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Hello Everyone, 

Hope you're all having a wonderful weekend and fun with your Sims.   Here are pictures from my updated Simself, Grace Ford's country home in Henford-on-Bagley.  There will be more details of her story when I do the family update in my Silver Variety Stories.  Grace is the founding sim of my second game save, Silverford County.   When Grace met Manuel Aguilar shortly after moving in,  it was almost love at first sight.  They are now married and have an infant daughter, Robin. I built her house loosely based on country home I grew up in but with a few changes and a basement family area.  The basement in my real house was not suitable for hanging out in but thanks to the Sims, that was fixed.  Hope you enjoy the photos even though  some of them are a little distorted due to using the free camera.

This is the front view of Grace & Manuel's home. Instead of the original white siding she opted for red 'Farmhouse' style with white framed windows. The front dormers were removed (as I haven't figured out how to make them, yet. The yard boasts of a nice greenhouse and garden area for Grace's garden career, outdoor animal area for cows, chickens and a future horse since I grew up with horses in my teens and used to want to have a horse farm. The came crashed last night while trying to take the back view pictures but will try to get them this evening. Grace plans to have treehouse built for Robin by the time she goes to school. Manuel may be a 'music man' but not so much a 'handy' one. but is otherwise a great husband and father to their daughter.

This is the 'Porch to Grace's home which is of course more decorated that my childhood one. Instead of the front door inside the porch, I put an archway to the entrance hallway.. The decor uses 'Patio style pieces and Grace's favorite colors of pink with gray.

This is the entry hall where I took out the staircase that was in my childhood home since I connected the whole upstairs since the master bedroom access from the former back porch area.  The room now houses pet stuff, coat rack, automatic garbage can and archways to the kitchen and living room.  Most of the rooms in this house are available separately in my gallery..

Sorry for the darkness but the family's lights are set to auto light as per the power conservation neighborhood plan. 

These next two photos are of Grace's country kitchen, The 'off=grid functioning lights don't cast much light. The curtains are blue.

Archway to the dining room portion of the living room.

Here are some views of the living/dining room in Grace's home.

The original house has a sun porch off the living/dining area but Grace turned it into an indoor garden area.

Here are two photos of Grace's indoor garden that she uses for herbs and some fruit plants so she doesn't have to always go to the outdoor greenhouse for fresh ingredients for cooking.

Although it's hard to tell but one of the windows is actually a doorway to the back deck on that wall.

Here are a couple pictures of the nursery decorated using the Basics, Industrial (one of Robin's future favorites), and Cute decor. In the original house their was a den and back kitchen area but I turned it into a hallway with a nursery and a larger main floor bathroom.. The up & down staircases are also in the back hall area long with laundry and a second fridge and will try to get photos when I'm in game later.

I've been experimenting with using different wall decor items for accent corners. Somehow the free camera missed the three wall vents on the left of the cradle. The two sides match in game, though.

That's all for now, I'll save the up and downstairs phots for another day.

Have a great evening!

Silver Jan