Small Cabin with a View
Blech:
This is a small 2 bed, 1 bath, cabin-like house. It was built at 100 Redwood Pkwy in Sunset Valley, which is a 25 x 30 lot. I used "wandhere" to bring the furnished price down to $40,010 and the unfurnished price is $27,769.
Front
Back
Living room
Kitchen
Dining area
Bedroom
Floorplan
I only used 6 CC items on this house but a lot of Store Stuff. The Store sets you'll need are: Hewnsman, Ultra Lounge, Ultra Lounge Youth, Bayside, Storybook, and Regal Living.
The CC:
Wood Textures w/o Lines by tammy_trauma @ MTS
Matte Utensil Holder Recolors w/o roosters by tammy_trauma @ MTS
Counter Height Ventana Del Alma Window by HugeLunatic @ MTS
Vase w/ White Tulips and Light Calla Lilies by lemoncandy @ MTS
Red Ring-O-Rosies Recolor by lemoncandy @ MTS
Backless Shower from Tinyt Set @ mangosims
Download here
This is my first upload for TS3, so I'd love to hear what people think of it.
Thanks to the creators of the CC and anyone who wants to comment!
caterpillar:
It's a cute house, I like the layout, but it's a bit pricey for something of that size. The chimney looks weird, I think you should have closed it in entirely rather than having it poke out after the first level. You should do a bit of terrain painting beneath your flowers and shrubs, add some dirt and weeds, because the grass doesn't stay bright green beneath other plants. The back porch could use a column in the corner, because your roof overhang looks unsupported. Use move objects on and hold Alt while placing the column and you can make it go over the fence post, so it becomes a part of the fence. I love the color choices in the master bedroom.
Does the cc shower give you the cheap shower bad moodlet?
Krib:
It's not quite working for me. A few things:
- Agreed on the chimney pattern. It's not the right one for that.
- A lot of the patterns inside are off also.
- The roof looks... wrong. You don't want to have it be flat like that in a house that small.
- The floor plan isn't very interesting. It's just a box.
- You used way too much store content (a bad habit I used to have too).
- Shouldn't have to wand the lot to make it cheaper. House that size, that's how much it should cost anyway.
- The landscaping really needs to be re-thought.
- Some of the furnishing choices are weird. Like, why would you use two of the same painting on one wall?
- That diagonal carpet thingy isn't working either.
Other than that it's really solid though. Nice job.
caterpillar:
I don't see a problem in using store content, especially when the house is being presented here, where most people are getting it free.
While I'm not the flat roof type myself, I think it works fine for her house. She's got an odd mix of woodsy & modern going on, but I've seen houses like that in real life.
Blech:
Thanks for the feedback, guys!
@ caterpillar: Most of the price is from the unfurnished cost, I'll try to cut that down by removing some of the windows and using cheaper walls and flooring. At first, I didn't even know you could enclose the chimneys, but I found a tutorial on MTS for removing it completely, so I'll just do that. The covered back porch was a last minute afterthought, I didn't even notice the overhang, but you're right, it looks weird, so I'll incorporate a column or remove it completely. I believe the shower is a clone of the expensive one, so it shouldn't give a cheap shower moodlet, I'll double check that though. If it's the cheap one, I have one from MTS that's a clone of the expensive one that I'll use instead. The master bedroom is my favorite part of the house, too. I got the color scheme by accident, trying to find a gray for the living room, and just went crazy with it in the master.
@ krib: Yeah, I know the patterns are a little off, especially in the living room, I changed the scheme about 6 times, and kept little things from each change every time. It just doesn't seem really "together" like that. Any suggestions? I wanted something that would tie into the kitchen while standing alone. I also agree it's really boxy, but I wanted to ensure great views from every room while keeping it one level. Any thoughts on how to do that better would be greatly appreciated. I thought about making it semi bi-level by putting the master on top of the living room, freeing up more room on the main level to get creative with architectural details, but decided against it because of the cost. Landscaping is my greatest weakeness. I know you can't tell by looking, but it took the longest, and it still ended up pretty generic. Any suggetions on that front would be great, too. The original plan was way too over the top, and the final choice is way too understated. As for the pictures in the living room, originally there were two different but similar CC paintings there, but I removed them to keep the CC count low. But you're right, that's too generic, and basically just laziness. :) The diagonal tiles were also a little bit of laziness, I couldn't think of any other way to tie the kitchen to the dining area. As for the store content, I think I might be able to shave it down to just the Hewnsman and Ultra Lounge set. The kitchen cabinets and the master furniture are the only things I know for sure are critical. Thanks for the constructive feedback!
@ caterpillar again: Throughout the entire building process I was torn between a traditional woodsy cabin feel and a modern cabin look. I was inspired by a modern cabin I saw on TV, but once I got building, the setting really seemed to call for a more traditional look. I was worried that the final product would fail from trying to be two things at once, so it's good to hear I found a balance.
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