IslaRose's Build Showcase - Vampire Stuff!

Magnolia Apothecary

A small retail shop set up for selling herbalist tonics/potions, collectibles, and oddities. :)

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I wish I could change the "staff" outfits for unowned shops - my townies seem to love the yellow & red tops.

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My sim inside, getting the creepy crawlies while checking out some dust mites.

Your Science Career lab looks great! :) The layout of the build looks great! It looks great how you have set up the different areas of the build with the items that scientists need to have for their career. The grey and white colour scheme of the build gives a great look and feel to the lab.
Magnolia Apothecary is a very nice store! :) The exterior design of the building is very nice! Very nice roofing! The purple colour and the brick texture of the exterior of the building looks nice. The A frame front steps entrance to the shop looks nice! The decor on the front of the roof and the red flower box windows adds a nice touches to the store, Very nice pond in the front outdoors area! The rocks look nice how you have placed them on the edges of the water. The plants, rocks and floor lights lining the edges of the front footpath are nice for sims to see when coming to enter the store. Very nice furnishing of the interior of the store. It looks nice how you have set up the racks , display case and ledges, and placed the items on/in them for sims to come and buy. Very nice kitchen area for sims to make up more herbal potions or cook a meal. The brickwork texture of the walls looks nice. The hanging pans and the knives on the wall are nice kitchen touches there.
They are both great builds! :)

@rosemow Thank you so much! Your words are very kind. :)

Rustic Bakery

A small, quaint, rustic bakery set up with a full-scale gourmet kitchen in the basement, and a small partially furnished apartment above. The bakery interior is actually a bit modern and chic, with an almost Tiffany Blue paint color, Dark woods, and white accents.

The exterior also has a side patio for guest seating, but the landscaping is minimal (I designed it on a bit of a whim just before GTW launched, and then updated it for the expansion - but I never really got around to taking the landscaping to the ideal level). Having actually played the patch, I would ideally double up on self-serve refrigerators - but of course, with every build I always notice things after the fact that I wish I could change!

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Beautiful lots, all of them!

(What really caught my eye was the "Danger" sign, obviously a fire warning.. Awesome warning symbol! (But don't let Sims follow the sign's directions! It's seldom a good idea to run when on fire!)

^_^

A fire extinguisher next to the stove would have been a nice touch,

Sprinkles Bakery!

http://i.imgur.com/QEfTIu4.jpg
(Nevermind the hedges, I just used a larger lot for the cover image, and wanted to fill up empty space...)

I wanted to build another bakery, but I was a bit stymied as to how I wanted to decorate it. I find that when I'm in that position, I can usually find some inspiration if I get a bit ridiculous, so .. that's what I did. I wanted to figure out how to do a masnard/French roof without that specific tool in TS4, and then I found a roofing pattern that looked like glitter/sprinkles in the sun (it's a base game roofing pattern/texture). Then I thought it looked like a cupcake... and at that point, the obvious answer was PINK EVERYWHERE. Cornea scalding pink. And now, it's my favorite venue I've made so far. (I also made the venue in black and white later, for personal use, but it doesn't have the same appeal now).

http://i.imgur.com/ogWSSZv.jpg

For the sake of the bakery owner that has to spend their days surrounded by bright pinks, I made a small apartment upstairs with a more calming, serene light turquoise color scheme and dark woods. There is a spare room as well, open for further retail space or expanding the apartment/living quarters. The basement, of course, has a full-scale professional bakery kitchen (in white!).

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I also love that the glass tables, with the new egg/cup/scoop/whatever seats (I don't know what to call them!) wind up looking like flowers.

http://i.imgur.com/si5RgQy.jpg

The lot I built it on was rather small, so in moving it to larger lots for better images, I had a lot of space to play with, so please disregard my super fun hedge mazes (my motto is now "open space? put a hedge on it!").

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This was just a fun image to capture how the roof changes depending on the light/time of day. It's much more sparkly/reflective in game, and I'm a little obsessed with it now.

Also on the gallery, and without any CC or crazy MOO use (I did originally have a supersize cupcake from debug on the roof, and some giant llamas, but then I realized the cupcake would still spoil and no one would be able to get it down, ha). If you use the lot, you may need to use the IGUE cheat to duplicate locked items.

Oh, and I almost forgot! I made over these little ladies to go with the bakery, "Sprinkles Employees".
http://i.imgur.com/R2Or8P5.png

"Miki;13501647" wrote:
Beautiful lots, all of them!

(What really caught my eye was the "Danger" sign, obviously a fire warning.. Awesome warning symbol! (But don't let Sims follow the sign's directions! It's seldom a good idea to run when on fire!)

^_^

A fire extinguisher next to the stove would have been a nice touch,

Thank you! The fire extinguisher is actually right around the corner from the end of the counter, above the stool. :D (I love clutter).

The Magnolia Toy Chest

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Another whimsical-type build. I was going to try to make a "toy castle" but I'm afraid castle building is way beyond my skillset right now. I also made this after the patch actually launched, so I had a better feel for retail and how customers flow throughout the shop. I made sure the interior layout was wide open and well-spread, so as not to get clusters of customers at various bottlenecks. Also, nowhere for them to really get trapped (aside from behind the register, but if they’re back there, they deserve it.)

http://i.imgur.com/79UvnXE.png

Plus, I’ve always wanted an excuse to use the shaped topiaries/hedges (It's meant to be placed on a Willow Creek/Magnolia lot, but I ran out of space. :D )

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Love your builds. They are very creative and functional at the same time.

Rustic Bakery is a very nice store for sims to both run and visit. :) The stone and wooden texture of the exterior looks very nice! It looks nice how you have front windows for sims to look inside when coming to enter the bakery. The planter boxes are a nice touch on the windows. It looks nice how you have placed the wall lights on the exterior upper and lower levels. Nice covered over front porch. The lavender is pretty along the edges of the fencing. Nice outdoors dining side patio. Sims will enjoy eating outdoors in the air at the tables. Nice layout of the bakery buying area. It looks nice how you have placed the curved counter with the register on it beside the glass display shelves case. Sims will enjoy coming there to look at and choose their food to buy. The small white circle flooring and the larger white circle floor rugs look nice together, and adds a nice look to the room. It is great that you have the freezer item there for sims to buy food from too. Nice sofa sitting nook. The wall paneling and colour of the walls looks very nice. The cupcake themed signs on the exterior and interior walls and the menu board behind the register counter are nice bakery themed touches for the sims to enjoy seeing. It is great that you have a kitchen in a basement level. It is nice that you have an upstairs apartment for the sims who run the bakery to able to stay/live there whilst running the store.
Sprinkles Bakery is so very nice! :) It looks very nice how the roof looks like a cupcake! The pink and white colour scheme of the exterior and interior of the bakery looks very nice! It looks nice how you have placed the awnings over the front door and upper window. Very nice layout of the levels of the interior! It looks nice how you have set up the tables and chairs in the bakery dining area to resemble flowers. The furnishing of this level is very pretty! The pink roses are pretty on the table tops, The butterflies wall pattern and the pink tree print looks nice on the walls. The pink panda lamp is a nice touch on the register counter. The enlarged pink plumbobs look very nice either sides of the door. The cupcake picture looks nice on the wall. The pink ghostly gnome looks cute! It is nice that you have an upstairs living apartment in this bakery too. The turquoise colour of the walls looks nice. It looks nice how you have placed the curtains there. Very nice basement kitchen! The white brick walls looks nice. It looks great how you have placed the kitchen cabinets and have an island counter. Sims will enjoy using the cupcake machines there.
The Magnolia Toy Chest is very nice too! The curved roofing is very nice! It looks great that you have used the topiary trees in the build, and have placed bonsai llamas either sides of the front door. The blue flowers look nice how you have placed them in the front and side areas. It looks very nice how you have set up the toys displays inside the store! The unicorns and heart teddies look cute! The balloons and banners are nice touches over the windows. The spotted flooring looks great in the store.
Each of the builds are very nice! :)