Stuck in a Sims Rut

I found some cc for the medieval time zone, that would actually work for my 18th century Sims. That inspired me to go back several saves (I have a rotational save that I do the Save As, and name it, so that a) the file is less likely to get corrupted and b) this allows me to go back a save, or two, or several if things go very badly, rather than start from scratch. This particular Sim family are my sixth great-grandparents. The other two households in the "rotation" are their parents, my seventh great-grandparents on that branch. As you can imagine, starting all over again, which I have done too many times, grows tiresome. This was a better way to go back and capture what I missed. You many need to root around and find that object, costume, hair style, etc. that will inspire your game play.