Fambly starter - colour challenge.
Tangie:
Your house is so colorful on the inside that I actually thought the stripes on the outside looked cute and of course they coordinated nicely. Plus, it was unique and different. It might be interesting to see what different treatments do to the overall look, though.
You inspired me yesterday so I'll try to post some screen shots. I usually suck at doing this so we'll see if I phail. heh. (Assuming they work at all, edited to make the pics a little larger so they're easier to see.)
This is a mid-priced family home - my goal was to create an 'in between' house that had room for a growing family but didn't cost too much. On a 20x20 lot the price is just under 30k.
I started off with a turquoise/blue/peach color theme on the main floor. It's OK, but I'm not crazy about it. Suggestions?
Basement is only partially furnished; just carried some of the blue down there.
Upstairs is where I had some fun. I started looking at a home decorating book I had and veered off course; I just really loved a picture in the book of a room done all in citrus colors, so I started there, with the kids room. Carried the yellow out into the hall, and used the color wheel for the contrasting colors used in the master. Got way out of my decorating box on this floor and had a blast, even if no one else likes it. ;)
witch:
Before I even mention your colours, I have to say I like the orientation of your house. It could sit either way on a lot rotation. That was also the idea behind my steps coming off sideways on both sides. Your pictures are fine, but I find the grid distracting. There's a button to turn off the internal grid, or I usually put a sim or two in the lot for pics so as to avoid the grid entirely.
Colours now. Turquoise and peach would be fine but I think the problem with downstairs is that the turquoise dominates utterly. I tried mostly using the neutral grey or white as a background, then adding the stronger colours as accents. Also some textures show the colour differently, for instance, your couches don't look very peach and there's not much peach showing elsewhere.
I do like the kids' citrus bedroom, even the pattern/stripe clash works in this context - IMHO! I'm also a lilac/green fan, so no complaints here. The basement was a smart move and one I totally forgot about, that would allow room for another bedroom/bathroom combo and maybe a play/party/skilling room.
Claeric:
I tend to pick matching colors or patterns and paste them all over a house (assuming the house doesnt have a theme, I like to think I'm pretty good with themed stuff). The first Sims 3 house I made was all the same color because I couldn't think of anything. The site you linked will be a fantastic help because, as that first house shows, a bunch of color variety can still be very, very consistent and pretty.
Tangie:
Thanks for the feedback, Witch. Those main floor colors just weren't doing it for me, either! That's why I kinda gave up on the color theme and just started thumbing through my decorating book.
I reworked the colors on the main floor. Still pretty much the same color family, but I do like it better although it's still a whole lotta color.
Zazazu:
Yeah, I like it much better with the more muted tones, Tangie.
The houses I have my playable/sacred sims live in are color coded to them and given whatever design style it seems like the adults would want. The other houses, those I build to wait for townies to move into, are internally in boring creams, whites, and grays. My playables don't visit in townie homes that often, preferring to associate with other playables who have nicely decorated pads. Externals, I pick one premade swatch and then do the other finishes in complementary or contrasting tones.
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