out Building: a barn/stable with room for two horses and an attached bedroom/bathroom for Pedro
• Appropriate landscaping for the house and a fenced pasture for the horses
• CC is allowed, but please list/link/credit them when you submit so downloaders can find them!
Optional Challenge: Create Violet Barkley (Elder), Pedro Almodóvar (Young Adult) and, if you have Pets, the 2 horses (Diablo and Angelica), and show pictures of them enjoying their new “small” ranch.
Good luck!
Official Entry List
Beginner
JGrocks2010
Link to lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5774281
Link to media: http://s1053.photobucket.com/albums/s476/JGrocks2012/?start=all
Optional Challenge: no
Constructive criticism: Yes
Dark_Tig3r
Link to lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5783306
Link to media: http://s213.photobucket.com/albums/cc305/Dark_Tig3...ey%20home/?albumview=slideshow
Optional Challenge: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5783304
Constructive criticism: yes please
litel
Link to lot: without family - http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5803046 with family - http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5803210
Link to media: https://picasaweb.google.com/115403646372415052526...Kqpwt7urNeN1QE&feat=directlink
Optional Challenge: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5803199
Constructive criticism: yes
Sitaraka
Link to lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5804421
Link to media: http://s1166.photobucket.com/albums/q611/Sitaraka/Ranch%20Dressing/
Optional Challenge: ran out of time.
Constructive criticism: yes
Freizha
Link to lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5808163
Link to media: http://s278.photobucket.com/albums/kk87/rocket_babie/Sims%20Photos/
Optional Challenge:
Constructive criticism: Yes
Intermediate
breakbruce
Link to lot: http://www.mediafire.com/?fklbtkw7ntdoc6c
Link to media: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_leong/sets/72157629784708976/
Optional Challenge: NIL
Constructive criticism: Bring it on.
AnniePKS
Link to lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5773767
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=401112
Optional Challenge: Media - http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=401552 Family - http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5750567
Constructive criticism: Yes please. I want to improve.
DrygonBlade
Link to lot: Having issues. Hope to have it up this weekend.
Link to media: http://s1055.photobucket.com/albums/s514/DrygonBlade/?action=view¤t=149-150.mp4
Optional Challenge: http://s1055.photobucket.com/albums/s514/DrygonBla...ion=view¤t=Optional149-150.mp4
Constructive criticism: YES Please. It’s the best way to improve!
EleneK
Link to lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5785148
Link to media: http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a155/EleneK/Sims...0149150%20%20Ranch%20Dressing/
Optional Challenge:
Constructive criticism: Yes, Please.
shadowinsims
Link to lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5794818
Link to media: http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/swiftrayne/...-%20Ranch/?albumview=slideshow
Optional Challenge: Pics - http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/swiftrayne/...h/Barkley/?albumview=slideshow Family - http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5794821
Constructive criticism: Yes please.
Tiferoo11
Link to lot:
Link to media: http://s1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/Tifferoo...20149-150/?albumview=slideshow
Optional Challenge: yes, you`ll see the story line in the media
Constructive criticism: yes
clovergoddess
Link to lot:
Link to media: http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee12/Clovergodd...0Dressing/?albumview=slideshow
Optional Challenge: didn't have time!
Constructive criticism: yes
Advanced
mgolden27
Link to lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5769722
Link to media: http://s1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh626/milynn80...20149-150/?albumview=slideshow
Optional Challenge: I created Violet, Pedro, Diablo, and Angelica (Photos are at the end of my media):
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5769723
Constructive criticism: Always.
Kulthero777
Link to lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5803468
Link to media: Photo Album - http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f359/virgodragon...ms%203%20Stuff/Violet%20Acres/ Slideshow - http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f359/virgodragon...t%20Acres/?albumview=slideshow
Optional Challenge: Yes, I made the household and included them in the media. http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5802672
Constructive criticism: Yes, please.
Results
Click on the judge's name to see their comments.
Beginner - Judge: Kiyalynn
1st Place: Dark_Tig3r
Optional Challenge Winner: Dark_Tig3r
Intermediate - Judge: mgolden27
1st Place: DrygonBlade
2nd Place: Tiferoo11
3rd Place: EleneK
Optional Challenge Winner: Tiferoo11
Advanced - Judge: Sherry1968
1st Place: Kulthero777
Optional Challenge Winner: Mgolden27
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