Decorating Hacks!
Hello my fellow simming friends. :blush:
In my 18 years of playing the Sims I have seen a lot of super creative decorating (and building) "hacks" in the game, on the forums, or on YouTube by such creative players and I thought to myself, "Why not have a thread where people can share all the sweet decorating hacks they've discovered - all in one place - and pass them on so that others can enjoy the same hacks in their game." ;) (I mean, if you feel like sharing. <3 )
So let's get it started everyone! :smiley:
*Show me some decorating hacks you saw, or invented on your own, that you now use often when decorating or building your sim's houses.*
I'll start us off. :mrgreen:
MoveObjectsOn (MOO) is such a powerful hack tool that can really turn two, or more, items into one stunning piece of furniture, art, etc. (I know most of y'all know this already, I'm just sayin'. ;) ) It gives so much more flexibility in creating something decorative you saw in real life in your sim's homes. :blush:
I'm always looking for ways to add a little decorative touch, or clutter, above the toilet tank. :lol: (Maybe it's because my mom always had a doily with some kind of decorative greenery on the top of the tank growing up. 🙃 ) Why EA did not provide slots for decorative items to rest on top of the toilet, I'll never know. (And yes I know about OMSP, but I wanted to showcase a non-cc way of doing it. :) )
So here's a recent look that I attempted...
https://i.postimg.cc/qRrksGmQ/Decor-hacks-1.jpg
Cute right? :) Now, it's important to make sure that sims can still use the toilet when you are attempting any decorating hacks above or beside the toilet using MOO. :p So I went ahead and tested that out:
Success!
https://i.postimg.cc/J04MgzCk/Decor-hacks-2.jpg
^Granted her arms and shoulders are going into the bar, but it's all good! At least it looks stylish! :lol: 👍🏻
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The second decorating hack was one that was shared with me when I was building and decorating a home for the Disney Magic Kingdom world collaboration. :) I was on a simoleon budget and boy was that a challenge!!!
It was getting down to the wire and I wanted some rugs for the rooms, but alas, rugs are an expensive luxury (in that case :lol: ) and I did not have the funds for them when other items were needed in the home. So, after given this tip, I recolored the FREE floor tiles I used to give off a rug look in all the areas I wanted rugs. :grin: 👍🏻 Genius right? I really wish I could take the credit for it. ;) Lol! But nah, it's cool.
This is also a great hack when you're NOT on a budget and just want a nice square, or diamond shaped, rug in the pattern of your liking that you can't quite get from the rugs provided in game. 👍🏻
Sorry the lighting isn't great in this picture, but in the foyer area of this home I changed a couple of the tiles on the floor with a cc fabric pattern I have and created one cute and stylish doormat rug. :blush:
https://i.postimg.cc/7L0HJRNf/Decor-hacks-3.jpg
Let me do a zoom out here so you can see the whole room:
https://i.postimg.cc/DZc7BbHh/Decor-hacks-4.jpg
But yeah that was like a 4 simoleon cost for that "rug" as opposed to 25-50 simoleons for buying a normal rug in that size. :p And of course you can make rugs MUCH bigger in a room using this method compared to the average size of large rugs. 👍🏻 WIN!
Well that's it from me with decorating hacks. Who's next? :smiley: (I know y'all have better ones than these. :lol: )
Bring your very best! I wanna see them all! :star:
In my 18 years of playing the Sims I have seen a lot of super creative decorating (and building) "hacks" in the game, on the forums, or on YouTube by such creative players and I thought to myself, "Why not have a thread where people can share all the sweet decorating hacks they've discovered - all in one place - and pass them on so that others can enjoy the same hacks in their game." ;) (I mean, if you feel like sharing. <3 )
So let's get it started everyone! :smiley:
*Show me some decorating hacks you saw, or invented on your own, that you now use often when decorating or building your sim's houses.*
I'll start us off. :mrgreen:
MoveObjectsOn (MOO) is such a powerful hack tool that can really turn two, or more, items into one stunning piece of furniture, art, etc. (I know most of y'all know this already, I'm just sayin'. ;) ) It gives so much more flexibility in creating something decorative you saw in real life in your sim's homes. :blush:
I'm always looking for ways to add a little decorative touch, or clutter, above the toilet tank. :lol: (Maybe it's because my mom always had a doily with some kind of decorative greenery on the top of the tank growing up. 🙃 ) Why EA did not provide slots for decorative items to rest on top of the toilet, I'll never know. (And yes I know about OMSP, but I wanted to showcase a non-cc way of doing it. :) )
So here's a recent look that I attempted...
https://i.postimg.cc/qRrksGmQ/Decor-hacks-1.jpg
Cute right? :) Now, it's important to make sure that sims can still use the toilet when you are attempting any decorating hacks above or beside the toilet using MOO. :p So I went ahead and tested that out:
Success!
https://i.postimg.cc/J04MgzCk/Decor-hacks-2.jpg
^Granted her arms and shoulders are going into the bar, but it's all good! At least it looks stylish! :lol: 👍🏻
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The second decorating hack was one that was shared with me when I was building and decorating a home for the Disney Magic Kingdom world collaboration. :) I was on a simoleon budget and boy was that a challenge!!!
It was getting down to the wire and I wanted some rugs for the rooms, but alas, rugs are an expensive luxury (in that case :lol: ) and I did not have the funds for them when other items were needed in the home. So, after given this tip, I recolored the FREE floor tiles I used to give off a rug look in all the areas I wanted rugs. :grin: 👍🏻 Genius right? I really wish I could take the credit for it. ;) Lol! But nah, it's cool.
This is also a great hack when you're NOT on a budget and just want a nice square, or diamond shaped, rug in the pattern of your liking that you can't quite get from the rugs provided in game. 👍🏻
Sorry the lighting isn't great in this picture, but in the foyer area of this home I changed a couple of the tiles on the floor with a cc fabric pattern I have and created one cute and stylish doormat rug. :blush:
https://i.postimg.cc/7L0HJRNf/Decor-hacks-3.jpg
Let me do a zoom out here so you can see the whole room:
https://i.postimg.cc/DZc7BbHh/Decor-hacks-4.jpg
But yeah that was like a 4 simoleon cost for that "rug" as opposed to 25-50 simoleons for buying a normal rug in that size. :p And of course you can make rugs MUCH bigger in a room using this method compared to the average size of large rugs. 👍🏻 WIN!
Well that's it from me with decorating hacks. Who's next? :smiley: (I know y'all have better ones than these. :lol: )
Bring your very best! I wanna see them all! :star:
