How much clutter do you like in your sims home

"cactusflower;c-16850516" wrote:
I love the clutter! It makes the houses feel more realistic and lived-in. Occasionally I'll create a very neat and proper character and decorate their house with minimalism in mind, but most of my houses are packed full.

I find it also discourages Sims from leaving their empty plates on bookshelves, wall shelves, computer desks, nightstands and other places where I don't notice them right away. They sure love filling empty spaces with dirty plates and they can't do that if there's decorations in the way.

It is only realistic if you live in a cluttered house and can tolerate all the dust catchers. Not everybody can. To me it looks messy because clutter in real life creates dusty = unhealthy air that some of us humans don't do well to breath. I not only don't have clutter in my real house I have to run air purifiers to keep the air cleaner. Keep that in mind. What looks realistic to you is not always realistic to everyone else and of course vice versa.

I do give my sims more clutter than I have in real life - like pictures, plants, and maybe even a fruit bowl etc - but it also does not look any more realistic that a house with no clutter either. I just wish it all had a purpose. Like kitchen utensils - sims could use etc.