Lets talk about kitchens

Ok. It is my another topic but I can not understend some things. The SIms 4 has a lot of possibilities which previous Sims games couldn't have. On every post EA team tell us how this game is carrefuly develop and how SimsGurus are trying to create awesome game ect. Tell me please why kitchen stuff is so bad than? Ugly swatches, lack of matching cabinets, no possibility to split heating plate and oven, wrong island counters texture, no built-in fridges, ovens ect. (really popular in Europe), lack of some popular items. For me EA really simplified the kitchen stuff and created something only american inspired. I do not like it. Especially as as builder and as console player who can not download any recolors or cc. Anyway I do not think that cc should fill the lack of ingame content.

How to fix existing content?

We need some new swatches, textures and matching cabinets (as community created):

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yEclproRLfA/Vl_wcirx-hI/AAAAAAAABwI/YVP3eLxJXis/s1600/kitchenrecolours-styles.png

https://64.media.tumblr.com/1add4c7df431fe6e1319025345234b3b/tumblr_onq6j6WAKM1ut7dbdo3_1280.jpg

https://64.media.tumblr.com/2013ebbc7b9fd32733a13e9ac3fc1f9b/tumblr_onq6j6WAKM1ut7dbdo4_1280.jpg

https://64.media.tumblr.com/9c0abd285354b2dd210110c0b20fdcbb/tumblr_pdt5h7Q8D11uke3lzo1_r2_1280.png

https://64.media.tumblr.com/ccf081c7832e2376d2e4cf88e3db7530/a4ae74c33d2c8ad1-66/s1280x1920/c7399bb77898d07e11bd645c59e0cb4b8b489b75.jpg

https://66.media.tumblr.com/c263e399430de3f2903ea26e726392c6/tumblr_pzjziaSAmj1s3phxwo1_1280.jpg

What about new content?

If EA will ever add matching and better swatches (as above), new counters will not be needed so dramatically as currently, but some objects will not be in game still.

Lets look how kitchen in Europe looks like (IKEA):
https://www.ikea.com/images/6f/56/6f56fea2f1ea24213735c7955d0a8405.jpg?f=xs

https://www.ikea.com/images/95/9a/959aa65ad8d7de0a2c9eff4fc393cb52.jpg?f=xxxl

https://www.ikea.com/images/8f/fa/8ffad1f7dadd9f1db470ffdefdebe742.jpg?f=xxxl

https://www.ikea.com/images/61/d1/61d18c57679cba74e11a77b8b84a0a2d.jpg?f=xxxl

As you can see, our kithens are smaller and are organized a little different that american. What we need to recreate them in The Sims 4?

Whole built-in items as:
- fridge
- oven
- heating plate (induction cooktop!)
- dishwasher
- coffee machine

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8f/41/81/8f41811ba985595eb7f16332b0c5c2a7.jpg

Also I do not know why kettle is not exist in TS4...

https://digitalcontent.api.tesco.com/v2/media/ghs/13d33817-82ec-40f9-9855-4a331dd3600d/snapshotimagehandler_1611133544.jpeg?h=540&w=540

Dear EA, can you kindly fix the kitchen stuff please? I think that more people think that this room has the worst stuff and it is really hard to create something other than traditional country-style kitchen.

FaerieRose84
4 years ago
This would also be nice for modern Japanese builds.
MsMaeve92
4 years ago
?? Preach! A fellow console player here, in total agreement.
RouenSims
Seasoned Traveler
4 years ago
I don’t use many upper cabinets in my game, but I would love more color options for refrigerators and stoves.
MarioBabyLuigi
4 years ago
Furniture pieces not matching seems to be like a general issue with the sets in this game rather than being specifically tied to the sets, and yeah, sometimes I feel like the pieces are designed by, like, two completely different people who has different interpretations of the design. More swatches is always a nice thing to have, and I'll repeat myself as long as I can recall: create-a-style really should have returned to begin with so matching colors or more color options shouldn't be an issue to begin with.
Sthenastia
New Spectator
4 years ago
"PriestessBizarre;c-17725700" wrote:
I'd like more kitchen options, but generally I can do pretty well with what we have got. I'd like more of the fridges and ovens to have a higher food quality level though.

I absolutely hate those modern Ikea-style kitchens (except for those Hamptons type ones that they have, those are nice). That is how they are being built here in Australia currently also, I just hate them. So bland. But I do realise they are popular and a lot of people would really like to be able to build them that way.

Even irl, as an aside, when I renovated my kitchen I went with a bit of a cottage style because it doesn't date as badly as modern styles do.

So anyway I can build kitchens that I like in the Sims, but yeah some built in appliances etc. would be nice indeed. There is the built-in dishwasher currently, and I use that a lot in my builds.

Sometimes cottage style kitchens are ok, but it is so boring when every no cc house should be victorian or more classical to look nice and complited. I need to have more variety. I hope that EA will give us at least some new swatches because only base game counters I like have just 4 ugly swatches. Come on...
Beckablitz
4 years ago
I am so bored with the lack of variety as well as swatches that can be found on bases but not uppers and even worse no upper cabinets at all!

I find the tiled bench tops very strange. Do people really tile bench tops? It must be a usa thing. I would like to see more grsnite options, water fall end pieces and more shelf like uppers such as came with island living. I would love to see wallovens and cook tops seperated.Cement slab counter tops would let you make industrial modern builds. I would also adore a large ceramic butler style (farmhouse) sink.

Kettles and toasters are also needed. Plus an animation where a wok rather than a frying pan or saucepan is used would be nice.
Sthenastia
New Spectator
4 years ago
I tried to make light kitchen with natural accents today. I forgot that we have no standard counters with wooden or stone tops. I am done. Why I can not do one of the most popular kitchen type in Europe?

For example:
https://www.wolnymbyc.pl/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/kuchnia_glowna.jpg
Sthenastia
New Spectator
4 years ago
Also I want to show EA, how functional and nice sinks look like. Yeah it is from Ikea site, but several weeks ago I renovated my kitchen and I saw a lot of stylish solution for the kitchen among others there.

https://www.ikea.com/pl/pl/images/products/havsen-zlew-z-widocznym-frontem-bialy__0867287_PE671650_S5.JPG?f=xs
https://www.ikea.com/pl/pl/images/products/kilsviken-zlew-wpuszczany-1-komora-ciemnobrazowy-kompozyt-kwarcowy__0916559_PE785249_S5.JPG?f=xs
https://www.ikea.com/pl/pl/images/products/norrsjoen-zlew-wpuszczany-1-komorowy-stal-nierdz__0867576_PE585260_S5.JPG?f=g
Beardedgeek72
New Spectator
4 years ago
I must say, as impressive as all this is... No, that's not functional sinks.
Seriously, an all stainless steel counter is a functional sink. Any insert will lead to some kind of mold / dirt / swollen wood issue eventually. I never understood why we went back to absolutely impractical fashion after the solid fused stainless steel counter was invented...
Simmingal
Hero
4 years ago
"Beardedgeek;c-17734022" wrote:
I must say, as impressive as all this is... No, that's not functional sinks.
Seriously, an all stainless steel counter is a functional sink. Any insert will lead to some kind of mold / dirt / swollen wood issue eventually. I never understood why we went back to absolutely impractical fashion after the solid fused stainless steel counter was invented...

yeah i think these are most usual kitchen sink look here and we don't have it either in ts4 https://retrorenovation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ikea-bolhomen-sink.jpg

we also have drying cabinets for dishes but that might just be regional since i see people wipe stuff in america land

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/db/b5/e4/dbb5e4ca59d86a24ea109329b0777c2a.jpg like this is the realism combo for me when it comes to dishes