StSciurus's Showcase • Update 4/9/19 The Claverhouse

I call the name, The Meadows, unfortunate because it was the name the game gives to the lot I chose to build on. This was before I figured out how to change the name! It was also unfortunate because I built the house facing the long side of the 30 x 40 lot, but the game thought that the 30 side was the front of the house. So the picture in the gallery shows the side of the house—not the most appealing view. (How I miss TS3 where you could change the images in the gallery!) Needless to say, it got very few downloads (only 3). Of course that could be because it wasn’t a very appealing house to begin with, or that there are thousands of uploads on the gallery and the chance that anyone will see your contributions is fairly minuscule. But I think the name and the gallery image might have had something to do with it.

I tend to build modern houses rather than traditional ones. This was one of my first traditional houses to be uploaded to the gallery, and I was rather proud of it. I look at the kitchen now and think how much more I know about making kitchens after seeing the spectacular ones that other people have made. But without further ado, here are some pics of the house.

http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab173/Scoiattolo9/Showcase/Meadows1.png

http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab173/Scoiattolo9/Showcase/Meadows2.png

http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab173/Scoiattolo9/Showcase/Meadows3.png

http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab173/Scoiattolo9/Showcase/Meadows4.png

http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab173/Scoiattolo9/Showcase/Meadows5.png

At least I can say, the Sims living in the house now seem to be happy!

It is very nice that you have started a showcase thread for your builds :) I will post a link to your thread on the showcase links thread.
The Meadows is a very nice home! :) The exterior design of the home is very nice! The open shutter windows look nice in the build, and the water fountain feature in the front entrance area is pretty for sims to see when coming to enter the home. The colour of the exterior looks very nice. Very nice wraparound porch. The plants look nice placed on the edges of the porch. Very nice backyard pool patio . Sims will have fun swimming in the pool. The outdoors dining patio is very nice! Sims will enjoy cooking meals on the BBQ and eating the food at the umbrella covered table in the sunshine, Very nice furnishing and layout of the interior of the home! The double arches entrance to the dining room looks very nice and the flowers on the pedestal are nice for to see when coming to eat their meals in the dining room. The dining room wall pattern is nice. The design of the kitchen is very nice. The island bar stool counter is great! Sims will enjoy sitting on the stools eating a meal with sunshine coming in through the kitchen windows. The hanging pots is a nice kitchen touch in the room. Very nice music room! Sims will enjoy sitting resting in the sofa seat window alcove , listening to the piano music being played or enjoying reading a book from the bookcase. It is nice that there is a basement party room in the home.
The home is very nice! :)

Thank you for your lovely comments, @rosemow ! Your kindness is so much appreciated!

Great showcase thread @StSciurus ! Looking forward to your other builds.

Thanks for visiting my showcase thread @pronterus ! I very much enjoy checking out your showcase, too.

Oh I like the house you posted! I love the exterior colors :). The picture that shows the vase and the view into the dining room with the curtains is completely fantastic. I love how the colors and shapes complement each other!

Coming from you, @LionessInMN , that is quite a compliment! Thank you for stopping by my thread. I am a regular visitor to yours!

Thank you for sharing your creations in this showcase thread! That picture thing has happened to me, too, I wish that the pictures could be changed. I checked it in your gallery, the picture doesn't do it justice at all. I love the design of the exterior, and how warm and inviting the kitchen looks like.

In your gallery I especially liked Tremorden castle, Modern Loft Townhouse and Penthouse apartment (I love townhouses, rowhouses, apartments and duplexes!) Looking forward to more of your builds :)

Thanks for checking out my gallery and thread, @Nellythekidd ! I will watch for your creations, too. :)

So my two most popular builds to date (and popular is a relative term ;) ) have both been libraries. I'm not sure why. Maybe Simmers don't like building libraries. Anyway, the most downloaded one (only 67, but hey, I'll take it) is Maynard G. Krebs Memorial Learning Center.

Here is how I described it: "Do you need something for that awkward 40 x 20 lot in Newcrest? How about a library? The Maynard G. Krebs Memorial Learning Center (Library), besides having the usual bookshelves and computers, also has a snack area and observatory on the roof. It's also the perfect destination wedding venue for your book loving Sims with a patio in back with wedding arch, catering kitchen, bar, piano and seating accommodations."

At the time, I didn't realize that if two Sims are getting married and want to have the wedding outside their house, a library will not come up as a choice for where to get married. I haven't tried it, but I wonder whether if the Sims are already on the lot, they can get married by clicking on the wedding arch.

Front Exterior
http://i.imgur.com/SDHn2Mm.png

Back showing wedding patio
http://i.imgur.com/vnImx7L.png

Layout of ground floor
http://i.imgur.com/ytWMiqU.png

Layout of second floor
http://i.imgur.com/Zghs20L.png

Interior pic of second floor
http://i.imgur.com/MB39Io3.png