Takissis's Freehold 5/12/20 - Dueling Sisters Build

Blueprint Challenge March - Shell by @AlJay2000

This was for the monthly challenge created by AlJay2000. I didn't follow it exactly. I changed the porch. It was the first challenge I entered. I'll do better next time. The porch is wrap around. In the backyard there is a large pool and greenhouse, as well as a back deck on the porch. It has 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. Paint by reference paintings by me.

Listed as Blueprint Challenge March - Gallery Link

https://i568.photobucket.com/albums/ss121/Takissis/Sims%204/BBCM/BBC%20March%20Gallery_zpsrwkk6ywe.png

Images - 10 Total

@rosemow Thank you. I wasn't sure how to do that. I appreciate it.

Not So Bargain Bend

So the first lot I started on when I was first building this was Bargain Bend. I had in my mind I was building a starter home, but it seems I went a bit overboard. The final price is about 67k before lot price. Needless to say, that's a bit over the price range of a starter home.

So its the Not So Bargain Bend home. This is my entry for the April Challenge by @BreeMiles. The challenge was to use her floorplan with unlimited gold, but basegame only. That is such a challenge for me. I like building with all packs. But I tackled it anyway.

My inspiration on this was a small family, one parent and one teen girl. The parent loves flowers, but not so much growing them; shown by the tons of landscaping but no growing garden. She kind of just lets them grow wild and trims them down when they are encroaching over their boundaries. Her favorite color is green, and she uses it liberally in her decorating.

The teen is just old enough to keep things neat, wear makeup, and rebel a little. However, she is still young enough to have an active imagination. She loves dragons, fairies and pretty much all things geeky. Her favorite color is purple and refuses to let mom decorate anything in her room.

So that's the inspiration. On to the pictures. I couldn't limit myself on them, so I made a slideshow. I'll post a few here, then you can view the rest HERE if you'd like to see the rest.

Note - The kitchen, dining room, entryway, and office nook are all in the same room. In order to upload the kitchen and living room into separate gallery rooms, I added walls to upload and take pictures, then tore them back down for the final entry.

All paint by reference paintings within are adapted by me. Please tag #Takissis if you use any of the paintings or my rooms in your builds.

And #1 it goes without saying, if you do download these, turn on move objects. #MOO

And #2 tldr - Lots of pictures in the slideshow Here.

And #3 Please. I am open to criticism. Please give me feedback. I want to improve, so tell me what works and what doesn't!

Not So Bargain Bend - Gallery Link
https://i568.photobucket.com/albums/ss121/Takissis/Sims%204/NSBB/NSBB%201a_zpseervu0pd.png

Images - 9 Total Images

Not So Bargain Bend is a lovely family home! :) It was great reading the background details that you write about the home and family. Very nice exterior design and the arch windows look great! The flowers are pretty! Very nice furnishing of each room! The flowers on dining, living room and study desk tables are very lovely! Very nice sofa and armchair sitting area to enjoy watching tv. The coat stand is a homely touch. The blue and yellow colour and bathroom floor tiling is very nice. Very nice study desk area for Sims to enjoy using the computer or reading books. Very nice bedrooms with the colour schemes reflecting the Sims’ favourite colors. Great study desk nook in the teens room and the shoes rack is a homely touch :)

Thank you @rosemow. I hope you know how appreciated your kind words of encouragement to everyone is.

Purple Bunny Girls Room - Created for @rosemow 's One Room One Week One Theme Challenge

Theme for the week: a bedroom for a little girl and her soft toy Bunny

Gallery Link

Images:

https://i568.photobucket.com/albums/ss121/Takissis/Sims%204/Challenges/OROWOT%20Bunny1_zps9xwhm01v.png
TDV
https://i568.photobucket.com/albums/ss121/Takissis/Sims%204/Challenges/OROWOT%20Bunny2_zpsgyb7vysw.png

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Thank you very much @rosemow. I enjoyed the challenge. I actually found a few items I didn't see before because I was sorting purple items. I will have to use that function more. Thank you for your challenges and kind words. As always, they are appreciated.

Entry for Rosemow's One Room One Week One Theme Challenge

Theme for the week: a small study for a student studying at home
Gallery name of room: Homeschooling Nightmares
Gallery Link: https://tinyurl.com/v22zbbj

Story: This has been our sort of fix band-aid in our household. My daughter is seven. She's been off school now for three weeks with three more to go at least. We don't exactly have a spare room to send her to for homework. Besides, she needs to use our computer to access the internet. So our solution was to move her into our computer room for the time being. This is a fairly good replica of the computer room for my husband and I. It is plastered with geeky posters and paintings (some are exactly the same as what I have on my wall currently). It is completely cluttered. Actually, ours is worse. Yes, there is a second door to a walk in closet there. Yes, it is completely blocked by a pile of books because we haven't needed anything out of that closet in three years. I really need to clean it out. Yes, there is a pile of toys in the middle of the room right now. My daughter was playing in here earlier and fell asleep before cleaning up. Yes, we own that many books. We are tabletop gamers (D&D) and own more books than we could possibly ever need.

For homeschooling, we have her at my desk for the time being as mine is a little bigger. She sits next to me with her tablet and books and we go through her work packet. She will also sit with me to stream a movie when we find the time. Pretty much, for three weeks, we have lived out of this room leaving only to tend to basic necessities.

https://i568.photobucket.com/albums/ss121/Takissis/Sims%204/Challenges/homeschoolingnightmares_zpse2zvab0y.png

Entry for @luckyheather 's Two Week Challenge - Hanging Gardens
Gallery Name: Dragoste Hanging Gardens
Gallery Link: Link

Notes:

The Hanging Gardens of Dragoste is a perfect date spot, It has several little corners to get cozy up to a loved one. Its tranquil nature is nice to find a quiet corner to read or just enjoy the scenery. Stargaze in the evenings or sit an play chess next to the lovely fountain at the center of the maze.

This park is a community lot built on a 40x30 plot. It was my 6th version, as I constantly reworked the design. The last one I really liked, but I learned while playtesting that Seasons impact the part greatly. All the hedges I used turned grey or brown for the majority of the year (19 out of 28 days!) I switched to these, and I believe I like them better anyway. They line up better. I got lucky when taking screenshots since it was Love Day. I was rather surprised when my hedge fence lit up. I had to Google why. Hope ya'll enjoy!

Screenshots:

https://i.imgur.com/vwbauPh.png?1
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Additional Photos: 4 Groups

Entry for Blueprint Builds Challenge 6 (April) by @AlJay
Gallery Name of Build: Victorian w/Guest House
Gallery Link: Gallery Link
Link to slideshow: Slideshow Link
Additional Notes:

I chose to remodel this a bit to restore most of the Victorian aspects of the house. It's been modeled as Queen Anne Victorian on the exterior.

The kids room was actually a collaboration with my 7YO daughter. She chose the colors, most of the items, and where they went. I decided to keep it in the build, but it turned out VERY purple. However, it makes her happy to see it, so...

Also, I added a guest house to the back with two floors. It has another living area, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. The backyard has a couple playground equipment (since I have a kid's room), but otherwise, there is minimal but sculpted landscaping.

Paint by References were done by Juwels64, SimSationalToo, Skizzoo08, NajoPau, Juste1souvenir, and me.

https://i.imgur.com/oi2i66M.png

Exterior Views
First Floor TDV
Entryway - Gallery Link
Parlor / Sitting Room - Gallery Link
Formal Dining Room - Gallery Link
Kitchen - Gallery Link - "Lt Blue & Red Kitchen"
Office / Sitting Room - Gallery Link
Laundry / Utility Room - Gallery Link -
Second Floor TDV
Master Bedroom - Gallery Link - "Red and White Bedroom"
Master Bathroom - Gallery Link - "Black and White Bathroom"
Bedroom 2 - Gallery Link - "Cozy Blue Bedroom"
Little Girl's Room - Gallery Link - "Purple Little Girls Room"
Main Bathroom - Gallery Link - "Black and Grey Bathroom"
Art Room - Gallery Link
Mini Gym - Gallery Link
Basement Bedroom - Gallery Link - "Brown Basement Bedroom"
Guest House First Floor
Guest House Second Floor