What I like to do is find a "Fixer Upper" to D/L, make up a story in my head about my sim inheriting or obtaining it someway for free, my latest story Johnny Zest was playing poker and won the house in a poker hand, but little did he know that the 'Beautiful Oasis" he won was a run-down, rat and bat filled mess that was about to fall down around his ears!
So, how I play is he has very little to no money, and has to earn money to slowly remove the old rusted, broken down stuff that was left in the house (I don't let him make money from deleting stuff, because in RL it normally costs you money to have c-rap hauled off!) and replace it with new stuff.
Anyway, in my current story, Johnny, who has not one ounce of interior design savviness, will eventually meet his future wife. And she just happens to be an interior designer!
I like to play stories that incorporate the things I like to do and drives me to play in order to get to the point that I can do what I like to do.
