SerraNolwen's builds

It's been a while since I had built anything on the Sims, but a small break in the amount of work I have and a couple days of being sick and not wanting to go out at all ended up being a time for me to get back to builds. XD Here is what I managed to make for QCMonthly's 30th challenge, which was originally to create a mall that would be in Myshuno Meadows. It can be used on that lot as a generic lot if you create some clubs, but in order to work as a store (or series thereof), you'd have to place it somewhere else, sadly. Here is the link if you want to download it: San Myshuno Mall tested

This is the exterior. I kept some of the original landscaping of Myshuno Meadows, trying to make it seem as if the park was replaced by a big mall, but they at least tried to keep some of it. I also added a playground and a few decorative elements.

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Here are the floor plans, from top to bottom. Top view.
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The top floor includes the food court, bookstore and sports gear store, which has its own tiny gym. There are also two bathrooms.
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The ground floor includes many other stores (furniture, kitchen stuff, music instruments, games, clothes, things for pets) and a movie theater.
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Here is the movie theater, which includes a room for games and getting popcorn and two symmetrical screening rooms.
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Quick look at the corridors etc before we head into each store. I tried to include some promotional signage. There is a spot on the ground floor where people can leave and sell their art. The second picture is the stair landing upstairs.
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I wanted there to be clothing stores for all ages and genders. I was sad when I realized we are limited to ten mannequins on a lot, but I think I managed. So here are the main stores for men, women and children (that last one also sells a few small toys). There's also one kinda goth store that was heavily inspired by a store which fascinated me when I was a kid in my hometown. I think I only bought one necklace from there once, but I would always go look at the peculiar and pretty things in there.
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I wish I could include a proper pet shop with at least some fish in there, because I loved visiting those when I was a child. I could spend so long watching the fish and birds. Well, I've at least made a small shop for pet supplies.
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There's also one of those very chic looking furniture and decor stores. I tried to make it look very well-lit and high class.
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There's also a store that sells small appliances and kitchen tools, in part because that was my first job ever and I wanted to include something like it. It is somehow messier but less cluttered than the place I worked in, as I wanted to fill the spaces on the counters, which meant I had to put stuff like utensils between the appliances...
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We have plenty of objects for it and I do like going to the music store to get new scores and maybe play the piano for a few minutes on one of the better ones, so here it is. I feel like the walls are a little bland in this one, but I at least added the jazz themed pictures from base game behind the cash register.
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Finally, the ground floor has a gaming store, as I spent quite a bit of time in those browsing for new rpg sources, board games to try with friends and family or playing card games with my boyfriend and his friends. There are pretty much always people playing games in there, so I left a big area for kids to play voidcritters and everyone to play cards (or don't wake the llama, I guess).
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Upstairs, right in front of the stairs, is possibly the most important shop to me: the bookstore. I gave it glass doors rather than the usual arch so that it could be a quieter place. I tried to make it look cluttered and comfy at once.
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There's also a shop that sells sports gear and camping gear. It also has a tiny gym, access to a balcony with a spa and dance floor (zumba, anyone?) and showers, because that is going to be needed at some point if there's a gym.
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Finally, there's the food court. I'm not sure how it will work when it comes to people manning the stands. When I play-tested, I had to pay for them as if they were caterers... I'm still pretty happy with the way it looks. There's plenty of room to sit, areas for people to clean up plates and throw out garbage, various types of food available, lots of color. There are also tables outside, on the balcony, with a nice trellis full of greenery overhead.
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