Which design aspect are you better or more comfortable with?

"SimplyJen;c-18151968" wrote:
- Interior
- Exterior (only if I have a shell to work with)
- Landscaping

Landscaping can be fun. I've learned things just fall into place naturally if you look at the landscaping outside of the lot. Fill in the obvious empty areas. Frame the house with plants. If all else fails you can make a garden bed and slap down a bush or two.

yeah i mean landscaping is fun but everytime i make something i cant help but notice that the grass is greener on the other builders lawns :lol:

I’m definitely better at interior overall, I think. I do fancy myself a decent builder and I’ve built some houses that I’m genuinely proud of, however I know I’m nowhere near the level of a lot of people out there who make legitimately jaw-dropping and creative exteriors with amazing landscaping, lol. Landscaping in particular I’m god-awful at, I always save that part in my builds for last and dread it, haha.

I'm now hiring a construction company. I'll do the external build then pass it to someone who excels at interior who will then pass it to a landscaping guru. We'll rock out the best houses the game has ever seen!!!

I do both, but exteriors are a breeze for me compared to interiors.
I am more concerned with the organization of the interior spaces more than I am with the stuff that goes in it.

Interiors are like a roller coaster ride.
It takes a while to climb up that first peak, full of anxiety, and then the rest is enjoyable when I get going.
Or horrible, if it just isn't coming together.

I love making detailed gardens, for example.

@SimplyJen I like your point about looking at the surrounding neighborhood when you get ready to landscape your lot. I do that too--I'll usually use at least one of the types of trees you find in the "unplayed" area. I might add a shade tree that would thrive in the environment of the world I'm building in, something the Sim family might have chosen to plant.

I'll often put some "wild" plants, similar to the ones in the common area, in the portion of the yard farthest from the house and try to blend them with what's growing on the other side of the boundary. Garden areas that are closer to the house, or that make up the garden of the Sims who live there, might be anything, because the resident Sims would have planted them.

Now I'm tempted to plop a 20x15 house onto a really big lot and create a massive garden like the one my wife's parents have. Since they're retired and healthy, they have the time and energy to care for it.

I'm actually about the same with interior/exterior.....which still isn't very good lol

I've actually gotten better at the outside but I can't start the outside without a floor plan so I don't have oddly shaped homes. I rely on French colonial and other very rectangle/ square exteriors with nice porches and such. I can't just build a shell and expect the floor plan to pan out... at all.

Definitely enjoy doing the exterior the most despite often feeling restricted on door and window choices.

I'd give myself a passing grade on interiors, I get the essentials in but often forget things like dressers in the bedrooms and am adverse to clutter.

When it comes to landscaping, "Wah! Do I HAVE to?!"

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