Basic items in your house but abscent in TS4

* air fryer
* electric kitchen grill (sandwich maker style rather than BBQ)
* food dehydrator (we have canning, but dehydrator would be another option for preserving fruits and veggies, especially if there was off-grid version as well)
* window aquaculture system for herbs and small vegetables, mine’s off-grid as it uses a solar-powered pump (could be added to some of the windows that are already in our BB catalogue)
* basic crops (wheat, corn, rice, cane…) and mill to make flour, sugar…
* workbench (or special kitchen bench added to existing kitchen benches) to make my own soaps, cleaning products, perfumes and aromatherapy oils and medicinal tinctures from herbs and plants which could then be used like herbalism and magical potions can. Cleaning products might super speed the time it takes to clean (half or quarter of the time it takes without). Using homemade soap could speed shower time.
* off-grid stereo,
* an off-grid computer (laptop with battery that needs to be recharged at work or the library for example) or typewriter - for writing skill ie no connection-based activities like ordering, socialising, researching…
* 1 and 2 square hall-stand/closet/mudroom that you actually use for coat, hat and protective boots… when you come inside
* mower for keeping grass lawns tidy (maybe a tractor and haybaler for the ranch pack)
* reusable water container (bottle, camelpack…)
* mood boost lot trait for being eco-friendly
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While most of this is available in CC or mods, my preference is not to use this. There are times however when it is unavoidable as about 50% of my games are played micro home, off-grid, simple living, cottage industry lifestyles. The other 50% are luxury homes in comparison ?. I really enjoy the rags to riches/apocalypse legacy challenge gameplay.