Cremo Progress and some pictures of the house I built.

Feb 06, 2011 03:46

Hi all! Hope you're having a great weekend!

So for the past three days I've been playing some, but mostly fiddling with CC and hack conflicts. For some reason, having both Business Runs You and another hack that I'm not sure what one in my game was causing crashing (CTD) on community lots. This was annoying but work-aroundable when it was just dates getting crashed and forgotten, but when it happened on the business lot, it was more than a little annoying and needed to be fixed. (For the record, this was the business Amin and Rachel were starting - Puck's still in college). I think I have it fixed now, the only hacks I have in are BRY, ACR and wear anything while pregnant.

As far as what that means for Cremo, I didn't make as much progress as I wanted to. Mercedes is almost finished Junior Year, Puck is almost finished Sophomore, neither are engaged but both have met their intended. They have also started a Greek House "The New Directions Clubhouse" ("New Directions" is the name of the glee club in the show). The family business, a music store known as "Courtesy of the Glee Club" which deals in mostly stereos and musical instruments is somewhere in limbo between levels 6 and 7 at the moment. I'm playing rotation at the moment, but once it reaches level ten I'm going to stop playing the main house regardless of where they're up to, and just focus on getting Mercedes through college. I don't know if that makes any sense at all. :P

And I just closed the game after building a whopper of a house for the main family. While I'm not a booched builder, I'm not really incredible either, (i.e. I'm pretty average) but I am really proud of how the house turned out. I am kinda mad that I built it sideways, I don't know what I was thinking but I guess it's better than back to front, and it gives the lot character. Or something.

Before I got Howie, I haven't been willing to attempt using OMSPs, clutter, and loads of CC because Toshy couldn't handle it. But this computer doesn't mind too much. So this is the first house I built having such tools and items at my disposal, and it was really a lot of fun! It took hours, but I really enjoyed myself.

I didn't decorate the whole house - far from it. Only 2 bathrooms, kitchen, dining room, formal and informal living rooms have been done. and the rest of it is drab grey carpet and drywall. Partly because I sorta ran out of money, but also partly because I want to decorate each room specifically for the kid, whoever they turn out to be.

Pictures taken with the in game camera because I'm lazy. Also, they were taken at night because I'm lame.



So here's the exterior. See - the house is facing the left side of the lot, rather than the front. Even if it were facing the right side it would be better, because it's on a corner, but I had the thing practically build and wasn't going to start over. :P


Exterior from another angle/farther back.


I added a small greenhouse and some more trees. No one is really interested in gardening per se, but we'll give it a whack. Also, I haven't really landscaped much, but I intend to once I have more money.


Let's start at the front door, shall we?


I like big staircases. :)
So on the left, we have the formal living room, while on the right we have the family room. We'll start with the family room.




The two doors on the back wall lead to unfinished bedrooms. One will be a nursery, while the other will likely just be a bedroom for a kid. The door on the left leads to a bathroom. Even in a house this big, I have little bathrooms.






Quick view of the bathroom with a funny reflection in the mirror. :P


No WCIFs allowed for that towel set. :P






A view of the entrance from the family room.







Into the formal living room. You can also see the kitchen thru those dorways.











The Dining Room is uninspiring. I don't have any good recolours of that furniture at the moment, but the Maxis stuff works for now. I do hate that the woods are always a little bit off, so I'm counting on Piggi's Sims having my whites. :P




Oh, look! We've found the inmates residents. While the rest of the house is Maxis or Maxis recolours with the odd CC decoration, the kitchen is pretty much entirely CC with the odd Maxis decoration.






Okay, see the door next to the arch leading into the living room? Through that door is Rachel and Amin's room. Obviously, I'm a colours-must-coordinate person. All my rooms are all one colour. The first house was shockingly pink, this one is very blue. But I kept Rachel's room Pink, cause in my mind that should be her favourite colour.


My favourite theme that maxis gave us is, without a doubt, that country theme that came with seasons. :)
So this is what's directly through the door. Also, that bouquet? It's from the first date Amin and Rachel went on. :) I've sold all the others, but kept that one.








Door leads to the ensuite bathroom, which, I am warning you now, is very hard on the eyes. Are you ready?



Hahahaha! Parsimonious FTW! And yeah, nothing Maxis in here. :P


The only reason I made it this theme is I wanted an excuse to use that toilet! :D Oh yes, I am making these two suffer.
So that's pretty much all I've decorated. Here's a quick floor plan that probably should have been posted first.


Also, the undecorated upstairs:


The big room on the left will belong to Mercedes and spouse, the three rooms along the back are for the kids, and the two rooms at the front will be bathrooms. Maybe.


Aaand there's an attic for the unsightly junk, though I am considering getting rid of the attic and just inventory-ing the stuff so I can pull it out when needed and get rid of that staircase. :P

One day I'll learn how to recolour those picture frames so I can put up pictures of the family around the house. That day isn't today, though - and it likely isn't going to be tomorrow, either.

Anywho, thanks for reading/looking at all that! :) I should probably go to bed, as it's nearly four am. :O

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