About the screenshots. All I know is that I used the in game camera and uploaded those pictures to photobucket, then edited them into my post from photobucket. They come out as normal sized and they don't stretch the page.

Thanks I have hacienda luxury i might have just missed it, but i dont have sun& surf though.

I have another question..how do you change the town's terrain color without CAW? As you can see in my post, the town has a grassy terrain, whereas my house has a dirt one. Doesn't look good at all :P

Man, looking at all these latest entries makes me think, I really have to work on my landscaping skill! Big time!

Well, at least the contest won't be closed for a while yet. Still plenty of time to experiment!

I suppose this is what Porkypine meant by stealing ideas... not outright stealing or copying, but more of finding inspiration.

@easypeaze: I really like your house especially the colors, nice work.

@Kaospilot: thanks for your comment, I wanted to do somethin diffrent from my starters houses.

@Simlicious: I like your house, I always like beach houses. Is that shower from a set or am I just blind?

I love these houses! I'm going to change mine a bit, spruce it up. Probably get rid of floating tiles to be on the safe side.

I love your interior layout Simlicious

@Llihnae
The shower is from the Ultra Lounge Bathroom set from the store

@Greenlea
thanks, I guess I was looking for a further challenge, it wasn't easy to furnish, but I'm satisfied now

Okay, so if anyone is interested I edited my round 2 submission once again. It is linked here, comment #223

@dietdrpepperfan: I like how you edited your house. It's way better now. If I where you I would add a frieze on the roof. That's just seem a bit srange to have those piliars connected like this to the house but that's just my opinion. Cheers.

@Llihnae Thanks. I will give it a shot.

1BA, 2BR, Office, Open Plan Living/Kitchen/Dining, Big Garden, Swimming pool, Outside Dining, Parking, Beautiful View - No CC used

The Edel was built by a Norwegian architect called Sjur Bjørnsen who had a special love for nature. The 'box' house is made out of wood and it has a special roof hanging over it to keep the cold air in and the heat out. Windows are strategically placed around the house to provide natural light and all decoration and furniture is made nature friendly. Because of this the electricity and maintenance usage bill is lowered and is therefore perfect for nature lovers.

The house is fully kitted with furniture in dark wood and relaxing colours to not get that 'sterile' modern feeling. As of now the house has beds for 3 residents however the office can be turned into a bedroom if wanted. There are three verandahs, two of them which lead from the bedrooms. The big garden has a dining area and a swimming pool, perfect for parties!




























Furnished: 100,100
Unfurnished: 63,400

Cheers!

Last edited by Kaospilot : 25th Jul 2010 at 09:56 PM.

Kaospilot That is a gorgeous house! I'm stunned!

I edited my lot a bit. Took out the sauna and added a pool. Hope you like it! Its #86 on page four.

I have to resist the urge to change too much. But the competition is getting fierce!

Oh, how much time do I have left. I left for a family emergency (Grandpa was gona go thru a procedure he may not live thru, but I don't think they did it (PS, he's alive)), just came back today. (Car broke down too btw, would of came 2 days earlier)

Glad to hear your grandfather pulled through. Sounds like it was quite scary!

(There's a week left on Round 2.)

Your house is stunning, Kaospilot. Very lovely indeed. Perfect color scheme too. I would definitely download that if it was uploaded!

Great entries guys! You are all so talented! Makes me want to try to build one myself... though I know it'd suck.

I've sent out judge comments to (I think) everyone who has requested them - many apologies for any delay. If you requested your comments but didn't receive them, please pop me another PM - I may have missed you in the MASSES of PMs I've gotten. If you haven't yet requested comments but would like them - it's still not too late. Feel free to PM and ask at any time.

Kaospilot: I love your house. I love what you did with those piliars and the roof is great.

Here is my entry for round two. No Custom Content. (Sure this time).

Part of what I'm loving about this contest is that its making me build houses totally unlike anything I usually attempt. My skills are such that I tend to stick to quite ordinary, boxy, suburban 3 bed detatched with garage.

For some reason as soon as I plopped this foundation down it said two things to me - Oriental theme and Starlet. The little room off the bedroom just looked like a dressing room to me and so thats the basis of where this whole entry came from.






Honey's agent, Frank, suggested that she bought a place in Sunset Valley with the proceeds of her first screen role. He told her he'd head rumours that big things were planned for the nearby City of Las Simlas. The whole place was going to be restructured with loads of new clubs and restaurants, and a whole heap of luxury lofts with superb penthouses were going to replace the rundown warehouses on the east side. It was going to be THE place to be for any up and coming Star - and HONEY was definately that!





When he first showed her the one bedroom, single storey building from the outside she thought it reminded her of her Grandpa's shack on the shore of the lake back home. Lots of wood and greenery. She asked him when the builders were coming back and he looked puzzled. "To take away the rubble they left out front?" she asked naively only to be told that the 'rubble' had been imported from Shang Simla and was actually very valuable architectural relics especially for the garden.

Inside was definately NOT like Grandpa's shack at all though! The whole place has a very asian theme, mostly black wood furniture with bright red accents. Frank explained to her that was why the house was called 'Ying Su' because that was the mandarin word for poppy.





The lounge, dining area and small kitchen were all one open plan room but still visible as definate areas. She glanced into the small kitchen are and Frank noticed her look " I know its small, Honey, but you wont be eating here often. You're going to be being wined and dined in all the BEST restaurants in Las Simlas!"

The dining area housed a small table and four chairs which Honey thought looked rather uncomfortable but when she mentioned this to Frank he laughed. "Like I said, Babe, you won't be eating here, its all for show. Those chairs cost $600 each! They don't have to be comfortable they just have to LOOK the part!"





The lounge are comprised two sofa's, a large bookshelf with more books than Honey had ever seen in one place before, a tv/stereo unit and a coffee table. Sliding patio doors led onto a small terrace with wicker garden chairs and lots of potted plants. She looked at the well tended garden and it reminded her of her Momma's garden back home. Maybe she'd have to give her a call and get her to come for a visit - Honey had always been hopeless at gardening and had driven her Momma mad when shed tried to 'help' and pulled up all the flowers and left behind the weeds..





Frank showed her the bathroom quickly before showing her through to the bedroom. She stood in the doorway, mouth open. It was like something off a film set. A large fourposter draped in rich oriental tapestry, beautiful orchids on the dressing table, a carved wood mirror and even a panda dressed in chinese clothes. Her little sister Katie would love that - Honey would have to hide it well when she came to visit or it would be snuck home in Katie's bags - she had no doubt of that! Two chests of drawers stood either side of the dressing table and she mentally transferred the contents of ONE of her trunks into the drawers and looked around the room worriedly. Where on EARTH was she going to hang her dresses? There was no space at all in here for ONE wardrobe let alone the two or three she would need.





Frank noticed her worried look. "Whats up, Doll?" She looked at him nervously not wanting to appear ungrateful "Gee, this place is lovely Frank but ..there aint no room for my clothes to hang and .." He put up his hand gesturing her to be quiet. "Thats why you have THIS!!" he said smiling broadly and thrusting open a door in the corner of the bedroom. She stepped forward and stuck her head through the doorway. She gasped. The small room was her very own dressing room. One whole wall was built with enough hanging space for all her dresses and some and over the top were cabinets for jumpers and all the stuff that didnt need a hanger. The wall opposite was a huge mirror and a small table in the corner looked perfect for housing her cosmetics and hair stuff etc..





She was still getting over the shock of having a whole room for a wardrobe that she didn't notice that Frank had disappeared until he called to her. "Come on outside. There's more to see here!"

And there was more. A large covered area with seating, a barbeque, a bar and a music system. Sweet smelling flowers hung from the wood lattice roof and she imagined how lovely it would be to entertain out here in the evening. There were a few mature trees and plant beds, all perfectly planted and weed free and filling the air with their scent.





Lastly, Frank led her over to a large square raised pool. A small fountain at one end burbled quietly and gave the whole space a very relaxed feeling. She peered over into the pool and spotted several large gold, white and black fish swimming around. Frank looked at her with a satisfied grin on his face. "See, Honey, you even have your VERY own Ornamental Koi Fish Pond! Isn't that perfect?"
She clasped her hands together in delight and nodded enthusiastically
"Oh yes, it IS perfect. Damn whoever built this house sure had some great ideas and they must have known I have a terrible memory!"
Frank looked at her quizzically. "Putting Ornamental Fish in a pond - now I don't have to worry about remembering to feed them!"
Frank shook his head slowly. Its a good thing she had those looks, she certainly wouldn't have made in on brains alone.

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Llihnae, fragglerocks - Thank you

BGatot - I can try upload it if you like. Never tried before so don't know how strict it is or what's good to do. But do you think I should maybe replace most of the items used from Collectionne Stancke ? As most people don't have that many store items and I've used quite a lot of it in my house.

Mia138 - Love the theme, livingroom looks especially great! That walk in wardrobe is such a nice touch and a really good idea. And that pool with the fountain looks cool as well. Where is that TV from in your livingroom?

Unless you're bothered about getting the most downloads I wouldn't change a thing. What you have now obviously works and to change so many items would change the house entirely. People can still download without having those items anyway, I think it just means in their version the store stuff will be replaced by things they do have

Similicious, something's been buggin me about your entry and I have to get it off my chest. I feel like you're wasting the opportunity to show off your house with that last shot. It's a pretty view but it doesn't showcase anthing you built (not counting sims ) If I was a judge I would think that you must've run out of interesting/pretty things relating to the house to take pics of which looking at the plans, I'm sure can't be the case. Show off what you made!

Last edited by missroxor : 23rd Jul 2010 at 11:55 AM. Reason: Merging posts

Cheers. I'm just bothered by when it does get replaced, if the replaced item is in a different colour and all that or does it 'transfer' onto the new item?

Heh, yes, it could end up rather funny looking when a lot of things are automatically replaced by the game because the objects weren't available. But it's the downloader's risk, I think. Completely redoing it with basegame items are probably too much pain in the butt, plus what you'll end up won't be the same house. I agree with Missroxor, just upload it as it is. I don't have the collection myself, though. In fact this is the first I've heard of it! Looks good, it seems.

I agree with everyone else I'd download it as well Kaospilot.

If it replaces the store items with base game stuff or such that doesn't match then I know how to use create a style lol I can make it all match again lol

I'm about to edit my entry post to add another bonus shot btw.
Entry here

@Mia138, this stood out at me: How realistic is that car parked? Its a tight space so can you imagine how awkward and how much reversing and things you'd have to do to get there IRL? Nope I'm not nit picking, that just stood out.

Great entry!

Thanks Greenlea. I've replaced the bed so the only 'have to have' is the lamp over the kitchen counters. Sofa's recommended but can be replaced