Show me your Willow Creek!

"DaniRose2143;c-18096919" wrote:
@JAL Thank you! It isn't just the fences, that balcony required me to push the house back. IRL that would just as likely overhang the sidewalk. I am liking the placement more and more. I'm taking a break to rest my eyes. I've been in front of the computer so long today they are getting a bit blurry. Then it's time to dive into the interior, and find something to put under the balcony to make look like it's braced, not just hanging up by sheer luck.?

I don't know if you use CC or not, but I found some cc-floors that looks just like the sidewalk in Windenburg, and used around my terraced house there so that it blends seamlessly into the sidewalk. It makes it look like the sidewalk is just wider. If you found something like that for this, it would look like the house sits at the edge of the road.

"MoonlightGraham;c-18096925" wrote:

"DaniRose2143;c-18096912" wrote:
@MoonlightGraham I'm still learning too. And this isn't as challenging as it looks. I'm working with the basic footprint of the Maxis original, just lopped off the extension in the kitchen and the bedroom on the left side. Add a second floor that mirrors the lower, a ?????. here, a tuck there, and viola.

I was a little on the fence about the overall size but it gives me the opportunity to make larger rooms, do a lot more decorating and not have it all get really cramped and cluttered. I love lots of decoration but it's so easy to make it impossible for sims to move.

I might use this thread as an inspiration to try to improve my skills. You do make it sound like it's not an insurmountable task, if I start out with something easy. :)

Shotgun houses are the simplest ones to do starting out. They''re just rectangles, with the short side facing the street. The floorpans inside vary, but most are set up so that you open the front door or in some cases, doors, and the doors between the rooms so that the breeze comes in and goes straight out the back. You'll see some shotguns have a front door on both sides of the front facade. It's not a duplex it's just an extra door to open to allow more air flow. That was because they didn't have AC when they were built and that's how you beat the bayou heat.

If you can't tell I took a walking tour when I was there on vacation and a bunch of stuff the guide said stuck.?

"JAL;c-18096928" wrote:

"DaniRose2143;c-18096919" wrote:
@JAL Thank you! It isn't just the fences, that balcony required me to push the house back. IRL that would just as likely overhang the sidewalk. I am liking the placement more and more. I'm taking a break to rest my eyes. I've been in front of the computer so long today they are getting a bit blurry. Then it's time to dive into the interior, and find something to put under the balcony to make look like it's braced, not just hanging up by sheer luck.?

I don't know if you use CC or not, but I found some cc-floors that looks just like the sidewalk in Windenburg, and used around my terraced house there so that it blends seamlessly into the sidewalk. It makes it look like the sidewalk is just wider. If you found something like that for this, it would look like the house sits at the edge of the road.

I have a lot of cc, and I could have done the bright exterior I wanted but I wanted to stick as much to Maxis stuff as possible. At least outside, inside I may roll out a bit of cc, but I still want to work with Maxis items as much as I can. I want to challenge myself to find new ways to create instead of the same old same old. CC is still important to me, a big part of how I create, but let's be different for once.

I could swap out that Maxis siding long enough to get some shots with a CC siding in some crazy bright colors....

"JAL;c-18096910" wrote:

"DaniRose2143;c-18096900" wrote:
And it is a annoyance that you have to leave one tile outside of the fences. We should be able to place them right at the edge, but anyway.

It's beautiful, and I completely agree with you on the edges. Either it's a part of the lot or it isn't! I would go further and have two lots right side by side, and let them share fences, walls and hedges. That way we could build real terraced houses.

Yeah the edge thing annoys me a lot so I often use debug fences or bushes unless i absolutely need to block sims from walking through (since they absolutely will walk through debug fences :sweat_smile: )

its also kinda annoying that there is so many debug fences that don't exist as actual fences to use

and that some of them are sized so you'll absolutely end up with clipping with all lots in game

Here it is again with CC siding from Peacemaker in each of the three Mardi Gras colors...

Purple...
https://i.imgur.com/pEG3OGY.png

Green...


Gold


I have to say that purple pops. And the green isn't too shabby either. The gold I'm kind of, meh, about.

I love the top (purple) one, @DaniRose2143. I totally agree that it pops. The green looks nice too, but it sorta just blends in with the environment. and yah...I also am meh about the gold. It doesn't look bad, it just doesn't speak to me.

The design as a whole reminds me of some homes near where I lived in New Orleans for a time.

Also yes siding colors are so lacking in this game i struggle everytime i try to build suburban cause its always going to end up same few colors

"Stormkeep;c-18096955" wrote:
I love the top (purple) one, @DaniRose2143. I totally agree that it pops. The green looks nice too, but it sorta just blends in with the environment. and yah...I also am meh about the gold. It doesn't look bad, it just doesn't speak to me.

The design as a whole reminds me of some homes near where I lived in New Orleans for a time.

I spent about an hour earlier in Google street view just going up and down through Treme and Marigny, making mental notes. And going back through my memory from my trip in 2019.

"DaniRose2143;c-18096961" wrote:

I spent about an hour earlier in Google street view just going up and down through Treme and Marigny, making mental notes. And going back through my memory from my trip in 2019.

Well that would certainly explain why it reminds me of those houses...I lived 5 minutes from there. :lol: You did a really nice job.

@Stormkeep Awesome! I was hoping I had the vibe, and I felt like I had it, you confirmed it. Thank you so much.

Now I'm really energized to tackle the rest of the exterior and start on the interior. I did add a third Willow tree in the side yard to cover the patio I put in.