TigerAnne builds a cottage.

[tigeranne]

I had the idea for this lot a long time ago, but it's only recently that I've gotten around to making it. The house itself was a very quick build, as it's fairly small and none too complicated. However, the garden was another story. I really knocked myself loose on this one.




This is the actual house, before the garden was finished. It's another Spanish-inspired country cottage, but I think it can be turned into other styles by restructuring the roof a little, and maybe use other windows.


Most of these flowers are conversions from Sims 4. I love them way too much. This time I tried to avoid giving the garden an overly tropical look, because I think I want to re-use this lot in another hood.


The plan was to make a super-picturesque house that looked like it came out of something like a Thomas Kincaide painting. I think I mostly succeeded.


The house is "clean" and has never been inhabited, so I could try to upload it if anyone should want it. Just so you know, however, this is a 3x4 lot. It requires a bit of space, and the back yard is completely empty. I made the house 99% for my own purposes.


The lot also won't come with the fruit trees. They're functional work-stations, with several slaved objects that according to the creators, Sun&Moon, can become corrupted. This is the version of the house I'm intending to play, in the Uglacy neighbourhood, and I put the trees in for that purpose.

This house will belong to some Sims I've missed for a long time. :) They had to come to Spain. Next project up, is a house for a terrible permanent-tourist family. That should be fun, ha ha ha!

Comments

[elyndafae.livejournal.com]

Wish my real life garden looked like that!

[tigerannesims2.livejournal.com]

I knooooow! Me too!!!

[sammyfrog.livejournal.com]

All those flowers! How pretty. I wouldn't mind having a copy! Weren't you going to make me a copy of the Macs' house, too?

[tigerannesims2.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was. I've never packed up a house before, so I don't know if you need an extra program to include CC in the upload. The Mac house is empty, though.

[sammyfrog.livejournal.com]

Hers b tutorial:

The short version: http://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Packaging_a_Lot

The version with moar words and pictures: http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=124539

There are probably more recent ones, but those are the ones I learned on. Packaging lots for other people can be a pain in the posterior, TBH. The House on Haunted Hill was absolutely impossible. DX

(Edited because LJ botched the links. How about that.)

(Edit again: LJ is having tons of probs, apparently. Just copy and paste!)

[tigerannesims2.livejournal.com]

Ok, seems like the Maxis packer does all the work. How... big a file are you willing to download? *gulp*

[sammyfrog.livejournal.com]

Oh, it doesn't matter. I don't think your lot should be horrendously huge, anyway. What did I say the House on Haunted Hill was? Around 200 mb, I think? Then I had a hard time cleaning out all the unneeded stuff that got packaged with it, then there was tons of stuff that didn't get packaged. But that's the only one I had a ton of trouble with. The Dimwits' house packaged just fine. I had to clean some stuff out of it, but it was doable.

[tigerannesims2.livejournal.com]

Ok. Herbal Cottage, as it's named, clocked in at 87 mB. And that is all in the front yard. I hope that's not too horrendous? Oh, BTW, it doesn't have a place to put a driveway. Still want it?

[sammyfrog.livejournal.com]

Nah, that's fine. And driveways aren't always necessary. X)

[tigerannesims2.livejournal.com]

Alright, then. :) The cottage be here!

[sammyfrog.livejournal.com]

Kewls! I downloads! Now, who shall live in it...?

ETA: Where are my manners? Thank you!

[tigerannesims2.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! :)

Now, who shall live in it...?

Someone who doesn't drive.