Details after the cut as Tumblr crops everything strangely now!
This month I focused on the living space of our fictitious Parisian apartment and produced some of my favourite items yet. The 2 Channel Audio System (Stereo to you & me, but my dad made me give it the proper name) was this months labour of love. If you have watched my dream home speed build you might remember my dads utter disgust at the state of the stereos in the game & so this month I set to change that. I recreated his exact speakers, but took a little artist license when it came to the record players and amps housed underneath. My dad is a huge audiophile and has spent his entire lifetime building what he currently has today. The record player is actually older than I am! You will also be able to spot my dad’s Simself in the promo images too! Oh and apologies for the steep price tag, I had to make it somewhat realistic, but I did make sure to increase all the fun levels to match!
As I am a glutton for punishment I also made a sectional sofa this month. I did this a little differently as they are individual pieces in the bb catalogue. This really wasn’t a design that would ever have curved pieces, so I only made the pieces that actually made sense for the sofa design. I’m really happy with how it turned out, especially after spending a full day trying to work out how to mesh in the fabric seams!
I worked on Grove Part 3, this time focusing on interior items.
The Set contains 32 items, highlights are the tasseled bed frames, different seating options and handpainted artworks and tiled walls inspired by Portugese Azulejos. You can see everything in the images above but if you want to know more about this set and my inspiration you can find it here
Happy April & Welcome to The Octave Collection Part 2!
I’ve been busy working this month on an interior build set. It includes all of the items you’ll need to create that chic Parisian interior to accompany the furniture pieces I have planned for next month. As I’ve said previously 2022 is the year of lighting and there is plenty included in this months set.
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The set includes:
Modern Plaster Wallpaper (Odd, Even, Middle & Single)
Traditional Plaster Panelling Wallpaper (Odd, Even, Middle, Single & Plain)
Herringbone Parquet Flooring
Parquet Flooring Trim
Modern Pocket Doors (Medium & Tall) + Open Versions
Modern 2 Tile Doors (Short & Medium)
Modern Single Door (Short & Medium)
Traditional Pocket Door (Medium) + Open Version
Traditional Glass Pocket Door (Medium) + Open Version
Traditional Double Door (Medium) + Open Version
Traditional Glass Double Door (Medium) + Open Version
Traditional Single Door (Short & Medium)
Traditional Glass Single Door (Short & Medium
Strip Wall Light
Block Wall Light
Hanging Strip Light (3 Lengths)
Hanging Strip Light Chandelier (3 Lengths)
Lamp Shade Chandelier (3 Lengths)
Strip Floor Lamp
Strip Table Lamp
Patinated Metal Fireplace
Marble Fireplace
All items are Base Game compatible
Once again I have linked textures between similar items, so if you do download the unmerged file, you’ll need to make sure you have the textures file in your mods folder for all the textures to appear correctly in your game.
Month one of the set and of course its my favourite part of the home…the kitchen! This set has a lot of tiny details that I would love to explain to you all, but unfortunately I don’t have my microphone with me, so I can’t do my usual overview video to explain everything!
The most important thing you need to know is all about those double ovens you have been waiting for! Unknown to me before I decided to tackle this project, the DHD built in ovens have a glitch which only appears if the counter they are slotted to isn’t empty. So unless you leave the counter above you oven completely empty, the oven door animation will look totally wonky and appear to open at floor level ♀️ Also if you have a low and high oven in game, your sim will always default to using the low oven. They will NEVER use the high oven, even if you queue up the action from there. So to allow you to have the double oven look and force your sims to use that high oven, I’ve included a decorative low oven, so you can still get the look and your sims will be forced to use the high oven like we all want to see!
I would have loved to make more appliances, but there just wasn’t enough time to fit them all in. Thankfully next time I do a kitchen I can add to them and future kitchen can also include the new appliance unit using the same dimensions, so you can mix & match everything.
Harluxe is a 87 piece resort living collection by @felixandresims&@harrie-cc. Inspired by their recent trip to Mexico, this set focuses on bedroom and bathroom items, for your Sims to live their best resort life. The bedroom was the last room of the home still left untackled, so we can now officially say that the House of Harlix Collection has been completed!
Highlights of the set include: New window and doors (modern & wooden shuttered), THE BED,THE BATHROOM, table top vanity and mini bar, along with cute clutter pieces to bring the concept to life. Of course all the same matching wood tones from previous sets, but this set also includes brand new wood & marble textures. 100% of the meshes and textures included are created by Felix & Harrie, so no EA items were harmed in the making of this set! ;p
99.9% of the items are base game compatible, with the exception of the table top vanity which requires the Vintage Glamour SP to be fully functional & the AC control panel, which requires Seasons EP. However these should still appear in game if you don’t have the packs.
You can find the majority of the objects in the build/buy catalogue by searching HARLUXE, but as the pack also includes a build set there are a few items that won’t show up in your general search. These include: 2 wallpapers, 1 column, 1 spandrel and 1 fence.
Let me tell you this project has been going on since before the Berlin Set and I am so happy to show you SHOP THE LOOK Season 1
In Germany we have this website called westwingnow.de with a pretty nice selection of furniture pieces. On Westwing they also have a section in which they promote trends and its called: SHOP THE LOOK … I loved that concept and so I picked an image and items I wanted to recreate and guess who did too my dear friend HARRIE :D, you can call this month basically a House ofHarlix Collab Light
The collection of Items I recreated is called ‘Earthy Boho’ and consists of 15 objects. Highlights are the sectional sofa, functional radiators and clutter for your earthy livin’ rum :)
We are kicking 2022 off with a new concept that I’m hoping will be just the first of many more to come…Shop The Look! This series transforms real life into The Sims, as you can see from the 2nd & 3rd images. The real life inspiration comes from the furniture store West Wing & you can Shop The Look for real HERE. It was really fun to take an inspiration image and try and recreate as close to possible in The Sims, which is very different to how I normally create sets.
This also happens to be a mini collab month with Felixandre as he has also created a Shop The Look set, which pairs beautifully with this. Below is a GIF showing the set, but you can find all the details over on his Patreon page HERE
With the first set safely released, I’m now off to catch a flight to Berlin…I wonder who I could be going to visit & what could be happening next month….
Here it is the third and final part of spoons and the last set of 2021!This past month I have been focusing on creating items that work perfectly in a restaurant setting. Of course I know not everyone wants to build restaurants, so the large majority of the items included would also work perfectly in other community lots or your Sims’ homes too.
Set includes:
Sectional Sofa (30 swatches in woven & leather textures)
I can confirm that the booths do require Dine Out to be fully functional, but they will place down in your game and snap to tables if you only have base game. Unfortunately the interactions and animations are all tide to the GP, so they will be purely decorative if you don’t have Dine Out installed.
Its time again for a new set, Berlin Part 3. This time I was focusing on items for your office with a hint of architecture offices:)
You will get several seating options, a normal desk, a high desk and round desk; an all in one computer, cabinets, drawers and shelfs for you to mix and match and CLUTTER :) all in all 25 objects.
As per usual you will find the items hereand I hope you will like the items.
Once again thank you for everything and I hope you are able to enjoy life this December so far:)
