Could use advice on building a house :)

When I build I like to look at pictures of houses, if I know what style I want i'll look at photos of that style and I'll pick a house photo I like and build from the photo. I find floor plans a little hard to follow so I prefer building from a photo of a house and by doing that I can than decide on the floor plan on my own and landscaping is a little easier as I can just see where flowers/bushes/trees etc..are in the photo and place them around those spots if i'm able.

good luck on your build :)

@ashcrash19 great to hear! Your theater very cute and nicely decorated :smiley: The next step would be to improve the landscaping. One or two bushes and terrain painting makes it just a bit more "realistic" There are some tutorials on that and I think they are listed in rosemows BUILDING TIPS AND TUTORIALS. RUTHLESS KK BUILD GUIDE LINK TOO If you don't want tips anymore, say it, you know it's all about fun :smiley:

I think you did a great job on you outdoor theater @ashcrash19 !!! It will get easier and you will be quicker with every build. Believe me, the learning curve is exponential :)
A few little tips I like to use:
- Invent a back story / Create a Sim to inspire your build. I find it much easier to build something, if I know who or what it is for.
- Go smaller rather than bigger. Some of the first complete houses I ever build were tiny houses. It let's you practice using MOO and it's usually easier to furnish and decorate a small space than a large one.
- If you don't want to rely on a blueprint, just create your own by starting with a single room and then adding on. You can worry about the outside later. Which brings me to my next tip:
- Focus on EITHER the inside OR the outside first. If you try to get everything to go together and match from the getgo, you will probably get pretty overwhelmed :)

Hope these are maybe some helpful, more general tips. Just keep building and don't forget the most important advice: Have fun! <3

"ChaosSimmer86;c-16259724" wrote:
I think you did a great job on you outdoor theater @ashcrash19 !!! It will get easier and you will be quicker with every build. Believe me, the learning curve is exponential :)
A few little tips I like to use:
- Invent a back story / Create a Sim to inspire your build. I find it much easier to build something, if I know who or what it is for.
- Go smaller rather than bigger. Some of the first complete houses I ever build were tiny houses. It let's you practice using MOO and it's usually easier to furnish and decorate a small space than a large one.
- If you don't want to rely on a blueprint, just create your own by starting with a single room and then adding on. You can worry about the outside later. Which brings me to my next tip:
- Focus on EITHER the inside OR the outside first. If you try to get everything to go together and match from the getgo, you will probably get pretty overwhelmed :)

Hope these are maybe some helpful, more general tips. Just keep building and don't forget the most important advice: Have fun! <3

@ChaosSimmer86 Thank you! The house I've made became rather large, which is why building the inside and decorating has taken 5 days so far. Whew!

You're welcome @ashcrash19 :)
What is it you're working on right now, anything for a challenge? Would love to see your build when it's finished!

I wanted to add a comment to my tips about building small: RIght now I am working on a Tiny House Community. I am using a big 50x50 lot and built 6 little Tiny Houses on it. Each of them has a different outside and interior design style, e.g. modern loft, wooden cabin, barn style etc. Apart from the hopefully awesome end product, I am also really enjoying the process of building it: I can practice a lot of different building styles, I can get creative with different layouts, designs and colors and if I get bored working on one house, I just switch to the next one without having to load another lot :)
Just thought I'd share this in case anyone finds it useful.
Happy building!

I honestly just start putting walls down, building the shell, and seeing where it ends up. As I make the shell, I get different ideas, change things up and the idea I had in my head is now warped, but ultimately I'm pretty happy with it. Also by building the shell, I get an idea how I want to landscape and how I want to section off the rooms/what kind of rooms I want.

"ChaosSimmer86;c-16261654" wrote:
You're welcome @ashcrash19 :)
What is it you're working on right now, anything for a challenge? Would love to see your build when it's finished!

I wanted to add a comment to my tips about building small: RIght now I am working on a Tiny House Community. I am using a big 50x50 lot and built 6 little Tiny Houses on it. Each of them has a different outside and interior design style, e.g. modern loft, wooden cabin, barn style etc. Apart from the hopefully awesome end product, I am also really enjoying the process of building it: I can practice a lot of different building styles, I can get creative with different layouts, designs and colors and if I get bored working on one house, I just switch to the next one without having to load another lot :)
Just thought I'd share this in case anyone finds it useful.
Happy building!

@ChaosSimmer86 That's a really cool idea! I decided I wanted to build a house that not only was aesthetically pleasing to me, but large enough to have a variety of items/decor from current packs and future installments. I finished it last night at 3AM. :D The upstairs only a few rooms were utilized, so there's building room, as well as the basement having room. I'm playtesting today, and then I'll make a post with pictures and download link! :)

"Simmerbug;c-16246916" wrote:
I really like making Sim houses based off of real house blue prints personally. When I am building I like to recreate the plans on graph paper so I can kind of tailor the house so that it will work in the Sims.
As for the garden, I am just starting to really experiment with them myself. I find that the gardens tend to look nicer if you use the move objects cheat so you can place flowers closer to each other or on top of each other. If you want I would be happy to share some of my more recent builds with you :)

Thanks! I'm working on a house since last night. I couldn't find the exact blueprint so I've been sort of hodgepodging two different ones. It has a wrap around porch with gazebo and then a larger deck for parties so far. Trying to figure out if I can make a split level kitchen when already on a foundation....not a lower split level but higher with stairs.

"kilra0;c-16259432" wrote:
@ashcrash19 great to hear! Your theater very cute and nicely decorated :smiley: The next step would be to improve the landscaping. One or two bushes and terrain painting makes it just a bit more "realistic" There are some tutorials on that and I think they are listed in rosemows BUILDING TIPS AND TUTORIALS. RUTHLESS KK BUILD GUIDE LINK TOO If you don't want tips anymore, say it, you know it's all about fun :smiley:

Yeah, that's what I'm working on. For the theater I focused so much on the interior and parking lot space that I ended up just adding that fountain area and and side flower bed with a few trees. Wasn't sure what else to do without making it look overly decorated, haha.

@kilra0 @ChaosSimmer86

My house is finally finished! :) I posted it here:

http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/933396/charming-in-canary-a-large-two-story-colonial-victorian/p1?new=1