My builds - Jude525
My friends have encouraged me to share my builds all in one place. So here I am. I was pretty surprised as I was getting everything ready just how many lots I've built in the past 8 months. So, gonna ...
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So, started working on a larger house for my current family. They will be marrying and need room and a more manageable floor plan for toddlers. (They live in a three level stilt home on Lunar Lakes.)
I wanted a grand, spacious central room. Well, that got WAY out of hand when I considered an underground connection through the basement up to the pool. Then I added windows between the pool and the basement. I've never done pool windows before and loved the way the light came through to the underground room.
This is where everything went down the rabbit hole. I put the pool in the center of the great room, with the basement the same size. Then placed an island in the center of that. I placed Nature's Soil rugs from Into the Future so that I could make the island a garden, including a tree.
The tree requires the house to be four stories. I surrounded the house with windows, essentially making it a giant conservatory/greenhouse. But the four story house just looked like a child's building block. So, I stepped each floor in a few squares, ending up with a ziggurat. It still looked too municipal. That's when it came to me; Hanging Gardens of Babylon!
So, Natures Soil rugs now cover the entire roof area, and that is planted with ground cover flowers. Ivy and wisteria are spread across the walls. Each level will be further planted with additional small trees and shrubs.
Here are some work in progress pics. Ignore any plants in the background. I've thrown multiples of almost anything I thought might work somewhere in the build onto the property for perspective.
The whole building.
https://i.imgur.com/7pofawR.jpg?1
The interior.
https://i.imgur.com/VjowcFh.jpg?1
The basement, with a view of the pool.
https://i.imgur.com/fnFYTNt.jpg?2
A close up of the plantings on the rooftops.
https://i.imgur.com/7pofawR.jpg?1
It's all subject to change. Although I'm pretty committed to the main structure. I'm not likely to start at the beginning after placing all the ground cover flowers. The original concept was to have rooms radiating in all directions, but I built it too close to the property line on one side, so that will be a compromise. I think in Sims 4 you can just lift a whole house. That would be great here. Custom blueprinting wouldn't work, since all the work is done on the exterior. *sigh* (Oh, wait, thought.... maybe if I add walls to the outside of each level, I can blueprint what would then be an interior room. Maybe the program would then grab the rugs and flowers. Not sure, since they are normally intended for outside, but I'll give it a try. No harm trying.)
I haven't even committed to it being a house at this point. It may end up a public pool or even a resort. Although it does meet my primary criteria for a home in that it will be on one or two levels when it's done. Updates to follow.
I wanted a grand, spacious central room. Well, that got WAY out of hand when I considered an underground connection through the basement up to the pool. Then I added windows between the pool and the basement. I've never done pool windows before and loved the way the light came through to the underground room.
This is where everything went down the rabbit hole. I put the pool in the center of the great room, with the basement the same size. Then placed an island in the center of that. I placed Nature's Soil rugs from Into the Future so that I could make the island a garden, including a tree.
The tree requires the house to be four stories. I surrounded the house with windows, essentially making it a giant conservatory/greenhouse. But the four story house just looked like a child's building block. So, I stepped each floor in a few squares, ending up with a ziggurat. It still looked too municipal. That's when it came to me; Hanging Gardens of Babylon!
So, Natures Soil rugs now cover the entire roof area, and that is planted with ground cover flowers. Ivy and wisteria are spread across the walls. Each level will be further planted with additional small trees and shrubs.
Here are some work in progress pics. Ignore any plants in the background. I've thrown multiples of almost anything I thought might work somewhere in the build onto the property for perspective.
The whole building.
https://i.imgur.com/7pofawR.jpg?1
The interior.
https://i.imgur.com/VjowcFh.jpg?1
The basement, with a view of the pool.
https://i.imgur.com/fnFYTNt.jpg?2
A close up of the plantings on the rooftops.
https://i.imgur.com/7pofawR.jpg?1
It's all subject to change. Although I'm pretty committed to the main structure. I'm not likely to start at the beginning after placing all the ground cover flowers. The original concept was to have rooms radiating in all directions, but I built it too close to the property line on one side, so that will be a compromise. I think in Sims 4 you can just lift a whole house. That would be great here. Custom blueprinting wouldn't work, since all the work is done on the exterior. *sigh* (Oh, wait, thought.... maybe if I add walls to the outside of each level, I can blueprint what would then be an interior room. Maybe the program would then grab the rugs and flowers. Not sure, since they are normally intended for outside, but I'll give it a try. No harm trying.)
I haven't even committed to it being a house at this point. It may end up a public pool or even a resort. Although it does meet my primary criteria for a home in that it will be on one or two levels when it's done. Updates to follow.
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