Inspiration?

Google. I know the styles I like, google it, then look for a build that is possible with the Sims 4 limitations. I always try to make it my own and not just a direct copy

I'm not a very good builder, most of what I've built that I liked were places I've lived in. I have a whole tumblr blog with pictures of houses and other building, inside and out, that serves many purposes that I plan to use for inspiration if I ever decide to try and improve my building skills.

I get a general idea how the building looks like, then I build until I have an idea how to shape it and what rooms will be in it.
Sometimes I just put the rooms around and see if I get an idea or not.

It depends on what I'm going for! When I'm trying to build houses I tend to find the most inspiration from real floor plans. I have an entire Pinterest board just for saving floor plans to recreate in my game. They give me a nice foundation and outline to start with, and I usually end up branching off that in some way to make it my own!

I take a lot of inspiration from other video games as well. When I was building my Elven forest library, I used references from Night Elven buildings in World of Warcraft (Night Elves are my favorite race, :P ). I've also been slowly working on recreating the Night Elve's Temple of the Moon from WoW as well.


Sometimes I just find images that I think are whimsical and pretty and I build with that in mind. That's mostly what I did with my Elven gardens.


I've only really done one build collab and that was with @Haids5987! We did the Finish My Build challenge! That was a lot of fun, I'm still actually finishing that one, but it really forces you to get creative! With that challenge we each had to begin building/decorating a lot and then upload it very unfinished. The other person had to download it and finish it without removing anything that was placed/built by the original builder.

I live in a smaller town, but some of the houses are kind of nice. On the east side of my town there are some really beautiful houses that sit along a lake. They aren't that big but they all have gorgeous bay windows. I remember when I was little peering a similar bay window at my grandma's house watching a sweet little humming bird buzz by. I think this is why I love to build with some of the bigger windows.

> @Flexono1 said:
> Google. I know the styles I like, google it, then look for a build that is possible with the Sims 4 limitations. I always try to make it my own and not just a direct copy

Me too! Sometimes I also use Pinterest, but that's all I use it for.

I use Google & look for strange houses. I like to build something that is out of norms.. But, sometimes, I follow the existing challenges in the forums & just start building...