Takissis Shell Challenge - October Challenge
October Shell Challenge Entries due by October 31, 2020. There is a theme for this month. This month I would like to see this simple home turned into either a fall scene or a spooky home. I loo...
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Thank you @JojoMOMSTER for putting up the links and pics for Kate. I was about to do it then I scrolled down. Thank you!
Okay @Kate2450, time for a walkthrough! I'm so excited!
First impressions, I love the old west theme here! I giggled at the picture of the toddler playing with the palamino. Adorable picture. I do like the hitching post though. Everything looks so true to theme here. It looks very rustic and desert like on the outside. I half expect to see a tumbleweed rolling by in the backyard. I like the camping area in the back with the firespit and all the cacti in the surrounding areas. The clothesline and washtub are a nice touch and a little wood shed! So well thought out.
In the front, I like the bear wooden statue. I imagine an old time photographer taking pictures of people standing nearby, but not smiling. You can never smile in pictures in the old west. I wonder if I'm the only one who gets the reference...*listens to crickets* so yeah. moving on.
I like how you converted the second floor balcony. It works well with the theme you have going here. Good choice on your colors and everything matches well. I still want to take the pony home.
Oh my!!! Inside! It's like a saloon! You've got poker tables, a bar. This is so awesome! Sorry, I'm gushing early, but this is very original. I love it!
I think you did well with the kitchen. It stays well within theme. You mentioned you weren't quite happy with it, but I think you did well with the materials you had to work with. It doesn't look too modern, maybe a bit newer than old west, but I'll just chalk it up to they had more money than their neighbors. :tongue:
The only error I can find is that your mailbox is in the mudroom. I'm not sure if that was intentional or where the game placed it by mistake. And I'm going to assume that the odd colored chair is because it had to be replaced in a barfight. Hmm...Talking john in the bathroom. Not in theme, but I can assume that you were going for color. It looks slightly out of place, but I really had to look for it after not finding toilets in the bathrooms on the second floor.
On the second floor, I love the split level with the balcony. I still haven't attempted a house with it though I've thought about it a few times. You did very well through. Your rooms are very well done. The wallpaper fits perfectly and they style of all the decor matches the theme well. It has a mishmash feel, which I assume is intended, meaning that things might have been bought separately and don't perfectly match because they weren't supposed to. It works.
I like the front room the most. Except, you could have removed the door that's attached to the stairs. It's hidden in the room, but I had to stop and see what was going on there. For the room itself though, I like the pink tone to it, kinda dusty rose. It's very pretty.
Third floor. I'm assuming attic here, that's why it's all drywall? I'm getting a servant's quarters vibe here. I'm hoping that's right. I'm just loving how things that are modern being placed in a different theme works so well. You can tell how much thought you put into what would fit. It works so well.
I think the only thing I would change on the third floor is to paint the walls, but I get why you didn't.
Overall, I can't find anything "wrong" anywhere. And I love how creative you are with everything. I absolutely love the first floor! The saloon area is wonderful.
Thank you entering my challenge. You did such a good job!
Okay @Kate2450, time for a walkthrough! I'm so excited!
First impressions, I love the old west theme here! I giggled at the picture of the toddler playing with the palamino. Adorable picture. I do like the hitching post though. Everything looks so true to theme here. It looks very rustic and desert like on the outside. I half expect to see a tumbleweed rolling by in the backyard. I like the camping area in the back with the firespit and all the cacti in the surrounding areas. The clothesline and washtub are a nice touch and a little wood shed! So well thought out.
In the front, I like the bear wooden statue. I imagine an old time photographer taking pictures of people standing nearby, but not smiling. You can never smile in pictures in the old west. I wonder if I'm the only one who gets the reference...*listens to crickets* so yeah. moving on.
I like how you converted the second floor balcony. It works well with the theme you have going here. Good choice on your colors and everything matches well. I still want to take the pony home.
Oh my!!! Inside! It's like a saloon! You've got poker tables, a bar. This is so awesome! Sorry, I'm gushing early, but this is very original. I love it!
I think you did well with the kitchen. It stays well within theme. You mentioned you weren't quite happy with it, but I think you did well with the materials you had to work with. It doesn't look too modern, maybe a bit newer than old west, but I'll just chalk it up to they had more money than their neighbors. :tongue:
The only error I can find is that your mailbox is in the mudroom. I'm not sure if that was intentional or where the game placed it by mistake. And I'm going to assume that the odd colored chair is because it had to be replaced in a barfight. Hmm...Talking john in the bathroom. Not in theme, but I can assume that you were going for color. It looks slightly out of place, but I really had to look for it after not finding toilets in the bathrooms on the second floor.
On the second floor, I love the split level with the balcony. I still haven't attempted a house with it though I've thought about it a few times. You did very well through. Your rooms are very well done. The wallpaper fits perfectly and they style of all the decor matches the theme well. It has a mishmash feel, which I assume is intended, meaning that things might have been bought separately and don't perfectly match because they weren't supposed to. It works.
I like the front room the most. Except, you could have removed the door that's attached to the stairs. It's hidden in the room, but I had to stop and see what was going on there. For the room itself though, I like the pink tone to it, kinda dusty rose. It's very pretty.
Third floor. I'm assuming attic here, that's why it's all drywall? I'm getting a servant's quarters vibe here. I'm hoping that's right. I'm just loving how things that are modern being placed in a different theme works so well. You can tell how much thought you put into what would fit. It works so well.
I think the only thing I would change on the third floor is to paint the walls, but I get why you didn't.
Overall, I can't find anything "wrong" anywhere. And I love how creative you are with everything. I absolutely love the first floor! The saloon area is wonderful.
Thank you entering my challenge. You did such a good job!
